Whew, I made it through my first day

This was the color page Jake said he colored today.....
Well it is finally here. I've lost Jacob to school days. He started out the day with me waking him up at 7:00am so that he could eat breakfast and get dressed for school. He usually sleeps in until about 8:00 or 8:30, so this was a rude awakening. When I woke him up he said "Mom, I didn't get to sleep very long. I just closed my eyes. It seems like I just fell asleep." I laughed to myself thinking that it is going to be a fun 13 years!
He then got dressed in which I had to talk him out of wearing his star wars shirt for the first day of school. We then walked him to the bus stop and waited for the bus. I definitely had to fight back tears as I saw him proudly walking down the sidewalk with his backpack. The bus finally arrived and after he got on I sneaked on the bus and yelled his name. When he popped his head over the seat, I took one last picture. Michael and I then drove to the school to meet the bus. I took pictures until it got to a point where he looked at me like "if you take one more picture of me I am going to take your camera and throw it across the room." He even wiped off the kiss on the cheak that I gave him before I left. I guess that will be the last time I will be able to do that in public! I slowly got the hint and decided that it was my cue to leave.
Josh on the other hand seemed very happy to have me all to him self again. I was really proud of him today as he never once posed a problem during Jake's school process. I think the highlight of his day is when we got home from the grocery store and he found out that he had been promoted to "door holder" when I bring in the groceries. It was a job Jacob took seriously and a fine job he did. Now it is time for Josh to take over this very important duty.
I feel like 5 years was just not enough time with him at home. I am so thankful that I was able to stay home with him during that time. Now my prayer for Jacob is that God help him find wisdom, knowledge, compassion and determination through his school years. I hope that he never loses his innocence, his beautiful spirit, gentle personality and values that we have instilled. I love him so much and want the very best for him.
When asked him about his school day, I got the guy answers: Yes, No and I don't know.

Minor Misjudgment

Or big one....We decided that it was time to move Josh from his toddler bed to a "big" boy bed. Six years ago Gma and Gpa made an investment in a convertible crib which, converted from crib to toddler bed and then into a full bed. We assembled the full bed on Saturday. We did omit one of the pieces as it said that "children" could trap there head between the bars. They might as well of had Josh's name in place of "children". We immediately visioned Josh's head between the bars so thought we would wait a few years before assembling the bar. We then made our way to mattress stores to find the best deal possible for a full mattress set. Joshua was so proud as we had him lay on different mattresses to see which one he liked best. We did make a mental note ......next time we mattress shop, leave the kids at home! I think Josh jumped on every mattress in the store and and figured out how to operate every adjustable mattress. I bet if you asked he could even tell you what his sleep number is. After all of our research we decided to purchase a mattress from a store in which the warehouse closed at 2 pm. It was 1:20, so we booked it to the mattress store to make the purchase. There were 2 key questions that I guess we should have put a little more thought into, 1. Would you like a protection plan? and 2. Would you like the 4" lower box spring? We were in a hurry so "No and No" was our answer and I quickly initialed acknowledging the decline. We made it to the warehouse with 3 minutes to spare. When we got home, unwrapped the mattress and placed it on the bed it is way too high!! When I called the store to ask if we could exchange she said "no" since we had initials declining the protection plan and the 4" lower box spring. She is going to check with her District Manager, but it looks like we are stuck with it. We are trying to see the positive side. In 13 years it will be just right for him and 2024 Summer Olympics here we come! We're thinking gold in the High Jump.
Lesson learned: Don't rush when making major purchases.

Exciting school days

I received a call from Jacob's school today stating that they have had too many students register, which would make 26 kids per class. They decided to hire a new teacher and create an additional class. Well, Jake was randomly selected to move to the new classroom. However, they have not hired the new teacher so he will have a substitute teacher for the first week or two of class. I was really bummed for him especially since we had received a letter in the mail last week stating that his teacher would be Mrs. Snowden.

I told Jacob about moving to this new class and that we would not know his teacher right away, but that it would be really cool since the teacher would be new to the school like him. He of course was fine with it and even more excited. When Michael came home from work he picked up the mail and showed me a post card from his ex-teacher Mrs. Snowden. How ironic to receive that on the same day. I excitedly gave him the post card and just told him it was from the school and read him the card. I could tell that Josh was feeling really left out as he was crying because he wanted to hold the postcard. While Josh was playing upstairs I quickly wrote a card for him and put it in an envelope. I ran upstairs and told him that he had mail. He was so excited he couldn't even open the letter. Dad read it to him and it just so happened it was from his preschoool. You should have seen the look of excitement on his face. He even went to sleep with the card.
After the boys went to bed, Jacob later came out of his room and whispered to me that tomorrow he wanted me to help him write a letter back to his teacher. When I asked him what he wanted to say, He said this:

"Hello Teacher,

I’m gonna like my school. I’m gonna like you. I can’t wait to hear what your name is in the mail. I will love you.

From Jacob"

Isn't that just the sweetest?

