When I was asked when the children started school, I would reply, "August 15th, 17th & 29th." Once again this year I will be dealing with 3 different schedules between the public school, the Waldorf school, and N's half day schedule. I suppose I'm just a glutton for punishment because it would be a whole lot cheaper to put N in full day kindergarten and have no Waldorf school to deal with. But what is right is right and we try to do what is best for each of our children, whether it is convenient or not. So far K and N are loving their first weeks of school. They both have really good friends in their classes and have magnificent teachers and are just plain happy. N is counting down the days, however, until she can have me all to herself in the afternoons while her 3 older siblings are in school.
Here is a picture of N watching D mow the lawn. He didn't really want to do it but decided for the $15 and begging I did he finally would. The children have had to really help out while Hubby is working and I have a sprained foot and a hurt wrist. Hurt wrist, you ask? Well, the day before N's first day of school I took these 3 to a fun center where we played mini golf and rode go karts and earned 599 tickets at the arcade. I then slammed my wrist in our sliding mini van door. And then I passed out. Since I was already going to get my foot checked on, I had the orthopedic check the wrist too. Not broken either but now I get to wear a brace for 2 weeks but luckily I don't need the boot anymore. So I'm trading one thing for another and having more than one friend threaten to wrap me in bubble wrap since you'll still find me limping at times.
We had the opportunity to help clean D & M's future classroom for a couple hours one Saturday. My dad, Hubby, D and M and I worked hard while my mom helped by watching K and N for us. Snarf's afterwards was a great treat and then we got to go to the annual Stake Carnival. I promise K and D were there too (K even brought her friend C) but they were too busy sneaking lots of cotton candy and snow cones to hang around me. lol.
I loved attending A's bridal shower. So many of these woman have touched my lives for many many years and it was a joy to be around them, especially for such a happy occasion. Congrats, A & L!
My birthday weekend was pretty great with dinner at Red Robin with my parents and family -- lots of laughs, camping with D's Cub Scout Den (his den leader did such a great job planning), and playing at a great park in Lyons for M's friend, A's, birthday. We also had a blast at a combined ward pool party (thanks for getting our ward invited, B) and my youngest and I spent all afternoon making GF/DF cut out cookies (thanks for the recipe King Arthur Flour). I'm sure I should say something grand about my goals and dreams for the upcoming year now that I've had a birthday but honestly, I'm just taking it day by day, week by week right now!
In the mornings it was my Irish Twins and I while my oldest and youngest were in school. We did things like run errands and practice string instruments and clean the house for book club (Station Eleven -- which I was supposed to host in June but my house flooded that day) and movie night (ladies over again to watch "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" since we read the book). They are great children and I truly enjoy seeing how well they get along. Hopefully they will still like each other after being in the same class this school year! Here's the picture from their first day. Not pictured: how Hubby came back for their instruments we didn't send with them because our family didn't get the email.
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