School Check-In

The boys are now in their second week of school. Time for a check-in to see how they are liking their teachers and classes.

Jack - "My favorite subject is math. My teacher is very nice."

Jason - "I like MESA or engineering. I like that I get to create stuff."

Shawn - "I like math class. The teacher is good."

Teacher Life ...

Pandemic style. Double masked and a hot mess.

Cruising Along Memory

August 2017...

Harvest

We have jeweled corn! Shawn has decided they are all his. He LOVES them!

Friday Five

Well, we successfully made it through our first week of school. We were all definitely ready for a lazy weekend. We were POOPED!

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Everyone seems to like being back in school. We have had a few issues with Shawn's school and have had several long discussions with his school to get them to correct those issues. We expect that they get resolved soon. 

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Poor Gracie isn't a fan of everyone going out into the world without her. She had us all to herself for all this time...it is going to be a hard transition for her. 

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Jack's favorite thing about going to school is learning about growth mindsets.

Shawn's favorite thing about going to school is all the kids.

Jason's favorite thing about going to school is seeing all his friends.

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I had to go out and buy Shawn new pants. I thought he was in a size bigger than he was. When he went to get dressed, we found out that the new pants would stay up. LOL. oops!

Found Outside

Found this big bee next to a smaller bee. I imagine some sort of fantastical battle between to two, during which each suffered a fatal blow. I don't think I've really ever seen a bee this large before!

Way Back Wednesday

This week in 2018.

Pointed toes and everything!

 

First Day of School!

In-person school, here we come!

Last first day of elementary school!

Last first day of middle school!

Last first day of middle school!

Hair Cuts

Had to make ourselves presentable for the outside world. That means we had to go get some hair cuts!

Before:

After:

Dad took the other two to get their hair cut. Shawn opted for me to cut his hair. :)

Conversations With 13 Year Olds

Me: Okay. No more with the dad jokes. I can’t handle any more.

Jason: That wasn’t a dad joke. That one was actually funny.

Isaac: Wha…? Hey!

Me: bwahahahaha!

On This Day

Shawn's first day of school - 8 years ago today...

Friday Five

Whelp, this was our last Friday before the start of the school year. I start on Monday. The boys start on Tuesday.

We are sad. lol

The boys are nervous/excited about in-person school, so that is nice. 

Mom and dad are nervous about the rapidly increasing Covid cases in our area. In fact, today, the county reinstated mandatory mask mandates indoors starting tonight at midnight.

So...yeah.

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Shawn ended up getting sick for a few days this week. It seemed to be sinus/migraine issues, but it really knocked him down for about 24 hours and messed up his sleep (and our sleep) for a few nights. He was mostly back to himself by Thursday afternoon.

The other two boys got a whole lot of quiet iPad time, which they were happy about.

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We had planned to try to get away for a night this week, but didn't end up able to go. So...we'll just need to figure out a different day for us to go. Maybe we can play hookie from school one day. :)

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The wasps have hunted most of the caterpillars in our milkweed. We had tons of them out there, but now, there are only a few. Sigh.

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We headed to an out of town Target today. We had no idea where anything was, but it was kind of fun to go to someplace new.

Upswing

This dude is feeling better. Yay!

Morning Shawn - not quite there.
He says he's at 85% here.

He's back! Being outside makes everything better. :)

Way Back Wednesday

On this day in 2014, Jason and I went to the library and got his first library card! He had so much fun looking at all the books and picking out a few to read. ❤️

Looks like this book was about his favorite thing at that
time - NASCAR. Lol
Also, that's some pretty advanced text for an incoming 1st grader!

Sick Again

It's been such a long time since one of these guys was sick that we almost forgot how to do this. Shawn felt pretty miserable all day and night. Poor guy.

Cannon Ball

I do think he is part fish. He loves the pool. He really loves the ladder. lol

A Few More

A few pictures from the zoo that Isaac had on his phone.

Zoo Trip

We took a trip to our local zoo yesterday. Everyone said they had fun, so I'll call it a win!