May the force be with you

Time is running out on things that I can do with Jake on weekdays so we are trying to fit it all in before Monday. We went to the star wars clone war movie today. I wasn't sure if it was going to be too scary for Josh or not, but he assured me that he wouldn't be scared and begged to go with us. Turns out it didn't matter much, as he was more interested in jumping from seat to seat and eating popcorn. At one point I heard him yelling "mommy help me, I need help!" When I looked over to the seat next to me, the seat had closed on him with his head down in the movie seat with his legs straight up in the air kicking. Not sure exactly how that happened, but that's Josh for ya. After I rescued him from the movie seat, Josh and I were both laughing historically out loud at his predicament (He seems to think that it was hilariuos). 31/2 and still not quite ready to sit in a movie theatre. I'm sure people were wondering what the heck we were laughing at since there were no funny moments in this action packed movie. Jacob on the other hand was at the edge of his seat cheering for Anakin. I guess he takes after his uncle Timmy with his love for star wars. After the movie Jacob exclaimed "that was so awesome" and they were both jumping up and down and couldn't stop talking about the movie.


Can you picture this sweet little guy stuck head first into a movie seat with his feet in the air? It makes me laugh just thinking about it. What will he do next?

To space and back

We ventured to the Houston space center this weekend. They were featuring a star wars display. We thought this would be as good of a time as any, since the boys are obsessed with star wars.. I wished we lived closer so we could visit more often. It is a really cool place and there is such much to see and learn. They also have the best play area for kids. The only bad thing is that the lighting inside was not that great for picture taking. Most of the pictures did not turn out that great. We have a ton more pictures and wish I could post them all!

We watched a short space adventure movie. It was so cool it showed space adventures going back to the very first one. The best part was that they have the podeum that JFK did a speech from when he announced the first launch.


The star wars display was really neat too. They had items that were used on the movie set including the ship and a clone trooper. They also had actual light sabers used on the movie set.

They also have a wall of pictures of every single crew that has been to space.

Afterwards we treated the boys to McDonald's where they have stars wars toys in the Happy meals.

Kindergarten Woes

Time is running out with my sweet little Jacob at home. August 25th is his first day of kindergarten. My heart breaks and I well up with tears pretty much everyday thinking about him starting kindergarten in just two short weeks. When I expressed my sadness to him and had tears in my eyes, he came over to me, held my hand and told me that he would come home everyday and tell me all about the new friends he will make. Doesn't that just melt your heart? I truly believe that he is the sweetest, kindest and gentlest boy ever. He has such a beautiful spirit and positive outlook on life and people. The one thing I always remember, is one of his preschool teachers telling me that he always clapped and cheered for his fellow classmates to do well and praised them when they achieved something. How many 5 year olds do you know that does that? I am so very proud of him. We talk about all of the wonderful things that kindergarten will bring. He is even more excited as we have purchased his school supplies, clone wars backpack and school clothes and his sketchers. He still does not let me forget that he still has no lunch box. He said "I guess I will be the guy with no lunch box". I guess I need to make that purchase, as I would hate for that to happen.

Now comes Josh... He is also very excited about starting preschool. He makes his preschool debut September 2nd and will be going two days a week. He is prepared with his nap mat (Not a chance he will be using it), and his sketchers. I think what he is looking forward to the most, is making is very own friends and no longer walking in Jacobs shadow. He talks about preschool everyday. He is such the social butterfly. When we leave the gym everyday he makes dramatic exits saying goodbye to everyone and lets each and every person know that he is leaving on his way out. He is such a sweetie.

Yep that's right, I will have two days a week to myself in just a few short weeks. This is an exciting time yet just a reminder with a blink of the eye, my babies are not babies anymore!


About the sketchers: They finally received there sketchers after a long wait since May. Grandpa promised he would buy them sketchers and meany mom said not until closer to school starting. I didn't want them to be a waste since I knew they would grow out of them before school started. I think they both left the store crying that day and grandpa feeling really bad that he could not purchase them. They have reminded gpa all summer that he owes them sketchers. When gma and gpa came to town we finally made our sketcher run. The boys were skipping all through the outlet mall. Jacob got police light up sketchers and Josh got light up sketcher also. Of course the boys wore there sketchers out of the store. It was so cute, on the way out Josh asked Jacob if he was going to pull him over for going the speed limit since he had police sketchers on. They have worn them everyday since. Josh is sure to tell everyone that he has sketchers as if anyone cares.
Do you like Josh's choice of socks? We are still working on colors and matching.

Christmas in July

Gramwa and Grandpa Denton came to visit a couple of weekends ago. The boys were very excited to see them! It was a surprise visit and we waited outside for an hour for them to turn onto the street at 9:30 at night. We completed a lot of home projects and even got some Wii playtime in. Grandma and Grandpa planned on buying a Wii for the boys for Christmas. We decided to try to buy one early since they are so hard to find. Mike and I were able to score one at Target a couple of weeks ago. Our theory was that we had better get it out and play it to make sure it works since there is only a 90 day return policy. We quickly became addicted and have secretly been playing every night after the boys went to bed. After a few days of feeling guilty for having so much fun and playing behind there backs, grandma and grandpa told us to just give the boys their Christmas present early so they can enjoy it. So we thought it would be perfect for them to present it to the boys when they came down this weekend.

Josh's solution

Here is Josh's solution to situations that do not go in his favor.