Wednesday, August 28, 2013
where does she come up with this stuff?! :)
We were sidewalk chalking one afternoon last week. A small piece of Abby's chalk broke off and she threw it into the grass: "I throwed that out there so the ants could eat it for their lunch." Mmm, tasty!!
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Abby Chase, Three Year Old
Abby started preschool yesterday. She goes T, W, Th this year. Her teachers are Ms. Dorothea and Ms. Terry. She has a few friends from last year: Lyla, Virgil, and Benjamin. No Max though, bummer, but we still get to see him a lot around the neighborhood and we may carpool some. She did great at preschool! She picked out her red Easter dress to wear and was super excited to have Chloe match her. Since it was the first day, Chloe and I walked her in to her classroom. She looked around, gave me a hug, and then asked if she could go play with the dollhouse. Just like that she was gone! No tears, no looking back. Mommy cried a little on the way home :) Preschool itself wasn't too emotional, I think it was just the culmination of everything. Having two babies gone and in different places is a little weird. I loved when they were at preschool together. They didn't see each other all that much, but it was a wonderful feeling when they would say they saw each other and waved. And I do know that at least once they took Abby to see Ryan when she was upset about something. Loved that! Anyways...
Picking up Abby in afternoon carline was a bit crazy. The first week with beginner parents is always rough :) She had lots of fun on her first day. She played in the gym with balls. She did a picture of day and night for the first day of Creation. We had snack duty this first week, so she was excited about that. She helped me shop and we picked out all her favorites: bananas, cheese, goldfish, and vanilla wafers. This also meant that she was line leader which has gone straight to her head! This afternoon when we were going to the playroom, I got fussed at for not following her and I had to go back and walk in again :)
Nana offered to take her to school this morning. When she woke up, I asked Abby if she still wanted to go with Nana. She said "yes, Nana can take me, but I want you to pick me up Mommy. That's a good idea." super cute smile with a thumbs up. She's going to do just fine in preschool. She'll probably run that school by the time she's in the fours class next year. Have a great year my Sweet Abs!
Picking up Abby in afternoon carline was a bit crazy. The first week with beginner parents is always rough :) She had lots of fun on her first day. She played in the gym with balls. She did a picture of day and night for the first day of Creation. We had snack duty this first week, so she was excited about that. She helped me shop and we picked out all her favorites: bananas, cheese, goldfish, and vanilla wafers. This also meant that she was line leader which has gone straight to her head! This afternoon when we were going to the playroom, I got fussed at for not following her and I had to go back and walk in again :)
Nana offered to take her to school this morning. When she woke up, I asked Abby if she still wanted to go with Nana. She said "yes, Nana can take me, but I want you to pick me up Mommy. That's a good idea." super cute smile with a thumbs up. She's going to do just fine in preschool. She'll probably run that school by the time she's in the fours class next year. Have a great year my Sweet Abs!
Monday, August 19, 2013
bored or brilliant?
