School Days

Two weeks . .  done!  Wheh - we made it!  It has taken that long just to figure out drop off and pick-ups alone!  After just a few a days of spending MOST of my day in school traffic . . . we discovered some alternatives from veteran, mutli-school boy pick-up Moms.  Kyler is enjoying his freedom- he gets to walk to "the trash can" and wait for Jayden to walk across the street, by that time, I have made it back from Evan's school.  On Mondays/ Wednesdays (football practice days) the older boys walk to the practice field and Evan and I meet them there - with snacks and change of clothes.  Last Wed. I couldn't find Kyler, come to find out he and and some friends walked to the Cardinal Corner!! Stinker!  You can't just walk to the gas station! His response . . . "you never told me not to".  So, now I have to think of every random thing a 9 year old boy MIGHT think of doing!  Jayden is also enjoying Middle school freedoms.  There is not much babying going on in Middle school - you're on your own!  As Jayden said, "the bell rings and you just go . .  nobody cares if you are a car rider, bus rider or walker".  One day Kyler was pushing girls down on the playground and the next day she was his girlfriend!  Time is moving fast and things are changing. As for Evan, he is making through.  Bless his heart - he misses his mommy (and who can blame him :).  I got to thinking that Jayden and Kyler got to earn Toys r us bucks for good behavior . . Evan has never had behavior problems, just wanting to be home probs!  So he has been earning Toys r us bucks for "being a big boy"- and he has been!  I even got to eat lunch with my 1st grader one day.

 The first week of school was the scrimmage game for the highschool.  Each pee wee team got to run on the field and be announced along with the coaches.

 This is what morning looked like around here. . . but we are in the swing of things now!

 Jayden got his Trombone and he is pretty proud of it.  I can't wait til he learns to play it, cause right now it's just a lot of noise!  He did all kinds of research, found the one he wanted on craigslist and worked out the price!

 Our first school weekend, we spent at the Jamboree.   It was a full day of football!  All the teams played great, it was a great start to the season.  I didn't get any action shots, just this shot of chillaxin inbetween games.  That's Evan in the middle with the ipad.

By the end of the second week Jayden and Kyler were running a fever.  Seems the first of the school crud hit us!  Luckily, it was short lived and they were back in action on Friday!  You have seen nothing more pitiful than Evan on Thursday morning, when he was the lone ranger on the way to school . .  he so longed for a fever, but he pushed on!  Our adjustment time is over and we are in full swing school mode now. Now all we need is a 3 day weekend to recover!