Friday Yet?

This week is dragging!

Owen is still not into school at ALL! He was telling me today how much he hates school and it's boring and he doesn't want to go. :( Poor kid. He looked so pitiful today at drop-off that I couldn't stand how cute he was! The kid really is cute. :) Not that I'm biased.

Today is school picture day for Jared. He was insistent that his shirt have a collar, which made me happy. I had a hard time choosing a color and we ended up with navy. It's hard to know if a lighter blue will clash with the background that they use, which I guess is why people choose a background! I only ordered a small package - last year's smile was hideous! Sort of tight-lipped and very fake. I plan to take them in November for portraits and Christmas card photos.

Tonight Jared has soccer practice - I'm so glad that he has the same coach as the last two years. He's much more comfortable with it - he's very resistant to change! Who isn't? But knowing that he was moving to B-league was change enough - new coach would have likely put him over the edge. He's mad that he had to get a new number this year! He's the 9 - and their uniforms are red and black - very cute. I need to get a good picture of him on Saturday. Everything that I took last week was too far away. Maybe I'll just take some at home so that I don't have to lug the camera - but I should take video this week....

The kids and I made a Target run last night after dinner. Brian had promised Jared a Game Boy game if he got onto the bus without crying for three days. So he chose the Shrek 3 game but also some Star Wars guys. I was in a rush and didn't put back one or the other, so he got one Star Wars guy last night, and he'll get the other stuff when he gets more stars - he earns stars for doing his chores, being nice to his brother, etc. I think we'll go 5 stars for the Star Wars guy and another 10 for the game.

He and I also chose a new puzzle. I got a cute cartoon-y one this time - funny. He chose Pirates of the Caribbean (surprise!).

I need to spend some serious time cleaning out this house this weekend - it's just too full of STUFF that we don't need. I'm getting a big box for Salvation Army and a big bag for trash and just going room by room!

Owen's First Day of Preschool

Owen had a great first day at Light of the World. When I left him in his classroom, he was listening to a story with two little buddies. As I peeked back in after dropping his form at the office, I noticed that a teacher was walking him around because he was upset. :(

Well, I spoke to his teacher and he was fine off and on through the morning and by afternoon wasn't upset at all. They quickly learned that questions like "do you want to do XYZ" will promptly be met with a "NO" but statements like "let's do XYZ" are happily followed.

He finished most of his lunch, though the after-school teacher said that he was nibbling on it a bit while playing outside. He adores the playground and especially the new frog pond. He brought home 3 very nice looking cherry tomatoes from the garden, also. I really love this school.

So, my new dilemma is what to do about overlapping fundraisers. What do I do with my Box Tops, Campbell's labels, etc? Split them up? One for each school? What about Scholastic orders? I wish that I could just make a donation and be DONE! I'm leaning toward giving the labels and box tops to Country - I'm paying LOTW a lot of money already, and I know that the public school needs the money. Then there's pizza kids, wrapping paper, candy bars.... ARGH!

Grandpa that has the moustache like this?

Exciting Michigan Game

Comments

OK, I'm just gonna start spilling secrets if people don't start posting comments - it's too much like talking to myself! Plus I want to hear what's going on with everyone!!!

Lunch

I can't help myself! These little lunch containers are just too cute! Here are the lunches that I packed for Jared and I today.


Poor Jared was not a happy camper this morning. :( He is worred about being gone all day, about eating his lunch too slow, about the long bus ride. First grade is a lot of change!

Zzzzzzzz

Mr. "I don't need a nap and I want to stay up until 11 and I will wake up at 6 AM" is sleeping - passed out on the floor. How adorable.