Solar System

Avaree had her first science project to do today. She had to make a model of the solar system and she did great (with my help). She was very proud of her project! She also said she's been dying to go to Neptune. Not really sure why, but she wants to go!

Report Card

Avaree got her first report card! It's for the first 9 weeks. She did very well and we are so proud of her! She got Satisfactory in Writing, Handwriting, and P.E. and Excellent in Science, Language Arts, Math, Music, and Conduct.

1st Field Trip

Avaree had her first field trip yesterday. They were away from school all day long going to different places around town learning about their community. They went to the Courthouse, the Post Office, the public library, Winn-Dixie, and a park. She had a blast and was so excited about going to the Courthouse. I was able to take part of my lunch break and go visit with them while they were there. Avaree's teacher said she kept telling EVERYONE she saw that her Mama works here! I snapped a few pictures when I went to see them.

 

 

 

Kindergarten Picture

Avaree's school pictures just came in. I think they turned out pretty good (for school pictures), although her hair looked better when I dropped her off that morning! She's growing up so fast!

Homework time!

Avaree has been having lots of homework (too much in my opinion for Kindergarten) and she loves it! She usually does it while I'm getting dinner ready and if Jace is awake, he will play in his highchair.

 He dropped his ducky!

We Survived

Well we have survived our first week of being back to the real world. I'm back at work, Avaree is in school, and Jace is in daycare. Avaree is doing great in Kindergarten, she loves it! She says "Kindergarten rocks!" I hope she continues to feel that way.

It's good to be back at work, although I'd much rather be at home with my baby boy. It is so hard to drop him off every morning. I don't like it at all, it has gotten a little easier, but it's still really hard. The first day was the worst, I didn't think I'd ever stop crying! What's so hard for me is that I only really get to see him for about an hour and a half every day, which is in the evenings. He usually falls asleep on the way home and sleeps for a little bit. Then he wakes up and is ready for a bath and bottle. Then it's bedtime. He usually go to bed around 7:30-8:00.  I don't want to keep him up later to spend time with him because he sleeps all night long and I still have to wake him in the mornings!

Jace seems to be doing okay at daycare, all his teachers keep saying what a good baby he is and how sweet he is. He makes me proud! The only problem really is that he's not taking good naps. At home, he'll have at least a 2 hour nap in the morning and about a 3 hour nap in the afternoon, along with a few short catnaps in between. At daycare though, he only has about four 30 minute naps, so he's a sleepy baby when I pick him up and he gets a little ill in the evenings.

Jace worn out after his first day of daycare

Maybe one day I'll be able to stay home, or at least work part time so I can have more time with my kiddos.

Excited to see his sister after being away from her all day!

Avaree goes to daycare when she gets out of school. Some days, they will let her go to Jace's class so she can see him for a little while. One day though, she and her friend Paige snuck down the hall to Jace's room. They both got in trouble, but the poor girl just wanted to see her baby brother!

1st day of Kindergarten

Today was my baby girl's first day of Kindergarten. I can't believe she is in big girl school already. She was a little nervous (Mama was too, especially since she's been home all summer) when we walked into the classroom but she did great! I am so proud of her. She has to be there at 7:45 and the first and last days of school are always half days so she got out at 11:00 (1:45 on a regular day).

As soon as I picked her up, she said, "My day was awesome!!" That made me happy because I was a little worried about her all day. I didn't think they would eat lunch at school since they got out so early, but they did--at 9:00! She said she had "a healthy salad, tater tots with ketchup, hamburger, and grape juice." I asked her what her favorite part of the day was and of course she said the lunchroom! My baby likes to eat! I hope tomorrow and the rest of the year go just as well!

Outside of her classroom when I dropped her off.

And in her classroom.