Boys bein' boys

Our first full week of Kindergarten/working momdom is going well.  Yesterday, I put Evan on the bus while Russ kept Alec home and had breakfast.  I helped Evan onto the bus, quickly helped him with his sea tbelt, kissed him goodbye and went to leave.  The bus driver told me that today I couldn't get on the bus.  I guess I can understand...she has a limited time frame to get these little buggers to school but it annoyed me and made me feel protective of Evan.  He's my little guy and I want to make sure he's ok.  Plus it was only DAY 2!!  But this morning, Russ told him ahead of time that he'd have to just get on the bus on his own and he did just fine with it.  As so many have told me it would be...it's way harder for me than for Evan. So...I'll just make Russ do it.  hehe   Evan also went through the lunch line in the cafeteria and bought himself a chocolate milk...I'm so proud!  It seems like a silly thing but for Evan to try something new on his own is pretty huge.

Evan is finally showing a very small amount of athletic ability.  We'll start with bounce catch and see if we can move on to throw and catch from there.  He was pretty proud of himself and thought it was fun...yippee for outdoor fun!  

The picture of Alec is of him playing with big brother's legos just the way big brother does...sitting at the dining room table.  He had the legos in his hand and he walked over to the chair and made it very clear that he wanted to sit in the chair.  So I helped him up and he sat there for a long time and just played with the new Ninjago legos.  Very cute!  (IMHO)

Well...I still have school work to be doing but all in all I'm enjoying being back at work.  It's busy there and busy at home but I think I'm happier being busy, busy, busy.  

Today after work I got a huge treat of taking my first Taiko drum lesson!!  So fun!  Thanks Alice!  Hopefully pictures to come...lessons are on Tuesdays.  :) 

First Day of Kindergarten

    After counting down the days, going to open house and playground night, following the bus like a secret spy, packing the back pack and the lunch poor Evan had to wait another day for his first day of Kindergarten.  Hurricane Lee brought us tons of rain and enough flooding in our area to close all the schools in our county, Cornell University, Ithaca College and all county roads.  But...the NEXT morning he had some toast for breakfast and we headed out.

 He was pretty nervous and asked Russ to carry him across the street to the bus stop.

 Then we had a few minutes of Dad's amazing ongoing saga of a story, "The Boy Who Could Fly" to keep our minds off what was coming.

Dad helped him onto the bus and into a seat.  I guess he was pretty sad when Russ left him but there was an aid who came right up to be with Evan.  I don't know about Evan but I was definitely in tears as the bus was pulling away.  

He came home happier than he left though and had lots to share about his big day.  We asked lots of questions to keep him talking and sharing information.   Apparently, they went outside for recess THREE times and even got to go on the back playground (bigger and usually for older kids).  The cafeteria was "SO small" and "only had 9 tables". I was very glad to hear this report on the cafeteria as I was concerned it might seem huge and loud to him.  They went to Art and PE.  He said he played cops and robbers with Abe and that Abe was "hard to find".  

We have high hopes for the coming week!  We're so proud of our big Kindergartener!!!

First Day of School

So Evan finally had his first day of Pre-Kindergarten this week.  The night before, we started to pack his lunch together.  As he climbed up the step stool next to me he said "Alright...First day of school, here we come."  He was pretty excited.  We had visited his classroom and he enjoyed the playdoh and puzzles.  His teacher had come to visit us at the house (impressive,no?) and he talked her ear off while we filled out paper work.  Miss Elizabeth is young and sweet and energetic.

I prepped Evan the night before on the importance of the first day of school photo.  He's not to keen these days to pose or say cheese.  So, I was very pleased when he allowed us a few snapshots without protest on this, his first day of school.

He was a little nervous and then contemplative on the 2 minute ride over.  

Here he is finding his hook and putting away his backpack.

 And off to the classroom...

He had a good day and even sat in the circle at circle time.  I saw it!