back to school-"day five"...

we made it through the first week hooray. drop off, no problem. took his own lunch today, school lunch options no good. went swimming, no break down, dad met us at the pool. PE today, still no balls, just learning their place in the gym. they each have a spot that is designated by the numbers and letters on the walls, isaac is F9.{at least that's what i think he told me i'll have to ask again, good thing his memory is better than mine.} just forgot to wear our school shirt, it's a friday thing. i'll try and remember next week.

back to school-"day four"...

aka. the sucky drop off. today was the first day we had to drop isaac off at the door. he got all quiet and kept giving me hugs, i felt horrible. we were early so we just hung out for a little while. finally one of the ladies who helps at the kindergarten door asked him if he wanted her to walk him to class he nodded and left. i put my sunglasses on and cried. good thing i had some good distractions in the form of beck and true to keep my mind occupied for the next little bit. i cried a few more times that day but when we went to pick him up he said he had had a good day. lunch was cheese ravioli and pineapple, both of which he didn't eat much of because he busted his lip on beckam's head tuesday night and he said they burned. poor kid, no wonder he lost it as we were leaving the swimming pool that evening. we stopped to swim since this is our last week, and he was so tired and hungry by the end and his mean mom didn't want him to eat another granola bar because it was 5:15 and we were going home to have dinner. then i forgot to remind him to get his bike till after he had taken 3 steps in the wrong direction. and to top it off i cut him off in the driveway, while trying to line my bike up for trailer backing, that was the last straw. he was crying and ramming my bike with his, i just felt bad for him. it's been a long, hungry week. oh and one thing i forgot. this morning when i woke him up i asked him what he wanted for breakfast to which he replied," some zucchini bread and a nap". {poor kid started out tired.} oh but on the positive side he did have his first art class today and there weren't very many rules. they even got to color a picture, he used markers and made an orange sun with yellow around it.

true's 18 month stats...

yes it's a little late in coming but we finally made it to the dr.'s office on wednesday. we never made it to our 15mo. so he got 4 shots and a finger prick since he was anemic last time we were there. no more anemia and looking great.

height: 32 1/2 in. {50-75%}

weight: 22 lbs. 7oz. {10%}

head: 47cm {25-50%}

dear true,

you are so full of energy i just don't know what to do.

could you possibly consider slowing down just a little or at least concentrating said energy

on just one part of the house. every time i turn around you are unloading my

kitchen cabinets, throwing toys through the railing upstairs so they make dents

on our wood floor downstairs{you even hit me with a rather large horse from your brother's knights the other day while i was picking up the first one you had thrown, it hurt bad.}

you love to help with the laundry which means you put the clean clothes back to the washing machine or that you insist on trying to launder our shoes. you are loud and noisy and think it is hilarious. you let us know just what you want even when you don't know the word. "i want that" is a very common phrase. you are in the kitchen wanting something to eat or drink all the time. which means you make a huge mess followed by another tub for the day{i bathe you approx. 5 times a day}. you love to play mark, set, go and throw yourself onto soft things. i always know when you want to play because you back yourself up against something and look at me with a smile and say, "mark". i'm proud

you have your middle name down at such a young age. you still let me hold you tight and snuggle you all the time, and i love it. you run to your brothers and give them hugs and kisses

every night before bed and then yell bye at them as we are walking up the stairs.

you love to sit and read stories and then you help me sing, but

that has been our tradition for sometime. you're not a baby anymore you run with the big boys.

you get really mad that they won't let you go down the slides and off the

diving board at our pools. you wear me out, and i love ever minute of it.

love, your adoring mom

back to school-"day three"

aka. the rude awakening at lunch. drop off was much better wednesday we left with plenty of time. dad even road over with us but didn't have time to walk inside, he had a meeting he needed to be on time for. the rest of us walked isaac in because it was our last chance to do so{only three days}. the boys gave his hugs and we were off.

i must say the house is seeming quite quiet these days, just saying. we do miss isaac a whole lot though, especially those moment where it hits you, someones missing. i think about what he might be doing several times a day. i miss his smile, and his help, his entertaining beckam, and his keeping truman out of mischief.

