David's First Day of School

David started school last Wednesday. Even on the way to school that morning, he told me that he doesn't like school and he didn't want to go. I was stressing, thinking he may throw a fit when it was time for me to leave. Quite the opposite though! When he and I walked into his classroom his teacher asked if he remembered where his desk was (we went earlier in the week to drop off supplies and meet the teacher). He went straight to his desk, put his nametag on and looked at me as if to say, "What are you doing here!". I asked if I could take a picture of him and he said yes, as long as I leave right after. So I did! He rode the bus home from school and loved it! I'll post the pictures later. He still doesn't know any of the kids names in his class, except a girl name Sky! He tends to gravitate towards the girls! :) He is enjoying his new school - still hates the uniforms, but likes the school. It is sooooo convenient. This Friday, is Banana Split day. Brad is donating the stuff for a big banana split party. David is super excited!

David has another loose tooth. He has been wiggling it since Sunday morning. He wiggled it too much in church and it must have hurt him - he let out a loud yelp! He cleaned his room up really nice yesterday so the tooth fairy wouldn't trip on her route to his bed.

Yesterday was Brad's birthday. David picked out the Spiderman cupcakes for him since they had the coolest rings on top of them. Christopher practiced singing Happy Birthday all day for Brad. It was the cutest thing. His vocabulary is increasing every day. I can't wait to bring him back to the pediatric neurologist that diagnosed him as being mentally retarded!!!! Of course, we have had his follow up appointment rescheduled four times now (by her!). I'm not concerned about his developmental disabilities much anymore and have put it on the back burner. His speech therapist is amazing and he really enjoys it when she comes over to work with him. In January, he literally could not say three words (not even Moma!) and now he is putting three and four word sentences together and counting to seven!!! We are still working hard on his enunciation, but he is defiantly catching up to the "healthy" kids his age. He is such a little trooper. ....oops, my ADD kicked in and I'm off on a tangent again...back to Brad's birthday! Last night we all went to the Japanese Hibachi Grill. It was so yummy. David loves going there just so they can throw food in his mouth. It is (well..was) one of the few nice restaurants that we could bring the boys too. They used to love to watch the chef cook on the table. Christopher went into terrified mode last night when the chef made a huge fire on the table next to us. He covered his eyes in fear the rest of the night! We came home and sang happy birthday to Brad and ate some yummy cupcakes!!

Jacob is getting older too! He'll be eighteen months next week. He just hit a growth spurt and is looking less like a baby. He is starting to speak a lot (wordwise and timewise!) He loves to be outside, no matter how hot it is out there (or if it is raining!). Christopher opened the back door for him the other day in the middle of the afternoon showers and before I could run out to catch him, Jacob was standing out on the patio in the rain smiling!

Brad is at home with the boys today while I am working. He just mentioned that he has been on the phone with Dell (the computer people) for over an hour and he thinks the computer is fixed! I'll try and update the pictures this evening after David's open house at school.

I can handle FIVE kids!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We are once again having computer issues. This is the third computer we've had in about two years, so as Dr. Phil would say..."what seems to be the common denominator?" It must be something we (or more specifically David, Christopher or Jacob) are doing. The week after we had the new laptop, three letters were missing off of the keyboard. Christopher did it and Jacob ate them...Well that seems to be the story David is sticking too! :) I'm going to try and get the guy that works on the computers at my office to take a look at it and see what is wrong. I'm only working one day a week this month (and I forgot to bring it today!) so it will be next week before we get to it. In the meantime, if you'd like to get in touch with us, just e-mail and it will go to my blackberry. I'm able to respond back from it.

Well the past couple of weeks have been fun. I'm trying to cram all kinds of fun activities in before school starts. Last week Jack and Cammie came and stayed with us. The boys enjoyed spending time with their "cuzes". The past few years they came during the summer and I bring them to Blue Bayou. This year we opted for something different so I wouldn't have to wrangle five little ones at the waterpark. I brought all five of them (ages 11, 10, 5, 2 and 1) by myself to the Aquarium of the Americas. Evidently Jack (11 years old) has been told horror stories of New Orleans. He told Cammie not to talk to anyone and to always stay right next to me! Which is good advice and seemed to have worked keeping them nearby. My boys on the other hand were running all around the place. We had a good time and it wasn't too difficult at all. They were actually a big help to have around. David enjoyed playing with Jack and Cammie is a neat freak. Something that we don't have at our house. She reorganized Christopher's closet and made the kids beds every morning. Maybe a daughter wouldn't be too bad to have around after all! :) I brought the older three (Jack, Cammie & David) bowling the first night they were here. Cammie did soooooo well. I asked if her she bowls often and she said no, I just play the wii. I was so jealous. I want a wii. Every time I think to get one at the store, they are out. So if anyone ever sees one for sale. Let me know - I want one! Oops- sorry to go off on a tangent... We had a good time and the boys really enjoyed having them over too.

This past weekend was the hot air balloon festival in town. We went with a couple of our neighbors and had a great time. They had a helicopter pass over and parachute guys jumped out. David thought it was "awesome - cool" so that means Christopher thought the same. I have a lot of cute pictures, but with the computer not working, I'm not able to download them. I'll try to get to it soon and post them.

Since this weekend is the last weekend before school starts, we spent it doing mostly kid stuff (well I guess that is how every weekend is now!). We bought an annual pass to the Children's Museum in New Orleans earlier this year and haven't used it too much. David has been wanting to go, so Brad and I brought the boys yesterday. I have some cute pictures of them playing, that I will try to post soon.

On Wednesday morning David starts kindergarten. He is not looking forward to it and I'm stressing!!! He wants to go back to Dunham. I'm wondering if I made the wrong decision switching schools. I just happened to read in a book this weekend that you'll know you chose the right school when your child fits in to the new school easily like a puzzle piece. Unfortunately, that is not the case this year! I'm not sure if it is his age, a phase or actually the school he is not looking forward to. Last week we went to drop off school supplies and meet the teacher. David wasn't impressed at all. He wanted to know where the tennis court was. Yes, that is my silly son! They didn't even play on the tennis courts at his last school but I guess he thinks that is a requirement for a "good"school. Brad and I are planning on having a kindergarten boys party at our house the beginning of next month so hopefully he can meet and quickly get out of being the "new kid". Many of the children at St. Johns already know each other from being in Pre-K together. Hopefully once school starts he'll enjoy it. I just keep playing it up and hoping he'll fall for it! "School is SOOOO much fun!"

I'll update again next week after school starts!