Wednesday, August 17, 2011

First Day of School - 2011

So it is the start of my blogging fiscal year and I think I can officially declare my efforts from the past year a failure since I didn’t even complete my blog posts of Christmas.  So I think I will have to combine 2 years into one book.  It will still be horribly out of order because I will go back and catch up, but maybe I can change at print time.  Anyhow, I want to get this year off to a better start and low and behold I am actually posting on the first day of school, pictures and all.  We can start with Kyle since school is really not so new to him as a third grader.  He got the cool teacher and has several friends in his class, but that wasn’t really enough to get him excited about the new year.  I am still amazed I got him to wear those plaid shorts instead of his preferred athletic gear.  He of course had a terrible time getting to sleep.  He always has a terrible time getting to sleep.  So frustrating and so like his mother.  I think I am going to try to wake him up at school time even through the weekend for awhile to see if that helps.  I don’t think it will, but it is about the only thing I haven’t tried.  We (well me) have been a little stressed about finding him a competitive baseball team to play with next spring.  This is the age where they seem to be dividing up, and while I think everyone could just wait a few more years, since they are splitting I feel like I need to find a team that is going to be as passionate as he is about baseball.  I kept my eye out for tryouts and even emailed people I knew in the baseball community and nothing seemed to work out.  There was a tryout we had planned to attend on his birthday, but we had just got back from vacation, he was running a fever and had a headache and I had put his glove in a bag I left at the lake.  It was obviously not meant to be and we all but gave up, only to get an email a few days later from a coach wanting Kyle to be a part of his team.  It only meant giving up spring soccer which he was more the ready to do. 

 

As you can see from the pictures, Grant was to the moon excited.  I did the crazy put him on the bus then drive like crazy to school, try to find a parking spot and be there to meet him drill and it actually worked this time (when Kyle was in Kindergarten, I didn’t make it in time, but was able to see him safely in his classroom).  He walked straight to his classroom, made the rounds saying hi to his few friends, then found his seat and asked if he could look at the books in the middle of the table.  I really didn’t think it would bother me to leave him, but once I saw him setting at that desk, I almost lost it, I mean, really lost it.  I gave him a quick hug and smiled like a lunatic as I darted out of that room.  He apparently had a great day.  He said his favorite thing was going outside to play.  There is one pic of him riding his bike without training wheels, a skill he mastered just last night.  Again, he was so ready, I barely had to run two steps behind him before letting go to see him successfully ride away.  Kind of crazy when you think about it.    Here’s to a great new school year.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Kyle's Birthday - #9


Kyle's birthday came on the heels of an amazing vacation, but like any vacation we were exhausted when we got home. I had thankfully shopped prior to vacation and planned the party for Sunday, the day after his birthday. He choose Subway for lunch as opposed to the typical McDonald's birthday venue. Since I couldn't decide on a lego set, I got him a gift card for Target to pick out his own. Unsurprisingly, he opted for additional baseball cards in lieu of a lego set. And so the next obssession has begun. Pics of his party will be hopefully in a future post