Almost...

....ready for the training wheels to come off!

Much Better

Here he is with his new NOT A PURSE school bag. You can't see but it has Mario from Mario Brothers on it. Much cooler than that PURSE I sent him with the first day.

School is going well. He is exhausted everyday when he gets home as am I from getting up so early. I think we will eventually get used to it but for now we don't do much...just come home and lounge. I am signing him up for soccer again so we will be even more worn out. Jayke hasn't really gotten the concept of time yet. He can tell time but doesn't understand that 1a.m., for instance, is in the middle of the night. The other night, as I was putting him to bed, he asked me to please get him up at 1a.m. so that he would have time to eat a pop tart before the bus came. He also had decided that he had had enough of school and would just go on back to Oma's from now on like he used to. You should have seen his face when I told him that he would be going to school for ATLEAST the next 13 years!

Is That Ketchup on Your Nose?

Day four of school did him in! He didn't eat lunch because he didn't like it and fell asleep at the table before he could eat what I gave him when he got home. Good thing I didn't get him up at 1a.m. like he had asked me to. He thought getting up at 1a.m. would give him ample time to eat a pop-tart before the bus picked him up this morning.

Finally Water is OK

Okay don't fall out of your chair...I said I might put up more pictures. Guess I got bored enough to finally do it. Not to much excplanation for these other than Jayke's two days a week at my dad's has greatly helped with his hatred of the water. He is slowly learning to swim...with floaties still. He also will jump in from the side which is a huge accomplishment because this causes him to get water on his head which he hates! Here are some pictures I took when we were over for AJ's birthday.

School Daze

Due to poplular demand...or rather a bunch of grouchy relatives, I'M BACK! At least long enough to post a couple pictures of Jayke on his first day of kindergarten.

He started school on Wednesday and was very excited. Turns out he was only really excited about riding the bus though. School he couldn't care less about. He is anxious to use the computers but acts bored about the rest of the situation.

After the first day I found out that the kids on the bus made fun of his school bag because it was a tote like we were instructed to send and to the other boys resembled a "purse". Being the over-prepared mother I am...or maybe that is the shopaholic that I am...I had a brand new back pack all ready to go in place of the "purse" the next morning. Day two went smoothly.

Day three didn't happen. A fever, sore throat, and sore legs happened. There went the perfect attendance award. On the other hand, I am now going to work at 8 a.m. Something I have NEVER done. Yes, it is slowly sucking the life from me too. I have to come home and take a nap at 3 o'clock. I'm hoping this is a temporary situation and as I adjust to the disgustingly early time I have to haul my groaning carcass out of bed these days it will get easier. Naps at 3 o'clock will hopefully no longer be necessary. 3 cups of coffee and 2 Diet Cokes before 9 a.m. will hopefully not be necessary for much longer either. I'm spending all my time running to the bathroom instead of working.

So that is my brief update about the beginning of school for The Boy. If I get ambitious I may come back and put some pictures of him swimming on here as well. Enjoy!