The night before summer started, I cried. I had a gut wrenching feeling that my routine was about to be changed and I wouldn't know what to do with Alyssa home all day. Fast forward three months and the night before school started again I felt the same feeling, but now utterly sad that Alyssa would no longer be home. We had a wonderful summer together with easy days at home and now we had to go back to school life. Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo.
We celebrated our last weekend of summer in Dallas. We rode the Swashbuckler Express, sporting our best pirate attire and the kids swam lots and lots! Taft also learned that he doesn't know how to swim, especially with his mouth full of an ice cream cone. Thanks, Camille for saving him.
Alyssa is a week into 3rd grade and seems to be liking it. She is excited to get math homework and learn how to play the recorder!
The boys and I are having fun at home. Taft and Joel are participating in a joy school type preschool. They like it! Taft is becoming keenly aware of the letter R, which he learned last week. They are also keeping me busy at home. Joel is turning more into a big kid and has a few strong-willed and mischievous moments. I just found him today, in fact, lathering his body in Carmex chapstick. Whatever. Now he won't be chapped.
Kent is rolling around and kind of starting to sit up. He has filled out nicely in the last 2.5 months. I found out at his 4 month appointment that he had lost weight. A flood of emotions came along with that. Mostly I felt really bad that I let my baby lose weight. He is a good sleeper so he didn't eat as much as those insomniac babies, but I think that caused me to not produce as much milk from the get go. We get by with a little help from formula and he's doing great!
I have pictures, but blogger isn't uploading them, so make up some pictures in your head for the time being. There are so many things to tell you. I wish I could put it all down. Trust me when I say we are alive and my kids are cute and kind. Also trust me when I say that I have to take a time out at least once a day because it almost seems too much. And some days I should probably take more than one time out, but I don't and say and do things I regret. I'm thankful for repentance and forgiveness and for the people around me that bring me so much joy!
