Kindergarten Update

I started this blog with a different title about how much I've overbooked myself since school has started. As I was reading back what I had written, I realized I was totally whining about having a life (something I've always wanted), so I deleted everything and started over. Instead, here is my wonderful Kindergarten update on Sam.

Well, we're over a month in and Sam's still loving school! I'm still in shock every day he happily gets on (and off) the bus. Homework started coming home last week and loves that too. His teacher sends the entire week's worth of homework out on Monday and they have until Friday to return it. It's a great system, because there are days that are just not good for homework. For the last two weeks we've done the entire weeks worth on Monday and returned it on Tuesday. It usually takes a couple of hours, but it's such a great feeling to not have to think about it for another week. I've gone to the class a couple of times for different activities and he's so happy to see me every time (he told me that was his favorite part of the day). His teacher knew I was concerned about his shyness, but has assured me several times that he's participating very well in class. It's like I have a different child from 6 months ago!!

Ty is loving school too, but I haven't received many updates from his teachers yet. Hopefully, I'll get to spend some time there during the holidays and get a better idea.

So, I'm glad I stopped myself from complaining to brag on my babies! I'm very proud of them.

Ty Meets His Teachers - Gustav Update!

Ty met his 4-year-old class teachers today and he loves them! It's been a crazy morning of preparing for Gustav (now expected to arrive on Tuesday), and a few other things going on, but we made it to the meeting and only a few minutes late. We spent last night making sure the boat was tied up properly and the boys helped dad load the "little boat" in to the back of my truck so it wouldn't blow away. This, of course, led to more drama this morning as it was the reason I knocked over my friends' neighbors mailbox on my way to the preschool. We were the last meeting of the day for the teachers and as we were leaving, they starting packing everything away for possible flooding of the preschool again. They've just announced that school is definitely closed for Tuesday and several friends and family members have already begun to evacuate. I'm hoping we make the trip to Tennessee, but we're still not sure what we're doing. As I was standing outside waiting for Sam's bus, I could hear several chainsaws at work removing loose branches and dead trees in preparation for the worst case scenario. I'm just going to pray that we wake up to good news tomorrow, by then we'll have to make a decision about what to do. In the meantime, Sam made this picture to keep Gustav away. I told him to make a sad face at the bottom...he looked at me strangly and assured me we'd be OK, so he made a happy face.

New update (9pm Sat night) We're leaving at 5am w/ mom and GG for Nashville

New Update (6am Mon morn, Labor Day) Didn't sleep at all Saturday night. The traffic was totally backed up at 2am, so we decided to leave right away. We were on the road by 3:30am, Sunday and it took 14 hours to get here (it normally takes 8). The news is saying Gustav will be hitting NO within a few hours. I'm so glad we're here. The weather is beautiful!

New Update (6:30am Sept 3, Wednesday) Well, we made it through Gustav! As far as I know, all family and property is fine with this exception of some minor damage and alot of downed trees. The only person in the extended family (mine and Mike's) with power is GG. We're heading back today and will stay with GG if our power in not up by tonight when we arrive home. A neighbor did see electrical trucks in our area last night, so we're expecting to have it very soon. Mike has to get back to work, so he's picking up a generator here and sleeping on the boat. There's a post on the church website that said they had no damage and neither did Sam's school. They will start back on Monday unless there's is a major issue with the power.

New Update (8am Sept. 4. Thursdsay) We made it home, and we're one of the few lucky ones with power, phone and cable! It took about 11 hours to get home, but we did have to stop and get some groceries about halfway (nothing is opened yet here) and drop GG off in Mississippi. Mom's still here with me and we're waiting to see who else will be coming from Baton Rouge to stay. It could we weeks before they have power.

Ty's 1st Tennis Lesson

Well...it's really not his 1st. At age 3 he wanted to take lessons with Sam, but he wasn't old enough. After he showed so much interest in playing, I was able to convince Sam's coach to let him try it. It did not go well. At that age, he was just not ready to listen. So we decided to try again now that he is four. We couldn't get on the schedule with Sam's coach, so Ty and a couple of friends from his class went to a local Country Club for the lesson. They had a great time and it looks like we'll be making this a permanant thing. Why can't he like a sport that's air conditioned! It was probably one of the hottest days of the summer today!

Now that Sam is in the swing of things at Kindergarten, I'm getting Ty pumped up for his big first day of Pre-School coming up next week as long as Hurricane Gustav cooperates. So, I guess my next post will depend on the weather.