School, again!!!

What a busy week its been!  With the start of school, life always gets a little hectic I guess, but each year I find myself not really looking forward to it.  We prepared over the weekend and I got Ethan's "back-2-school" box all ready for a little celebration on Tuesday evening, but still that pit in my stomach was not budging.  I'm the type of person that tries really hard to stay positive and look for the bright side of things, so I knew I had to find something to keep my mind occupied and all I know to do is "celebrate" these times in our life that are happening way too quickly....

When Brenton got home on Tuesday, I showed him a letter that I wrote to Ethan and after he was done, I put the note in the box and then we decided to give Ethan his goodies before the Open House that night.  He was so cute and reading the note made me cry!  Anyway, I make the box sound like it's this big thing, but truly, it's not.  With these types of events, I choose to "kill 2 birds with 1 stone" and the presentation is what gets it.  I chose to fill the box with items for his lunch box, pencils, a new umbrella (for rainy days), and other miscellaneous items.  He loved it!  I find, by having a celebration for these moments, the mood changes and the transition isn't so scary any longer.  The fun is what makes it and why not make things fun, I mean before too long he'll be heading off to college.

 "celebrating" 

Anyway, the Open House went well and meeting his teacher was exciting, so his 1st day was a breeze for him.  He had a great day and I got to hear all about it over dinner!  Brenton took Colin to his 5 year well visit, so I took Ethan on a "date" to the Texas Roadhouse (Ethan's choice)!  He was so darn cute telling me all about his day (thanks to his teacher for giving us parents some ice breaker questions to ask) and then his face changed, so I knew something happened!  Well, that something included a little girl finding him on the playground and telling him how much she missed him....which was "really annoying" LOL!!

Open House...all ready to start

1st day of 2nd Grade (8-20-14)

Breakfast of Champions = Cinnamon Rolls

off he goes, so excited

waiting on their bus

Dinner Date

telling me all about his day = PRICELESS

Another thing that had to happen on Wednesday, was Colin's well visit!  I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that he is 5 years old, but he is, and that meant he had to have his shots!  Poor little guy finalized the immunizations for school, so he's ready to go, but boy did they hurt!  He kept saying "oush" and grabbing his legs, so I knew they hurt.  Overall, Dr. Gigax was really proud of him and happy for all his growth within the past year.  He said his ABC's, gave her high five, loved on her, and she was really impressed with him after she finished the visit.  We've come a long way, so to hear her say she was happy with him, was music to this mama's ears!  When he got home, he was done, so he relaxed and went to bed pretty early with daddy!  LOL!!!  I'm so looking forward to "celebrating" with him in a couple of weeks for his back-2-school.  So, until I get both boys back in fully, the feeling in my stomach will remain, but again...celebrating helps me during these types of transitions in life & I pray that Colin's goes just as well as Ethan's did!

Leave me alone, Mom...I'm in no mood for pictures