I am hoping that the first couple of weeks of kindergarten are more of a review and a chance for the teacher to assess the abilities of the class. I think Ryan might be bored. He must finish his worksheets in record time because this is what the backs of them come home looking like:
He's not a huge fan of naptime, so thanks to Nana's suggestion, last Monday he spent naptime thinking of a story. When he came home, I helped him write it. And by that I mean, I literally wrote what he told me to write. I had nothing to do with the creativity or storyline [alright confession, slight story alteration, he wanted koala bears orignally but I couldn't even begin to draw one. he then suggested penguins, not that I drew them all that well either]. He came home knowing exactly what his story was. He even knew how many pages he wanted. He would only recite the story to me one word at a time; I couldn't have swayed him even if I wanted to! I did help outline a couple penguins and whatnot, but again only exactly what he told me to do. And I'm sure you can't tell on here, but the doctor's name is Dr. Melons, it says so on his hat. And oops, I misspelled penguin, that's all me. The rest is all him, even the thought bubble [I didn't know he knew what those were]:
He's not a huge fan of naptime, so thanks to Nana's suggestion, last Monday he spent naptime thinking of a story. When he came home, I helped him write it. And by that I mean, I literally wrote what he told me to write. I had nothing to do with the creativity or storyline [alright confession, slight story alteration, he wanted koala bears orignally but I couldn't even begin to draw one. he then suggested penguins, not that I drew them all that well either]. He came home knowing exactly what his story was. He even knew how many pages he wanted. He would only recite the story to me one word at a time; I couldn't have swayed him even if I wanted to! I did help outline a couple penguins and whatnot, but again only exactly what he told me to do. And I'm sure you can't tell on here, but the doctor's name is Dr. Melons, it says so on his hat. And oops, I misspelled penguin, that's all me. The rest is all him, even the thought bubble [I didn't know he knew what those were]:
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Helen
The theme for this summer has been rain, rain, rain. And cool, cool, cool. Now don't get me wrong, this weather would be great... if it was November! But c'mon, for real?! It's mid-August for crying out loud!! I bet I could count on one hand how many times this summer it hit 90 degrees. And we only slip 'n slided maybe four times. This past weekend, AUG 17th and 18th, not Nov, not March, but August the high was 70. That set a record low high. We turned the air off on Friday and opened the windows and the temperature in the house dropped several degrees. Fall weather is great, I just wish we could have had summer first! Alrighty, alrighty, off my soap box now. maybe.
So on Saturday we had a family adventure day. We decided on Helen since that's been on my bucket list of sorts for awhile now. [It's not really a bucket list per say, I just have a list of nearby places I'd love to go or things I'd love to do. Like the UGA game we went to in April.] Coleson and I used to love Helen, and we went there a million times pre kids. And even once when Ryan was little and spent a weekend with my parents. Believe it or not though, the kids had never been. We ate a picnic lunch and then went to Anna Ruby Falls. Now keep in mind three or four weeks ago I picked a hike for us. It was a long drive, a long hike, and we got rained on. Pouring rain. Fortunately we were able to squish into a rock wall and really didn't get that wet. But we did have to turn around before we got to the waterfall. It really was a great adventure though; I had a wonderful time. Ryan however has asked to not go hiking in the rain again. Thus I was a little afraid of how announcing another hike would go over. Anna Ruby Falls seemed safe enough. And fortunately the kids seemed to have forgotten about hiking in the rain and were very excited. It's a super short trail and therefore we actually made it to the waterfall this time. The kids all did great and loved it. They did seem a little confused by the paved sidewalk, and Ryan asked to keep going when we got to the waterfall so quickly. I love that my kids know what real hiking is! The waterfall was beautiful and it was a fun little hike.
After our hike, we headed into Helen. The car said 64 degrees. It was chilly! I hiked in jeans and a sweatshirt, in addition to the bodyheat of wearing Chloe. And it was drizzling a little. But we still had fun wandering, and hey, Ryan enjoyed wearing his raincoat. He also loved watching the handful of crazies that were tubing the river. You couldn't have paid me money to get in that water when it was 64 and drizzling. We stopped for fudge and ants on a stick pretzels. Unfortunately the rain was getting heavier, so we snapped a quick picture of the kids for proof of our visit, and then we ran to the car. We had thought about staying through dinner, but just didn't have it in us to hang around in the rain. So we drove a ways before dining at El Rio in downtown Dawsonville. Love that place! I used to eat there when I worked at the bank, and that's where the fajita nachos that we all know and love originated. Always a fun stop if we can work it in; it's not exactly convenient these days.
