Riding a Bike

Jacob has not wanted to ride his bike for about a month because one of the training wheels broke and he was afraid. We have been trying to get him to learn to ride it without training wheels but he was not interested. Finally, last week he agreed to try. So, we took off the other training wheel and started. He has learned rather quickly. He loves that he can now start on his own and turn around. Mom and Dad are glad that he can make turns now also so that we do not have to so that we do not have to go to the end of the street every time he gets stuck. He has found some new found freedom when we are out front now and he loves it.

Starving Children

I have only been going grocery shopping once a month for a while now. I do not like the chore of grocery shopping so I try to do it as little as possible. As you can see from the picture my children get VERY excited on shopping day, in fact to the untrained eye or ear one may think that my children are starving. They want to eat everything and anything that I bring home. In fact today Seth took two eggs out of the carton (I think he wanted to drink them like Rocky) and opened another box and took things out of it. Actually, they do a good job helping me get things put away which can take a little while.

Mommy Weekend

This weekend I went scrap booking with my sister Gretchen and two friends, Jen, who is the funniest person I know, and Amy. It was so much fun. I left my house at 9am on Friday and did not return until Saturday night at 11pm (after the kids were all fast asleep). I was able to finish Seth's baby album, which was my goal since he is 2 and we have another one on the way, and start a family album. I scrap booked Friday until 11:30pm and was back up at 7am Saturday morning to start again. I even won a door prize which is always a bonus. I am ready for another weekend away since my kids are all crazy today and want to be sure I know what I was missing while I was gone.

First Day of Preschool

Emma started Preschool yesterday. We are doing a co-op preschool with 3 other moms from chruch. We do it Tuesday and Thursday mornings. It is at our house this week. She did great and had a lot of fun.

I think that kindergarten is catching up with Jacob. I had to wake him up this morning, which is very unusual for him. From a VERY early age he has always been the first one up but not today. I felt bad waking him up but he survived and was very excited to go to school. He is also coming home grumpy in the afternoon which is what he does when he is tired. Hopefully his body will adjust soon because I do not do well with grumpy kids.

Seth is just happy to be Seth. He is always so happy and helpful. Every once in a while he will ask where Jacob is and he ALWAYS wants to come when we take Jacob to school and pick him up. I think he misses Jacob more than Emma. We will see how he does next week when Emma is gone two mornings at someone else's house for preschool.

Another Sonogram

I had another sonogram yesterday because I was measuring big at my last doctor's appointment. Everything looks good and she is measuring at 24 weeks, which is where I am in the pregnancy. So, there are NO twins and NO gigantic baby. I guess when you are having your 5th baby your body knows what to do at just gets big sooner to make room for baby.

Jacob is feeling better and went back to school today. We had back to school night last night. He was a great tour guide. He was very excited to show us all around his school and introduce us to his teachers. It is amazing how quickly they grow up.

Tired/Sick Kindergartner

Yesterday Jacob came home from school and seemed to be a little tired. He has not been tired at all after a full day of kindergarten yet, although everyone told us he would be exhausted. So, as you can see from the picture, he feel asleep on the couch. When we woke him up for dinner he was burning up and had a 102 fever. He ate a little dinner, took a bath and went to bed. He slept all through the night, which is a good thing but still had a low grade fever this morning. So, he missed his first day of school already. He wanted to go but also wanted to stay home because he "felt funny". We kept him home and he already seems to be feeling better. I am sure that he will be back at school tomorrow. We have back to school night tonight and are excited for him to give us a tour of his school.