It's been a busy and somewhat crazy fall so far. The biggest hurdle we've had is Svea and Kieran both starting somewhere new. Svea is at a all day every day preschool that is in a church. We love it and now onto the third week she no longer cries and hangs onto us when she is dropped off. Whew...it was tough to work knowing you left her like that even if you called the director and they told you she was fine after 5 minutes. These next few pictures are Svea's first day of school pictures!
Kieran started at a new home daycare and we really love her. She is very sweet and a good fit for Kieran. He either has amazingly sweet days where he is super polite or off days where he is acting out here and there. He LOVEs school and rides the bus! We had him start this on the first day as he was so excited. The only time he cried when going to school was when I had to drop him off. He cried for 30 seconds his teacher told me, so he obviously is loving it! He walks in with Dan, goes to the wall to find his name tag and then finds his place at the table all on his own. He knows his name and finds it every time even when the teacher switches up their name tags at the tables. K has his classroom pre-school teacher, a special ed teacher, a speech pathologist, and a deaf and hard of hearing teacher. That kids gets a lot of attention. No wonder he loves it so much. They are all wonderful as well!
Svea started choir at the church this past week. She was, of course, a little shy, but we told her next time she can't sit on the teachers lap and she needs to be brave. The teachers are Jon and Linda who she knows extremely well so we know she feels good with them.
It's been warm so we are still playing in the sandbox, jumping on the trampoline, and going to the park. Svea got a hand me down bike from a little girl at church and we ordered and put training wheels on it. Well, Dan put them on:) She took right off and it's the perfect fit for her. We still can't find our air pump though from the move.
Speaking of that....It's been one year that we've lived in this house! I'll have to do some before and after photos of the house. Dan has been BUSY changing things here and there. Some have been small and quick while others, like painting the kitchen cabinets have been a huge undertaking. I'm hoping for a slow down with the projects or at least little ones through the winter. The next few pictures are from Kieran's first day of school and Svea's second day of school!
I started my job and it's going ok. I am feeling overwhelmed, but that is to be expected when you are the only person in my role with a district of 6,200 students. Eeek! It'll be ok, but right now I really don't want to talk about it because it just overwhelms me. Lots of deep breaths!
Kieran has been struggling a bit with his AN. He mumbles at times and others he is very clear. In those moments he is SO much happier and I just wish this AN away. It is SO incredibly hard and frustrating for all of us, especially him. He also had a virus for a few days so that not only makes him crabbier, but also affects his AN. He is feeling much better now! One funny thing he's been doing lately is requesting not only a dinosaur glass, but the triceratops one. He knows them all by name....brontosaurus, triceratops, t-rex, teradactyl, and stegosaurus.
Svea seems so grown up. She still loves to sing and lately has been into dancing a lot. Her teacher told us that on the way home from the park she sang the little mermaid song all of the way home from the park. She is getting along with all of her new friends at school and her teacher said they all love to play with her and that Svea is one of her best listeners. We are so proud of her!