While the weather wasn't ideal, it was still a great day. With our busy schedules and kindergarten, we love our Saturdays! I really don't care what we do, as long as we do it together [cheesy! but true!]. The crazier the day, the better the memories :)
So on Saturday we had a family adventure day. We decided on Helen since that's been on my bucket list of sorts for awhile now. [It's not really a bucket list per say, I just have a list of nearby places I'd love to go or things I'd love to do. Like the UGA game we went to in April.] Coleson and I used to love Helen, and we went there a million times pre kids. And even once when Ryan was little and spent a weekend with my parents. Believe it or not though, the kids had never been. We ate a picnic lunch and then went to Anna Ruby Falls. Now keep in mind three or four weeks ago I picked a hike for us. It was a long drive, a long hike, and we got rained on. Pouring rain. Fortunately we were able to squish into a rock wall and really didn't get that wet. But we did have to turn around before we got to the waterfall. It really was a great adventure though; I had a wonderful time. Ryan however has asked to not go hiking in the rain again. Thus I was a little afraid of how announcing another hike would go over. Anna Ruby Falls seemed safe enough. And fortunately the kids seemed to have forgotten about hiking in the rain and were very excited. It's a super short trail and therefore we actually made it to the waterfall this time. The kids all did great and loved it. They did seem a little confused by the paved sidewalk, and Ryan asked to keep going when we got to the waterfall so quickly. I love that my kids know what real hiking is! The waterfall was beautiful and it was a fun little hike.
After our hike, we headed into Helen. The car said 64 degrees. It was chilly! I hiked in jeans and a sweatshirt, in addition to the bodyheat of wearing Chloe. And it was drizzling a little. But we still had fun wandering, and hey, Ryan enjoyed wearing his raincoat. He also loved watching the handful of crazies that were tubing the river. You couldn't have paid me money to get in that water when it was 64 and drizzling. We stopped for fudge and ants on a stick pretzels. Unfortunately the rain was getting heavier, so we snapped a quick picture of the kids for proof of our visit, and then we ran to the car. We had thought about staying through dinner, but just didn't have it in us to hang around in the rain. So we drove a ways before dining at El Rio in downtown Dawsonville. Love that place! I used to eat there when I worked at the bank, and that's where the fajita nachos that we all know and love originated. Always a fun stop if we can work it in; it's not exactly convenient these days.
While the weather wasn't ideal, it was still a great day. With our busy schedules and kindergarten, we love our Saturdays! I really don't care what we do, as long as we do it together [cheesy! but true!]. The crazier the day, the better the memories :)
Friday, August 16, 2013
random Girls stuff
*Chloe ate a scrambled egg for breakfast this morning! I am so excited! Third time's the charm in regards to eggs; R&A still won't touch them. Way to go Chloe!
*Abby misses Ryan like crazy when he's at school. When she sees the bus coming over the hill in the afternoon, she goes crazy. She'll jump up and down while shouting, "Brother! Brother!" Quite possibly the sweetest thing ever.
*Chloe drinks her milk out of a sippy cup now. Not her first choice of course, but she's getting the hang of it. This morning she sat in my lap, held the cup all by herself, and drank it all at one time, awesome!! We're still working up to that consistently, I tend to have to help and nudge her along, but she's getting much better.
*Abby met her teachers yesterday, Ms. Dorothea and Ms. Terry. She did great at open house and was really excited about it. She knew two kids already, Virgil and Lyla. Hopefully she'll be as excited on Tuesday morning as she is now! She'll be in the three-day threes class- Tues, Wed, Thurs from nine to noon.
*Abby misses Ryan like crazy when he's at school. When she sees the bus coming over the hill in the afternoon, she goes crazy. She'll jump up and down while shouting, "Brother! Brother!" Quite possibly the sweetest thing ever.
*Chloe drinks her milk out of a sippy cup now. Not her first choice of course, but she's getting the hang of it. This morning she sat in my lap, held the cup all by herself, and drank it all at one time, awesome!! We're still working up to that consistently, I tend to have to help and nudge her along, but she's getting much better.
