I can't believe the month of September is nearly over. I know I say this all the time, but the days
really fly by so quickly, especially the older you get. I swear it was just yesterday that I was
worried about Adalynn starting preschool and Awanas one day after the next, and
now she's already been attending both for nearly one month. Craziness!
So how are things going with our new schedule? Very well!
It's taken me seven months, but I think I can say I'm finally adjusted
to being a stay-at-home mom. I'm sure
having Adalynn in preschool three days a week helps the situation, even though
the 2.5 hours she is away goes by quicker than the speed of light. My little darling had no qualms on her first
day at Shepherd's Fold. She made a
beeline past the table with the name tags, zipped past the podium with the
sign-up sheet, and raced into her room barely looking back at me calling out
"Bye Mom!" I was frantically
racing behind her juggling Wesley, the diaper bag, papers, and the name tag
while scribbling my name on the drop off form.
By the time I found her in the back of the room playing in the kitchen
area, she made a new friend (Ava) and once again just looked at me and said
"bye mom." Sigh. Well, I suppose it's better than the crying
and clinging that we went through when she was two being dropped off at
daycare. So since she was in such a
hurry to start school, I didn't get any pictures before class started but I do
have some that I took after class on her first day.............
Adalynn is already learning new things at school. She was reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
while sitting on the potty the other day; and I overheard her telling her
Barbie dolls that God made light on day one, made water on day two, made trees
and plants on day three, made the sun and moon and stars on day four, made fish
and birds on day five, and made animals and people on day six. That completely floored me. I even grabbed my Bible to look it up to see
if she was right, and sure enough, she was!
(Yes, that's a confession that I forgot the basics). So even though she tells me that she doesn't
do anything but play all day long at preschool, I know that's not true. Obviously other things are sinking in as
well!
As for our little Wesley, he has been going through a more
difficult stage. We did have a cold bug
being passed through the house so I'm sure that didn't help matters, but
despite that Wes has decided he is going to start getting up 2-3 times a night
again. Two nights ago, Wes was up for
nearly 4 hours. I keep hoping I'll see
tooth #3 as an explanation for all this nonsense, but so far no such luck.....
just swollen gums. Our little guy is
also getting too adventurous for my taste.
Here's the thing..... my favorite baby stage is where they are able to
sit up on their own unsupported but aren't mobile enough to go anywhere. Adalynn was in that blissful stage for five
months. Wesley, on the other hand, is
already trying to crawl just a couple of weeks after sitting up on his
own. Even though he hasn't mastered the "true"
crawling technique, he is still mobile by rolling around or doing his funky
army crawl (for lack of a better term). He'll
intentionally flop himself on to his side on the floor from a sitting position
so he can more easily scoot around. I'm
not ready to be chasing the little dude around the house just yet! And here is a recent pic of our
troublemaker.........
So September is almost over.... let's see what October brings!
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