Catch up August 26, 2010

It’s been 3 weeks since I blogged last. A lot has changed in our daily routines since then.

Trey started school for the 1st time and LOVES it! Most days he doesn’t want to leave. This was a big adjustment for me for most of the 1st week, especially the 1st day. Louie picked him up on his 1st day because he wasn’t able to go with us to drop him off. So I was super anxious for him to get home. 5 hours seems to last an eternity! He is doing really well at school, he did get in trouble one day for pinching a boy that took a toy away but other than that he is doing great. We went to the store so I could get a huge cork-board to display all his work since our fridge isn’t magnetic :0) It’s mommy’s “brag wall” and he reminds me every day that we need to hang the new work on it, except when I told him we needed to start taking things down to make room for the new stuff he said we just needed to buy more cork-boards ha! We wouldn’t have any wall space left. Trey is also going to an after school program a few days a week when I have volleyball practice. He LOVES this even more. Jupiter Christian’s preschool program is any kids heaven! Toys, movies, play dough, art time, playground time, all in a peaceful (very) air conditioned environment. He can’t get enough and asks me every day if he gets to go to “volleyball school” too.

Speaking of volleyball, this has been the biggest adjustment for us so far. I have practice 5 days a week, last week we practiced right after school so this was rough because I have Leilani with me because she is not old enough for the after care program yet. I was pretty nervous and intimidated on my first day, in addition to Leilani being clingy and bratty, it didn’t go as I had hoped. Once I got the first day jitters out of my system things have really started to improve, especially on days that I don’t have Leilani. This week has been great because every day except Wednesday we practice from 5-7 so Louie gets the kids and the girls have my undivided attention. We are having fun and getting better at the same time. Don’t get me wrong, there are still challenges, ones that I am still not sure how to handle, but we are all learning together. I am learning , probably as I will learn as a parent, that I can’t always be there friend. I need to discipline and call them out on their bull. My practice schedule has drastically changed our evening routines. On days when I practice early I have to rush home to get dinner ready, on days when we practice late, I have to have dinner ready before I leave so louie can just heat it up and get the kids fed. He has really stepped up in this area. Getting them fed, bathed, and ready for bed. Even reading to them which he never really does. Which kind of brings me to the biggest changes in our routines since the start of school. Since we are waking up before the sun ( we never used to wake up before 8:00 ) the kids are ready for bed by 7:30. Leilani comes with me to take Trey to school and then goes back to bed for a nap around 9:00am. I was hating this new routine the 1st couple days before I realized she should take a nap early. We are really get in to the swing of things, which I am sure will all change once we add game days into the mix.

I try to take the kids some place for a special treat every couple days. We went for cupcakes with the Hobbies, smoothies another day, the dollar store once and to my all time favorite treat place Annie’s Italian Ice. I had a strawberry gelati and the kids each had cookie monster ice cream. It was as fabulous as I remember it. The last time I had it was the night before Trey was born when I was in the hospital starting the inducing procedure. SOOOO yummy and refreshing on these hot, humid August days! Speaking of inducing, my best friend Leah is going in tonight to start her induction. Cervadil tonight, petocin tomorrow. CAN’T WAIT!!!

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