Another day at school

today was harder to leave, Jasper did not want to go to school, so I had to leave him crying. Almost made me cry! Paul assures me this is good for him, (not that he is able to walk away from him when crying) he needs to be able to make it without mommy by his side. I think 2 is a little young for that lesson, but then I guess they have to start at sometime. I did wait 45 minutes before calling back up there to make sure he had stopped crying and they said he was fine and riding on a tractor in the room! Who needs mom when you have toys and kids, right? I'm sure by 3:00 he will not remember being so unhappy with me.

home!!!

well, Paul had to work over, so I went to pick Jasper up at 3:00, I just couldn't see leaving him until 5:00...much to Jasper's dismay I'm sure. When I got there he was happily playing with 3 other boys and did not seem to care at all that mommy was not in the room, however he did make up for it by running to me when he heard my voice. I'm sure there will come a day when I will have to tell him to put the toys down and lets go, but today was not the day thank you Lord! Not sure my poor heart could have stood that. It was a good sign when after we were leaving in the car he told me he wanted to go to school. Guess we will play it by ear on which days he attends.
By the way, his daddy didn't want him to stay until 5:00 either! And has called me several times today to check on us!

I go to school.....

no I have not forgotten the basics of grammar, this is the sentence that I have heard for 2 days now from my son. He has decided that he wants to go to school like his sisters! We went and picked up the paperwork yesterday and were almost back home when he started again, I told him that the kids where already laying down for naps and he didn't need to go today, he could go tomorrow. "I lay down". One of those moments you wish you had a video camera handy. So of to Wal-Mart last night for a backpack, found a spider man one that he like, and for some reason a spongebob umbrella. Don't know why the umbrella but he has looked at them several times and they are always out of little boy ones, so we bought one last night. Jasper was to cute walked around the house with spongebob and pulling the backpack (it's on rollers). "I go to school", was repeated several times last night! Boy he finally put spider man by the door and hung spongebob on the knob so we could go to bed...
He did pretty good this morning, had a couple of moments of doubts but when I called to check on him they assured me he was fine and enjoying himself. I know this will be a good thing for him, it is just going to take a little adjustment on both out parts.

Mommie's little helper

Jasper's new thing this week is cooking (microwaving). He pulls his stool over and opens the door, places the food and "pushes" the buttons. If only you could see the look of joy on his face as he watches the food cook. He is so proud of the fact that he is helping and he can see the food going round and round! It takes so little to please them at this age. He had the honor of carrying the crescent rolls to the table the other night (put them in his place) and boy did he think he was something! I'm just hoping the "I help my mommy/daddy/grandad" continues on for years to come! I'll admit some days his help creates more work, but it is always worth it to see how much pleasure he gets.

By the way, Sydney got him an Elmo's kitchen (restaurant) for Christmas, he has had a lot of fun playing with it. One of those toys that you will not only get your money out of but then some!

working on it....

okay, as you can see the first post for today has nothing on it, sorry. I am trying this new site and things didn't go as planned. ANYWAY!

A New Year!

A New Year and a new attitude! That's what we are looking forward to in 2009. I am at this time mobile, I finally got a laptop! Of course Paul says I have to share when we go out of town. Think I can handle those terms. Maybe now I can work on updates at least once a week...:) It is so hard to believe that 2008 is over! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and your families are all healthy and happy going into the new year. Should have pictures online next week.
So what "new" things are you and yours going to do this year? I am cleaning out closets, time to stop being a packrat! I don't have the room for things and don't need most of the items I hold on to. Going to set a budget and stick to it, pray for both of us on that one! And we are looking at changing churches, so there are a lot of big ones for us right of the bat. Let me know some of yours and I'll try and keep you updated on my success!
Love to all!