*Abby met her teachers yesterday, Ms. Dorothea and Ms. Terry. She did great at open house and was really excited about it. She knew two kids already, Virgil and Lyla. Hopefully she'll be as excited on Tuesday morning as she is now! She'll be in the three-day threes class- Tues, Wed, Thurs from nine to noon.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
one year stats
Chloe had her one year checkup today with Dr. Bowman. We love Dr. Bowman :) Abby was a great helper and all about telling Chloe "it's okay, it's okay." Chloe did pretty good at her appt, she only cried for the vaccinations - three shots. She didn't even get upset about the finger prick for her iron levels [which were normal].
*She has six teeth. Dr. Bowman said most likely the next teeth to come in will be baby molars in the back. None are erupting yet, but she says the top left feels like it'll be first.
*She's 17lbs, 6oz. Woohoo! I was hoping for 17, and she surpassed my goal! She had dipped off the bottom of the weight chart at her 9month appt, but she's back up there now. Of course she's right at the very bottom line, but at least she's on there again. Dr. Bowman was pleased too, no concerns.
*I didn't end up with a copy of her growth charts, I honestly don't think I was given them, I wonder if Dr. Bowman put them in her stack instead of mine. I only ended up leaving with the financial stuff, boring! I think she was 29.25inches. They have been known to mail me paperwork in the past, maybe they will this time.
*Her head I think was 17.75. Fairly large on the growth chart of course. I do know her head was big, her height was right at average, and her weight was still Itty-Bitty.
I know I'm not supposed to compare my kids. But in objective issues such as height and weight, it seems harmless enough to me, and it's interesting :) So here's the comparision between the three amigos at one year:
*She has six teeth. Dr. Bowman said most likely the next teeth to come in will be baby molars in the back. None are erupting yet, but she says the top left feels like it'll be first.
*She's 17lbs, 6oz. Woohoo! I was hoping for 17, and she surpassed my goal! She had dipped off the bottom of the weight chart at her 9month appt, but she's back up there now. Of course she's right at the very bottom line, but at least she's on there again. Dr. Bowman was pleased too, no concerns.
*I didn't end up with a copy of her growth charts, I honestly don't think I was given them, I wonder if Dr. Bowman put them in her stack instead of mine. I only ended up leaving with the financial stuff, boring! I think she was 29.25inches. They have been known to mail me paperwork in the past, maybe they will this time.
*Her head I think was 17.75. Fairly large on the growth chart of course. I do know her head was big, her height was right at average, and her weight was still Itty-Bitty.
I know I'm not supposed to compare my kids. But in objective issues such as height and weight, it seems harmless enough to me, and it's interesting :) So here's the comparision between the three amigos at one year:
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
top secret
I made smoothies this morning [in my awesome, new Ninja blender :)]. Abs and I each drank one, we froze some, and we saved some for Ryan. He drank it this afternoon when he got home from school. He loved it and asked me to make them this way all the time. Cool. Secret ingredient? [you'd better not tell him!!]. Spinach, lots of spinach. And Green Plant juice from Trader Joe's. Everything else was the same as always, love it!
Songwriter Abs
Abby loves to sing. Most of the time to her own song and dance. She doesn't have the time to be bothered to learn a whole song, so she'll just sing whatever comes to her head.
A recent example: "ABCD QRS how I know what you are"
Other one liners that make her songs: "Boomer has it" [she LOVES Adele], "Happy Birthday to you," and "God our Father." These are combined in whatever rhythm and order comes to her head. Creativity and imagination are not lost on Abby!
A recent example: "ABCD QRS how I know what you are"
Other one liners that make her songs: "Boomer has it" [she LOVES Adele], "Happy Birthday to you," and "God our Father." These are combined in whatever rhythm and order comes to her head. Creativity and imagination are not lost on Abby!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Chloe's first birthday week
It's crazy hard to believe, but our sweet Chloe is one! Her birthday fell on Wednesday, and we celebrated all week long! Auntie Sarah and Aunt Lolly couldn't make it up on the same weekend, so we decided to have two small family dinners instead of a big party. The Saturday before her birthday we had a great dinner at Nana and Pop-Pop's house. Auntie Sarah, Uncle Christian, cousin Maxim, Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Tyler, and second cousin Christopher all joined us, as well as Nana's friend Mack. It was a wonderful time and great to have all the family around. We feasted on some yummy food thanks to Pop-Pop and his smoker. And then we brought out the cupcakes! Chloe really wasn't too sure what to do with it. Daddy helped her a bit, and she eventually stuck her fingers in it a little. She certainly didn't devour it or anything like that. Nice and dainty and ladylike I suppose you could say! She did get manage to get icing all the way into her ear though; when she was done we borrowed Nana's bathtub :) Thanks for a great evening and for loving on our Sweet Chloe with us!
