Friday, August 24, 2012

School

This week marked Liam's first day in VPK at Trinity and Nathan's second week of homeschool.  Liam was so excited about his first day, I think it made him a little stressed because he ended up getting a migrane on Sunday night which of course lead to him vomitting.  His first day went well and his teacher said he is such a good listener.  At church on Wednesday she again told me that he was such a good listener and I responded I wish he would listen to me, she laughed.  Later I asked him why he is listening so good at school and he said, "because Mom I want to get to the top of the board."  I swear he is too cleaver.

School has been going good for Nathan too, he is getting used to the routine and the whinning has almost stopped.  Thank goodness it was driving me crazy.  He had his first phonics test in which he scored a 99.  He is almost through every lowercase cursive letter and even though he complains about all the cursive practice he has to complete, he is getting pretty good for only doing it a two weeks.

Nathan had is classical conversations orientation on Tuesday, there are 7 kids in his class.  Turns out he know one girl from the YMCA and boy from church.  He has his first class on Tuesday.

Braxton of course is sick again, I am just over it.  I know I have said this before but everytime I get into a good gym routine he ends up sick which means I can't go.  On Wednesday he came down with a high fever, then Wednesday night it broke and Thursday he woke up with a rash.  I know it is just viral but praying it isn't hand, foot, and mouth again.  I cleaned all his toys just in case.  With Nathan's birthday party on Saturday I just want it gone so both Matt and I can be there, otherwise one of us will be staying home with Braxton.

Nathan received his desk in the mail that we ordered from Pottery Barn Kids.  It is really nice and we set it up in the front room for now.  Once his bed comes in, should be about 8 weeks, we will move it into his room.  Not sure if I mentioned it before but we are moving Nathan into Braxton's room and Braxton will be moving into the boys room.  We are doing Nathan's room in the Star Wars Theme.

Not much else happening besides the normal swim practice.  Looking forward to Nathan's birthday weekend, will post pictures of it next week.

Monday, August 13, 2012

The Start of a New School Year

Today marked the start of Nathan's first day of homeschool.  He was so excited this morning, I made him his favorite yogurt parfait and then we got to work.  Most of it was review from last year which made it a little bit easier for the both of us as we adjust to homeschooling.  The only new material we covered was the lowercase cursive e.

Swim practice is back to the afternoon this week which is nice for a change.  Liam went to Saturday practice at the home pool on this past weekend and the head coach was very surprised by his swimming skills.

Liam's orientation is on Thursday and then school starts on Monday for him. 

Other than Braxton and I recovering from colds, not much else happening here.  Looking forward the getting into a schedule again after a busy summer.