On to a better subject....Saturday night the boys got to have their first "real" meal after being sick and they were waiting for Sean and I to finish dinner. I had put their drinks and vitamins on the table and told them they couldn't have either until dinner was on the table. They were chatting among themselves at the table and Brayden told Hunter that if he didn't take his vitamins his arms would fall off. Hunter of course asked me if this was true and I told him "No". He started laughing and said, "Mom, I told you that Brayden is the funniest one in our family!". I got the biggest kick out of this because Brayden is our little jokester. If he is in trouble he will try his hardest to make you laugh. It is one of those really hard parenting things for me to keep a straight face and continue with the punishment. Now he's in this stage of just saying funny made up things and it is hilarious.
Things are continuing on in our house in our "new" normal. Having both kids in school has really made our weeks busy. Friday is a nice day to just spend together and have down time at home and I try my hardest to keep that day free of no plans. This week we didn't have school on Monday and Hunter told me he missed his "best friend" so we had a playdate with his friend from preschool that he adores. They played for hours and were so happy to see each other and it made me very happy that we were able to do that. Both boys are still enjoying school and they were both ready to go back to school. I am learning that there are some tough questions that get asked now that Hunter is in school for so many hours and there is exposure to so many different ages of kids. Hunter is really good about asking me when we talk about school when he gets home and I am glad that he feels comfortable asking me. I am still in awe over the maturity that seems to have developed overnight.
I had a tough time when we had our first rainy day at school and Hunter told me that he walked around all by himself at recess. He wasn't sad about it and I didn't act sad for him. My heart was breaking when he was telling me but I knew I shouldn't respond emotionally about it because it is a good thing to learn to be okay with being on your own. I asked him if he was okay just walking around by himself and he said that he just didn't want to play what the other kids were playing so he just walked around. Now he has found a few friends that it sounds like he plays with on a regular basis. I know part of me feeling sad was because I took him away from all of the kids he went to preschool with and instead of there being almost 70 kindergarteners he is now with just 28 in his new school. Thankfully he is a friendly and outgoing little boy that loves his teacher and is enjoying school. I missed my first day of helping in his class because of the flu but I am looking very forward to my first day next week.
I am loving all the things we are learning in school with the apples, pumpkins and leaves! As we were driving to and from school today all the leaves are changing. With the rain and the wind everyone is wearing sweaters, raincoats and boots. I just LOVE fall! Can't wait for pumpkin patch adventures and trick or treating with my little monsters!
A few pictures from some camping we did in July and August.
Sean and I got kicked out of our bed on one of our camping trips this summer!
Oh to be a kid again....
This was just after doing the water park at Silverwood. We let them take a little nap so we could go back and do all the fun amusement rides!