Chloe's actual birthday was a perfectly rainy day, sad! I had hoped for the playground and swings and maybe even her baby pool, but that didn't happen. We started the day at McDonald's with Grandma. Chloe usually likes pancakes, and she did okay with them at her birthday breakfast. A playdate with Ms. Alicia and Ms. Christa's crew got rained out :( We made a birthday dinner menu around her favorite foods - hot dogs and sweet potato fries. Thanks to Daddy for grilling out in the drizzle! Nana, cousin Christopher, Grandma, Grandpa, and the Stokes family joined us for burgers and dogs and celebrating. I wish we could have been outside, but we still had fun. Chloe ate great, and we brought out the cupcakes again. She still wasn't overly sure about the cupcake thing, but fortunately Anna Wynn kept putting bites in her mouth when no one was looking! Fun side note: Anna Wynn has Grandpa's birthday, the 9th, only two days after Chloe. Baby Adleigh and Abby share April 13th. Pretty cool.
With all the excitement on her birthday, we didn't open presents with Grandma and Grandpa until Grandpa's birthday dinner on Friday. How fun for them to almost share their special days. And we didn't get around to family presents until Saturday, as well as putting together her new car from Granddaddy. The three amigos enjoyed a bike ride Saturday morning with Chloe in her new car, complete with lots of cupholders and very, very quiet wheels [Ryan's red car was super loud].
Saturday night we birthday dinner'ed with my side of the family. Aunt Lolly and Uncle Brian drove up from their new home in Florida [how cool is that?!]. And Grandma and Grandpa and Cousin Steve and Great- Grandma Eleanore. Ms. Alicia and Ms. Christa and kiddos joined us Saturday night as well. It was great fun, although once again we were stuck inside due to rain! The day had been beautiful; Ryan and Abby swam at the pool with Lolly & Brian. I had planned to put out the slip 'n slide, but thanks to our daily rainstorm that didn't happen! The bottom feel out right about dinnertime. We dined on Domino's pizza, even Chloe ate some, yumm. She still wasn't overly excited about the cupcakes, but she was willing to eat them if Grandma put bites into her mouth for her.
Chloe's one-year checkup is not until this Thursday, so no stats to update. I'm really hoping for 17lbs, but we'll just have to wait and see. My Little Itty-Bitty! She's all over the place. She's great at army crawling, she sits herself up and down now which is fun, she gets up on her hands and knees all the time although she doesn't crawl in the traditional sense. She's becoming a more adventurous eater. She loves turkey lunchmeat, pureed veggies, bread, goldfish, we've also just started cheese. She's transitioning to whole milk and doing well with that. We have to keep with the formula a little while longer though, I'm not wasting any of that expensive stuff! She's pretty much given up her morning nap, although she did fall asleep in her highchair at 11:30 today.
Phew, what a week! Between Ryan's first week of kindergarten and Chloe's first birthday, it was full of milestones and lots of emotions for Mommy! They are growing up soo very fast! But I love watching them grow, and I'm so blessed to be Mommy to the three awesomest kids ever :) Happy, happy birthday week to our Sweet Chloe Marie!