when we picked him up at the cross walk i asked him how his day was, good. how was your lunch, bad. i didn't really get a chance to ask him why at that point. and on the way home we stopped at the other isaac's for an after school snack and to play for a little bit. so when we sat down for dinner i asked him why he didn't like his lunch. to which he replied," i was going through the line and it looked really good just cheese. then i sat down took a bite and yuck! i opened it up and there it was MUSTARD!" he was thoroughly appalled that anyone could put something like this on his cheeseburger. he even had to go find the culprit in our fridge just to make sure we understood the gravity of the offence. mental note call the lunch lady and see if we can rectify the condiment situation. oh and other note worthy event from day three. PE did not include dancing just a fire drill, not a really fire just a practice.

back to school- "day two"

i stayed up last night late making pull-a-parts. the breakfast i wanted to make for him on the first day of school but didn't have all the ingredients. so i had to wake up at 6:00 to get it into the oven so that dad could eat with us before he had to leave for work. isaac took two bites and then i offered him cherios and strawberries, he accepted.{atleast true liked my pull-a-part he tried to eat it non stop the entire rest of the day.} we run down the hall to isaac's class and get funny looks cause our baby is in a pj shirt and his diaper, hey what ever we can do to make someones day exciting. so far the word is there are lots and lots and lots of rules. they got to go out to recess today but he didn't get much lunch in because they told them to hurry{hopefully he'll learn to eat faster soon or he might starve!}, but he still is liking school lunch. which is so nice for me not to have to pack him one, and it only costs 1.75 sweet. it's alot of review right now and i think he's a bit board but hopefully in the next couple weeks things will get going. we stopped by the pool on the way home from school to swim while the pool is still open this week. too bad it thundered after i had gotten everyone in and had swam for like 5 minutes. oh well, dad wasn't going to be home till late so we headed to little caesars and had pizza in the family room while we watched a movie. he still says things are good. another day down tons more to go.

back to school-"it's here, the first day"

{i accidentally deleted these two pictures from the middle of my post and they don't want to go back there.}

he was excited and so was i. we got up, made his bed, ate breakfast, got dresses, brushed teeth, read from our children's scripture book, sang a song, snapped some pictures, and said a prayer. all before we hopped on our bikes to take him over. isaac decided he wanted to ride his bike to school. so i follow with beck and true in the trailer. {beck is alright with trailer riding because he had been put in charge of truman and the garage door opener.} we convinced dad to come with us for our first day. we rode to school, locked up his bike, and filed in the front door amongst the large crowed to drop him off at his class. his teacher came out to give him a hug and welcome him to school as well as getting a picture. then we all said our good bye gave him big hugs{truman made sure to get his hug from mrs. harper too.} and then waved good-bye. we started walking out and beckam had to go to the bathroom so we checked out the school bathroom, and i ran back for one last look, picture, and wave. i did tear up a bit on the ride home but knew he would have a great time. we all went a little nuts with him being gone. beckam and truman were competing for my attention the whole day. while truman was taking his nap beck helped me make some cookies for isaac, and we worked on this special first day of school dinner{bbq pulled pork on rolls, cheese fries, watermelon, and chocolate milk}. we finally got to go pick him up and we even went early to make sure we would be there for him. learned our lesson there. it's still insanely hot here. true and beck were just big puddles of sweat by the time isaac made it out to us. 1/2hr in the sun will do that to you. we were the last walkers/bikers to leave the school that day. we finally made it home with 1/2 melted children, and had some cookies. we finish off the night with dinner. followed by family night, bathes, and a game of lord of the rings risk{after we put truman to bed, much safer that way}.

isaac said he had a great time at school. he said they didn't get to go out to recess cause it was too hot so they just learned the rules. he also is not a fan of p.e. thus far. he said they told him they would play games with balls but all they did was a dance. he was not impressed. he says he is surrounded by girls at his table but that other boys are helping him surround them as well. he decided that he wanted to try school lunch and has informed us that he loves it and never wants to take a lunch to school{even though he missed out on the grapes.} he has several new friends, and told us he saw the other isaac 4x, and payton 3x. it seems like he had a great time and told me when we met him at the cross walk that he was excited to go back tuesday.

{8/23/2010}