First Day of 3rd Grade

First day of 3rd Grade! Only 6 boys at the bus stop this year - there may be a couple more some days - but it's gotten really small. When they were in kindergarten, there were 21 kids at this bus stop!

Getting so tall - this morning with Daddo.

This morning with me
I think they are happy to be going to 3rd grade ... they were already talking about End of Grade (EOG) testing ... these kids have no chance of being left behind ... I know it's been a long time since I wrote ... we had a great week last week. I took off work, and spent it with the boys. Monday we went to Paint Your Pot (see previous blog) and Tuesday I took them roller skating. Wednesday we just hung out at home all day, and the same thing on Thursday. They are finally calm enough to just hang out ... we did crafts, played games, watched TV. Friday we got Daddo and went to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. The picture above was taken in the butterfly house. We have lots of beautiful pictures of the butterflies ... of course, you can see the flowers but the butterflies are hidden (so I'm not posting them).

Oh Reggie - we saw huge horned caterpillars at the museum, but they were no where near as big as yours!!!

So, we're back to normal starting today. I'm going back to the gym each day, the kids will be doing homework quickly after school so they can either go to the gym with me, or Alek and Daddo can go to football practice on T/Th. Oh, btw, Alek is loving football practice. It seems to be a really good team, and the other parents and kids are nice, and have really accepted him. There are 4 new kids on this team this year, so we were a little worried. They were undefeated last year, so I think they have high expectations. First game is Sept 6 and we're taking end of game drinks.

Other than going back to school, there's nothing exceptional going on this week ... but just getting back in the swing of things will keep us busy.

Oh - notice my new profile picture - it's from this morning. I got dressed, put on makeup, curled my hair, made breakfast and even have dinner in the crock-pot already. Now, I guess I just need to get back to work ................... bye for now!