Chloe's actual birthday was a perfectly rainy day, sad! I had hoped for the playground and swings and maybe even her baby pool, but that didn't happen. We started the day at McDonald's with Grandma. Chloe usually likes pancakes, and she did okay with them at her birthday breakfast. A playdate with Ms. Alicia and Ms. Christa's crew got rained out :( We made a birthday dinner menu around her favorite foods - hot dogs and sweet potato fries. Thanks to Daddy for grilling out in the drizzle! Nana, cousin Christopher, Grandma, Grandpa, and the Stokes family joined us for burgers and dogs and celebrating. I wish we could have been outside, but we still had fun. Chloe ate great, and we brought out the cupcakes again. She still wasn't overly sure about the cupcake thing, but fortunately Anna Wynn kept putting bites in her mouth when no one was looking! Fun side note: Anna Wynn has Grandpa's birthday, the 9th, only two days after Chloe. Baby Adleigh and Abby share April 13th. Pretty cool.
With all the excitement on her birthday, we didn't open presents with Grandma and Grandpa until Grandpa's birthday dinner on Friday. How fun for them to almost share their special days. And we didn't get around to family presents until Saturday, as well as putting together her new car from Granddaddy. The three amigos enjoyed a bike ride Saturday morning with Chloe in her new car, complete with lots of cupholders and very, very quiet wheels [Ryan's red car was super loud].
Saturday night we birthday dinner'ed with my side of the family. Aunt Lolly and Uncle Brian drove up from their new home in Florida [how cool is that?!]. And Grandma and Grandpa and Cousin Steve and Great- Grandma Eleanore. Ms. Alicia and Ms. Christa and kiddos joined us Saturday night as well. It was great fun, although once again we were stuck inside due to rain! The day had been beautiful; Ryan and Abby swam at the pool with Lolly & Brian. I had planned to put out the slip 'n slide, but thanks to our daily rainstorm that didn't happen! The bottom feel out right about dinnertime. We dined on Domino's pizza, even Chloe ate some, yumm. She still wasn't overly excited about the cupcakes, but she was willing to eat them if Grandma put bites into her mouth for her.
Chloe's one-year checkup is not until this Thursday, so no stats to update. I'm really hoping for 17lbs, but we'll just have to wait and see. My Little Itty-Bitty! She's all over the place. She's great at army crawling, she sits herself up and down now which is fun, she gets up on her hands and knees all the time although she doesn't crawl in the traditional sense. She's becoming a more adventurous eater. She loves turkey lunchmeat, pureed veggies, bread, goldfish, we've also just started cheese. She's transitioning to whole milk and doing well with that. We have to keep with the formula a little while longer though, I'm not wasting any of that expensive stuff! She's pretty much given up her morning nap, although she did fall asleep in her highchair at 11:30 today.
Phew, what a week! Between Ryan's first week of kindergarten and Chloe's first birthday, it was full of milestones and lots of emotions for Mommy! They are growing up soo very fast! But I love watching them grow, and I'm so blessed to be Mommy to the three awesomest kids ever :) Happy, happy birthday week to our Sweet Chloe Marie!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Happy, happy birthday
Happy first Birthday to our Chloe Marie, my Itty-Bitty, my Peanut, Daddy's Sweet Girl, our Chlo-Chlo, Abby's Baby, my Littlest Love, Daddy's Chlosters, our Chlo Girl, our Chloe-Chlo-Chlo!! What an amazing, happy, beautiful, fun-loving, sibling-adoring, wonderful One Year Old you are!! We love you, love you, love you dearly! Thank you for being your awesome self and for completing our family so perfectly. We are so blessed, and we are thankful everyday for you!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Ryan Chase, Kindergartner
Ryan is a kindergartner! He's been a little nervous and anxious all summer. He wasn't too keen on kindergarten and told us several times he didn't want to go. But then we went to Meet & Greet last week and that changed everything. We left the girls with Grandma & Grandpa so that we could focus on Ryan and getting him excited! We had a special dinner at Wendy's and then headed to the school. He saw his room, met his teacher, sat on a school bus, and all sorts of other fun things. When we got back in the car he lit up, he was ready! He just needed to see it all and organize it all in his little brain.
