Hello!

This was an email that Austin sent me this morning. He had drill this weekend, but since he works at the base full time, he also has an office there, along with email access. He knew I was tired and not feeling up to par, so he sent me a little pick-me-up, make me laugh email. Just a one liner, but it did the trick!

"Good morning babe. I just wanted to send you an Email to say “Hi” and good luck today with the demon possessed children. - Austin"

Jonathan the helper

Jonathan got to be the helper in his pre-k class today. Apparently the teacher pulls a name every morning, and the helper for the day gets to do all kinds of fun things. It was great seeing how animated Jonathan was as he described all that he got to help with today!

"I got to be the helper today! I fed Fanny (the fish). And I got to write my name. And I got nine bears. (Huh?) I got to come up and pull the wiggle worms. (I think it's some kind of 'get the wiggle worms out' kind of thing they do first off.) And I picked out the three colors. And you know what? Oh yeah, I was the line leader. And I passed the books to my friends because they needed them."

He also told me all about riding the bus, taking a nap, going to lunch, and eating strawberries. He's really enjoying school! Heck, that's the most he's told me about school since he started!

Row, row, row your boat

Jonathan and Annah have never really gotten a chance to spend a lot of time with my brother, Randy. Lately though, he's been better at being around, and they've gotten to know him a bit.

Last weekend, we went out to Culpepper Lake (which is owned by my uncle) for my mom's family day with her church. We didn't stay very long, but Jonathan and Annah got to spend some time with Uncle Randy, and they enjoyed it a lot.

The difference between boys and girls

I posted a couple of days ago about Jonathan starting Pre-K this week; today I went by to check with his teacher, Mrs. Johnson, and see how he's been doing. She assured me that he has been fine, and that she finds him to be a very funny and loving little boy. She did tell me a story, though, that made me laugh so hard I had to hold my stomach!

Mrs. Johnson said that the other day as they were going over the rules in the classroom, she started telling them about the different bathrooms - one for girls and one for boys. She said that she stated over and over how important it was that the boys never go in the girls bathroom and vice versa. So after her words of warning, Jonathan piped up with an explaination of why this was all so important: "That's because girls have vaginas!"

Yep; even at four years old, he's got the basics down!

Tomatoes ARE NOT a fruit!

Last weekend, we stopped by my parents house for a quick visit. My step-dad grows a lot of his own veggies and stuff, and as we were leaving, he picked some hot peppers for me to take home to Austin. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but he also wound up giving Annah a tomato, which she believed was an apple.

I tried to convince her otherwise, but she just wasn't hearing it. I did manage to persuade her to wait til we got home to eat it. And after dinner, she grabbed ahold of it, sat down at the table, and took a big bite.

Let me just say that you will NEVER convince Annah that tomaotoes are a fruit!!!

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to school they go!

Yep, it's that time of year again; school started back in Baldwin County today. And my two boys were among the back-to-school crowd!

Matthew entered 6th grade: Middle School! He was excited, but the look of excitement on his face was mixed with a bit of fear as well. He didn't start off so great; we forgot to pack his schedule, so he went to school without a clue as to anything other than where he was supposed to be during first period. Then he got a bad headache around lunchtime, which turned into an evil migraine. And to top it all off, guess who missed the bus going home? Yep. When I finally mananged to get him, he was tired and frustrated, along with feeling sick from the migraine. He started throwing up within just a few minutes. Poor guy. Luckily though, after a quick nap and a shower, he felt much better, and started telling me about his day, and the old and new friends he'd met up with.

Jonathan also had a school experience today; he started Pre-K! I'm so excited for him; he loves his teacher, and loves riding the big yellow bus even more. He says he made some friends today, but couldn't tell me many names. Oh well, it will come. I'm glad he enjoyed his first day; I was really concerned that he might have one of his meltdowns before we could even get him there, but he did great.

And of course, what kind of post would this be without some back to school pictures? (Although I do have to say that Matthew refused to let me take any of him if other people could see!)







A picture with Daddy while waiting for the bus:


Waiting at the bus stop:


Being a big boy and getting on the bus:


Getting off the bus at school (he realized Mommy was there!):


Jonathan starting off in his new class: