Pathetic! AND Updates!

My children's first day of school (August 12th) came and went. Where was the blog you ask? Where are the pictures? Where the heck did Caryn go? Pathetic!!

After learning from a friend that my blog was "messed up," I checked it out for myself and sure enough, some "image removed" thing was all over the place. Ugh. So back to square one and now I am up and running again, ready to blog more consistently .... I think.

Josh had a very good start to his school year. He is in 1st grade with Mrs. Busi, and he is loving every minute of it ... well, maybe not the homework part!! It is a total fight almost every night, complete with kicking and screaming, which reminds me a lot of the terrible twos ... but I digress! It's not like the homework is hard, or that he can't do it. He just wants to play! And I DO let him play after school for about an hour or so - you know, to relax and unwind. I can totally understand how it is a big jump from kinder to 1st. 1/2 day vs. whole day, group/table work vs. individual work, and all that! But I seriously would rather walk over hot coals some days than do homework with my son. Hopefully it gets better. I am praying for a miracle here.

So since August 12th, Josh has turned 7 (September 1st), and we had a party for him at the Jump Zone (which Ryan missed because he was away with you-know-who) and we were able to spend his actual birthday with him at Disneyland, which was a lot of fun!! Josh also started playing AYSO soccer again (year 2) and he is ... well, let's just say that the coach and the parents get good kick out of Josh on the field. I love him to death, but just don't think he is cut out for soccer. We've had 3 games and he is improving, which is good! He was player of the week this week, for what, we are not sure. LOL

Maddie also started school on the 12th. She has Mrs. Morris (same teacher Josh had, yay!) and to my surprise, she went to school skipping and jumping and sooo very excited! Where were the tears? The "don't go Mommy" pleas? I was proud of her for her "mature behavior" but a little sad that she didn't fuss the way she did in PreSchool to stay home with Mommy. So I swallowed my disappointment (haha) and let her go - only the tears were from me and not her. She had a slow start ... very shy and sat by herself a lot until she made a few friends in her class. Kids are clicky even at a young age. Makes me so mad!

Maddie has finally settled into her kindergarten routine. Gets all her homework done the very first night, loves to bring home her book bridges book to read to us every night and takes her "jobs" as Mrs. Morris calls their classwork, very seriously. We have started Daisy Scouts and AYSO Soccer. She is a pretty good player - we were all shocked. =) Love you too Maddie-Girl!

And last but not least, little Ty. Home with Momma full-time still. Life for us is quiet and different during the day now with only 2 of us at home for 1/2 the day. We are getting more time to play together...and he is really starting to become very verbal. He makes his demands known, and is using his words more than crying to express his feelings now. Still working on saying bye-bye to the ba-ba and once and for all ditching the diapers. Thinking about potty training again makes me very tired!

So we are back to "normal" 10 months out of the year scheduling again. It is hectic and busy, but I love it. Never a dull moment. I promise to be more up-to-date on the blog. August and September just kicked my butt!