He's a bus rider, against all of my early wishes. He LOVES it. And it's so much better for Mommy and the girls. He gets on at 7:15 and off at 2:36, both when Chloe is asleep [and Abs too in the morning]. Carline is crazy, I've heard anything from 30-40 mins to closer to an hour. Trying to do that with two sleepy girls twice a day would likely have just pushed me right on over the edge. He was sooo excited to get on the bus, so we went with it.
Over the weekend we stocked up on school supplies. Grandma and Grandpa bought him shoes. We went to Target to pick out his new backpack. He got a haircut. Last night before bed, we read through the note Mrs. Sheffield had sent him, and he put some confetti under his bed to help him sleep better. I woke him at 6:45 this morning [gulp!]. He put on the new clothes that he and Daddy had picked out at Kohl's and drank some smoothie. We made him a lunch - peanut butter and jelly cut in a rectangle and two squares per his request, frozen grapes so hopefully they'd be the right temperature by lunch, veggie stix chips, and goldfish. Since he had to bring all his school supplies in today, his backpack was huge. He looked pretty small with that thing on his back. Daddy went in late this morning so he could see him off as well. The three of us walked outside about 7:10 to wait. The stop is only three houses up, close enough that we can see him off while leaving the girls inside. There were four other kids this morning, but there'll be lots more supposedly. There are two new families across the street, one has six kids, one has four. According to the mom who's driveway we were standing in, they'll all ride the bus in a couple of weeks. Ryan did great when the bus came, he crossed the street with the bigger kids and walked right on up. His friends, Anna Wynn and Sam, were both on the bus already. We can't piece together exactly what Ryan and Sam were saying, but we think they sat together, maybe with someone in between them. Ryan said Sam sat next to him but not on his seat and Sam said Ryan sat next to him with someone else.
Ryan's favorite part was riding the bus. He told that to everyone today :) He also ate lunch in the cafeteria, played in the field between the two playgrounds but not on the playground, sang in music class, colored pictures of the school rules. The only two names he knew were Tripp and Eli. 'A new Eli, not Eli from preschool, although I saw Eli from preschool in the hall and Eli saw me too and we waved, I also saw Claire from preschool but she didn't see me' [paraphrasing Ryan there]. He ate all his food which was good because what he didn't finish would have been thrown away so the bugs didn't get it [what?! not sure about that policy].
The bus dropoff is 2:36 so Abby and I headed out about 2:30. The bus was crazy late today, we walked back inside at 2:58. Yikes, I hope they figure out that kink tomorrow! The busdriver, Ms. Darlene I think it is, is supposed to be super nice and really great. She's driven our neighborhood for years and has a reputation for watching out for the kindergartners. I caught a glimpse of Ryan's head in the first row before he walked off, so that was good. And she won't let them off the bus until she sees the parents. We also found out today that he has to stand on the sidewalk until all the kids are off and the busdriver gives a thumbs-up that it's okay to cross the street.
Once he was inside, we looked at his papers and he had a quick snack and drink. I realized that he didn't know how to drink from his new thermos and he hadn't drank anything all day, yikes. So I showed him where to bite down :) He called Daddy and filled him in on his day. He also left messages for his grandmothers and talked to Grandpa. Then he and Abby relaxed in front of the TV for a few minutes. When Chloe woke up from her nap, we drove up to the school to take his picture in front of the sign. My hubby thought that was super goofy, but it made me happy! Since I didn't drive him in and get all the first day pictures, this made me feel better. As much as I wanted to walk him in today, I knew it wouldn't have been for the best. He was so excited about the bus, it would have taken us hours to get into that building, and the girls were still snoring. Plus there were no meltdowns at the bus stop [I was more worried about me than Ryan! yes, I did tear up as the bus pulled away].
All in all, great first day. Ryan loved it and is super excited to go back tomorrow. I am so proud of my little kindergartner!!! He's going to do great and learn so much. I love you Buddy, I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful first year of school!!
He's a bus rider, against all of my early wishes. He LOVES it. And it's so much better for Mommy and the girls. He gets on at 7:15 and off at 2:36, both when Chloe is asleep [and Abs too in the morning]. Carline is crazy, I've heard anything from 30-40 mins to closer to an hour. Trying to do that with two sleepy girls twice a day would likely have just pushed me right on over the edge. He was sooo excited to get on the bus, so we went with it.
Over the weekend we stocked up on school supplies. Grandma and Grandpa bought him shoes. We went to Target to pick out his new backpack. He got a haircut. Last night before bed, we read through the note Mrs. Sheffield had sent him, and he put some confetti under his bed to help him sleep better. I woke him at 6:45 this morning [gulp!]. He put on the new clothes that he and Daddy had picked out at Kohl's and drank some smoothie. We made him a lunch - peanut butter and jelly cut in a rectangle and two squares per his request, frozen grapes so hopefully they'd be the right temperature by lunch, veggie stix chips, and goldfish. Since he had to bring all his school supplies in today, his backpack was huge. He looked pretty small with that thing on his back. Daddy went in late this morning so he could see him off as well. The three of us walked outside about 7:10 to wait. The stop is only three houses up, close enough that we can see him off while leaving the girls inside. There were four other kids this morning, but there'll be lots more supposedly. There are two new families across the street, one has six kids, one has four. According to the mom who's driveway we were standing in, they'll all ride the bus in a couple of weeks. Ryan did great when the bus came, he crossed the street with the bigger kids and walked right on up. His friends, Anna Wynn and Sam, were both on the bus already. We can't piece together exactly what Ryan and Sam were saying, but we think they sat together, maybe with someone in between them. Ryan said Sam sat next to him but not on his seat and Sam said Ryan sat next to him with someone else.
Ryan's favorite part was riding the bus. He told that to everyone today :) He also ate lunch in the cafeteria, played in the field between the two playgrounds but not on the playground, sang in music class, colored pictures of the school rules. The only two names he knew were Tripp and Eli. 'A new Eli, not Eli from preschool, although I saw Eli from preschool in the hall and Eli saw me too and we waved, I also saw Claire from preschool but she didn't see me' [paraphrasing Ryan there]. He ate all his food which was good because what he didn't finish would have been thrown away so the bugs didn't get it [what?! not sure about that policy].
The bus dropoff is 2:36 so Abby and I headed out about 2:30. The bus was crazy late today, we walked back inside at 2:58. Yikes, I hope they figure out that kink tomorrow! The busdriver, Ms. Darlene I think it is, is supposed to be super nice and really great. She's driven our neighborhood for years and has a reputation for watching out for the kindergartners. I caught a glimpse of Ryan's head in the first row before he walked off, so that was good. And she won't let them off the bus until she sees the parents. We also found out today that he has to stand on the sidewalk until all the kids are off and the busdriver gives a thumbs-up that it's okay to cross the street.
Once he was inside, we looked at his papers and he had a quick snack and drink. I realized that he didn't know how to drink from his new thermos and he hadn't drank anything all day, yikes. So I showed him where to bite down :) He called Daddy and filled him in on his day. He also left messages for his grandmothers and talked to Grandpa. Then he and Abby relaxed in front of the TV for a few minutes. When Chloe woke up from her nap, we drove up to the school to take his picture in front of the sign. My hubby thought that was super goofy, but it made me happy! Since I didn't drive him in and get all the first day pictures, this made me feel better. As much as I wanted to walk him in today, I knew it wouldn't have been for the best. He was so excited about the bus, it would have taken us hours to get into that building, and the girls were still snoring. Plus there were no meltdowns at the bus stop [I was more worried about me than Ryan! yes, I did tear up as the bus pulled away].
All in all, great first day. Ryan loved it and is super excited to go back tomorrow. I am so proud of my little kindergartner!!! He's going to do great and learn so much. I love you Buddy, I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful first year of school!!
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