KiNdErGaRtEn!

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! It's official! I now live with a kindergartner!!! I can't believe it! In some ways, I thought this day would never come!!! And I am also trying to "cherish and remember" these days, because I know they grow up waaaaay too fast. I was telling Jer last night, that I think she will grow up really fast now - because every day before now, she has been my shadow at home, everywhere I go, there she goes. She is *right there* all. the. time.

But now..........well, now she will be at school for 7 hours a day - every day! I have a feeling time is really going to fly by now!

She was very excited (and I think a little nervous - but she would never admit it) about her first day.

Here's to a fun-filled, happy year of Kindergarten Sis!

transition day

It's Kindergarten Transition Day!! Sis will go to school for 2 1/2 hours this morning, with all the other kindergartners in the school district, and have rule of the school! Today is just to introduce the little ones to "big school" and show them their way around. They will have to type in their lunch # to get their snack today, and have 15 minutes each in PE, Music and Art class, and will learn their way around their new kindergarten classroom!

She was excited and ready to go (and a little nervous too I think....though she would never admit it!) :-) We made it a family affair, and all walked down to her bus stop with her to see her off.

Now.....the true test will be on Wednesday..........how will she do, being at school from 9am until 4 pm?! Better yet........how will mama do....? ;-) I see no tissues needed in my near future, but we shall see. :-)

Meet the Teacher for Sis

Last night was "Meet the Teacher" night in our school district. So we loaded the kids up and took Sissy's school supplies up to her new school and got to meet her new kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Mautino. :-)

Sis was none too happy to pose for a picture for me. I think I embarrassed her. Haha....one of many times, I'm sure. ;-)

She was awfully excited to see her new big kindergarten classroom, meet her teacher, sit at her new desk, and put her new supplies in her pencil box. Another "first milestone" we are about to cross with my little girl. Tears? Nah! Not yet at least. ;-) I don't see any tears in my near future, but I'll let ya know! lol.

Monday, the 16th, Sis goes to Kindergarten Transition Day, for 1/2 a day. Then she officially starts, all day on Wednesday the 18th. We are SO EXCITED! :D

the adventure of Isaiah's first day

Back from vacation and buried under piles of laundry, and a pig-sty of a house. (was it really worth it?)...ok ok.....I guess it was. ;)

We came back to a busy next day. Today marks the end of an era (or beginning.....however you want to look at it) :) Today was Isaiah's first day of preschool. Yes, my baby boy is in preschool......... F I N A L L Y ! haha....you thought I was gonna boo-hoo didn't ya? nah, you knew me better than that. I dropped Isaiah off this mornin dancin and singing the hallalujiah chorus. :)

For those of you not able to capture the moment and excitement with me.....here is our morning, in photos..... :)

yes! finally time for Isaiah to go off to preschool! he is excited!!!!

he's not really in the picture-taking mood......

we finally arrived at our destination.....Sonshine Preschool! I pray daily for his poor poor teacher......

here is mister vanna white.....showing off his backpack hook :)

ta-da!!!!! here is my classroom!!!!!!

ok, so he just realized that daddy is going to LEAVE, and not stay at preschool and play with him..... :( a little whiny, a little clingy.....no tears though :)

ok, finally let go of daddy, and he decided to go sit down and give this whole "school thing" a try.....

He survived his first day of school! Here he is, waiting with the other kids on the carpet, until mommy comes to pick him up.

Man, that 3 hours went by FAST. And he only goes Tuesdays and Thursdays?!?

Um, is it too late to sign him up for 5 days a week? I could get used to this.......

Meet the Teacher Night - Lillian

Last Thursday we went to Lillian's school for "meet the teacher" night. She has the same teacher and is in the same room as last year, so it was more of a refresher. Above, Lillian is putting her name by the number how old she is and posing by the bulliten board.


In the "library" corner

Lillian by her cubby :)

By the calendar and weather bulliten board

And Lilly's favorite: in the play house area

Looks like fun! When does school start??

Only 6 more days!!!!!!

Lillys last day

of preschool was today!!! Yay for summer! Of course I say this now. We have yet to have a full "official" day of summer boredom. Ask me again in a day or two, and see what I say. I'm sure the excitement of summer will wear off real quick. just a hunch.

In the meantime, today was her last day of her first year of preschool. And today was declared "messy/wet day" at her school, and she got permission to wear/bring swimsuits today. So she was sure psyched up about that. Never mind that it had rained last night, or was cloudy and a little cool this morning. Lilly had been waiting ALL weekend.....all 3 days... to wear her swimsuit to school today, and bygolly, she was gonna wear it!!! :)

She came home with her backpack stuffed of papers......some of her artwork dated all the way back from September. Where in the world has this been the past 8 months?

My mom and I picked her up from school today. I'm continuing on my moms tradition of taking the kids out to eat for lunch on their last day of school. I gave her 3 choices and let her pick where. She chose Long John Silvers. ha! She just likes their corn on the cob and corn dog nuggets. :)

Ok, so summer vacation has officially started in our house. I have got to start making some plans for this summer, and get some activities for the kids, or they will drive me absolutely bonkers! Suggestions?

