One proud Mommy

Today, Colin was given his first bucket award (I guess that's what it's called???). Each kid is given stars every time they are seen being exceptionally nice, polite, etc. in school to put in their bucket. After "x" amount of stars, they get a little award, empty their bucket, and start over. Today Colin filled his for the first time since starting Kindergarten. I was one proud Mommy to see that in his folder!

Overall he's doing great in Kindergarten. He has already declared gym is his favorite - such a boy! He's getting closer and closer to reading on his own. He can manage most level 1 books, but still needs help from time to time. He has weekly homework packets he is to complete, and so far, he loves doing them, which I know will change in the near future. He's playing soccer and is unbelievably awesome at it. His last game, I can't even remember how many times he stole the ball and took it down the field. He's got some talent, that's for sure!

Jackson's a spitfire, as usual. Rarely does he sit still for longer than 10 minutes, although he's a sucker for watching the Fresh Beat Band and Dino Dan on Nick Jr. But the energy he has is unreal. He just never stops! He likes to be a stinker and declares himself a "fricken nut" frequently, and he's mastering back talking to me... OY! He has quite a temper, but is always quick to apologize. He's a typical younger brother and is definitely rougher than his big bro. But in the same respect, he's a complete Mommy's boy and pulls all the dramatics out for me. Not to mention, he is absolutely hilarious. And he's still a cuddler, which I love!

Fall is here!

I love, love, LOVE Fall! This weekend we enjoyed every minute of it, despite the rain. And my boys were miraculously on their best behavior. It was such a perfect weekend!

Saturday I worked at a Mom 2 Mom sale. It was pouring pretty much the entire time of the sale, but the turn-out was still good, and I made a decent amount of money. After packing up and the boys taking a quick nap (and by quick I mean only an hour.... ugh), we headed out to the cider mill. It rained while we were there, but we still enjoyed it. We got cider, donuts, and yummy carmel apples. After indulging in the snacks, the boys got to feed some goats and watch the water wheel. We even managed a dinner out! Today we met some friends at the outlet mall in Howell and shopped until, well, a certain 5 year old got bored (typical boy to hate shopping *sigh*). And then after shopping, we hit up Castaway Cafe where all the kids got to run around and burn up their energy while us girls chatted.

And now here we are, the night before the start of a new week. Let's hope it goes fast - we have another fun weekend ahead!

I'm baaaccckkk...

Not that anyone reads this after over a year hiatus, but oh well! Since we've made a huge milestone in our house, I figured I should start this back up. Time flies and well, it's going to start moving even faster because....


Colin started Kindergarten!!! He was a little excited:

When he woke up in the morning, he ran in my room and his first words were "Today is my favorite day because it's Kindergarten day!".

We got there a little early because I wanted to make sure he was all settled in. You know, in case he was nervous or something. Him... not me, I swear.

He found his room:

And then his cubby:And then finally his seat:


In the end, it was much, MUCH harder for me to leave him than it was for him to leave me. I may have been "that" parent and left and went back in about 3 times before finally leaving. It was just SO hard to actually leave him. I knew it would be emotional, but wow, I was not prepared to want to keep going back in to say bye. He was fine.... I was not! I held the tears until I got in my car, and then drove of.... to Kohl's. Retail therapy ; ) After the long 1 hour and 15 minutes he was in school for day 1, I picked him up for a day out and about with me. We hit up Target, Cheddar's for lunch (where we indulged in a delicious cookie monster dessert), grocery shopping, and a nap. It was a great day.


I'm officially a Mom to a school-aged child. Holy crap.