Speedy September

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!