A Successful First Day

Lilly survived the dark, mean world out there of ......... Preschool! just kidding. She did great. She was very excited to be riding the school bus to school, and got on like a big girl, no tears, no fussin'.....sure made it easier on mommy. (and for those wondering, no, there were no tears from mommy either.) Jer went in to work late today, and got to help take pics and see Lilly off to her first day of school. The bus was about 30 min late, than what they told me, but it was no biggie. Lilly got a little antsy waiting for it. But was sure excited when it finally got there!

oh where oh where is my school bus???

After a long, hard first day of preschool, Lilly was excited to come home, and I think she missed bubby more than mommy. He got the first hug. And of course, she had to show him her picture that she colored at school.

Blessings~

Sheila

Random Ramblings

Yes, it has been a few days since I've been here last. Well, life happens, and I haven't had much time to blog. Weekends are always crazy over here. But now it is exactly 12:00- midnight, on Sunday night, and as everyone else in my home sleeps, I can finally get on here to visit with you! It was a fun, but busy weekend. Went to a wedding on Saturday, and mom and dad watched the kids. (um, yea, if we had to take the kids to a wedding, we might as well have stayed home! So, thanks for watching them, mom and dad!) Afterwards, Jer and I went to eat at my fave italian place- Zio's. We had a gift card to there that we hadn't used yet. So we only had to pay like $5 of the bill -- even better. =)



Church was really good today. Our pastor and youth pastor co-preached- which was a lot of fun, and we got to hear from/see some of the youth participating in service more today. We like to mix things up a little. Other than church, today was a day of rest and relaxation at home. We all napped today- which was wonderful. (which is also probably why I'm still up at midnight- haha)



Ok, so I've made the decision that I can't let what other people say/do to me dictate my mood and whether I have a good day or a bad day. Yes, some of you are probably like, 'why does she do that anyways?' Well, I do. or used to. I'll try not to from here on out. With God's help- I will overcome! I know who I am, and my thoughts, morals, intentions ...yada....yada....yada. Yes, I have become more laid back since meeting and marrying Jer. He is the most easy-going, laid back person you would meet. And some of that has rubbed off on me. Unfortunately, some of my old sensitive, moody self tends to seep back in. Not that being sensitive is bad, mind you. There's just got to be a good balance. Moving on.....



We have one more full day until my little girl gets on the bus to her first day of preschool! We are ready......backpack, supplies and all......I'll let you know how it turns out! We were talking to Lilly about it tonight, about her first day, and getting to play at school, and reminding her of her teacher that we met last week, and Isaiah said, 'I want to go too'! We told him it was just for Lilly, and he would get to stay home and play with mommy. He got this really bummed out look on his face. ha! Poor thing.....we'll have to do something fun this week. Just me and my bubba.

I'm off to get some zzz's....the kiddos will be awake again before I know it......

Hugs~ ShEiLa

Meet the Teacher & an Update

We went to Lilly's preschool meet the teacher night at her school tonight. We came back with some more info on the school and how it is run. Her teacher seems very nice and friendly. She tried to talk to Lilly, but of course Lilly hid behind me. Lilly wasn't on her best behavior at the school, and got a talking-to in the car later, but hopefully will warm up to the school and her teacher soon. I think we were just trying to push her too much tonight. Lilly needs time to take it all in, and adjust. She can't just dive in to a new surrounding quickly. I'm hoping she'll adjust quickly. In the meantime, we're talking a lot about her school and riding the school bus, here at home. It will be fun! and the countdown is now.......FOUR days til preschool! woo-hoo!

On the other news-front.....I talked to Grandpa H on the phone on Tuesday, and was asking about Grandma. She's been having some good days (PTL!) where she has been up a lot of the day, but then she's had some not so good days. Jeremy's aunt and uncle (Grandma's son and daughter-in-law) went to visit her a while back, and her son trims the shrubbery at their house, and his wife stayed inside and talked to Grandma, and she actually sat up and talked to her for about an hour- which is good for Grandma. Usually she wears out sooner than that. So they are pretty much taking it one day at a time, and replying heavily on their (and our!) prayers. Grandma has lost all of her hair, which I know she is self-conscious about. She has always had perfect hair, going to the beauty salon religiously. I asked Grandpa about coming to visit her, and he said that he will tell me what he has told everybody else, 'that Grandma will let us know when she's up for visitors'. Which I have to admit, hurt my feelings a little. I mean, we're not visitors, we're family. But we will respect Grandma's wishes. And continue to pray for her! Grandma has a another test soon (I believe he said today, actually) that will determine if the chemo is helping at all. And once they get the results on that, it will determine if they continue more chemo, or something else.

But praise the LORD, we know the Healer!

the countdown continues

Lilly's preschool countdown......only 5 days to go!! We've got her supplies and backpack....all ready to go. Tomorrow night we will go to the school for "Meet the Teacher". Hard to tell if she's excited yet, or really knows what I'm talking about, but I'm talking it up big time.

Did you all read the post previous to our family photos? I typed it right before I did our family photos. So I was thinking some of you might not have seen it. Check it out.