School and other ramblings
I am very happy to announce that Grant has done extremely well so far with Kindergarten! No tears (for either of us, at least not when we dropped him off) or fears, and the biggie for me...a green smiley face almost everyday since his first day. Today was his first in-between face. I could have told you this morning that he was going to have one of those days. Mrs. Donely (his teacher) said it was really no big deal, but since she has got to "set the standard" she had to give him that card. When he got home he told me exactly what he did and what he should have done and said he is going to be better from now on and get green smiley faces! (I wish this were true!) (They have three "cards" they get everyday to tell us parents how they did at school, the green smiley face, the in-between face, and the sad face). I really like this system because it does let the parents know what kind of day they had.
Anyway, I got the "frist day of Kindergarten" letter written to him the night of his first day, which was good. I'm glad that that is done...I was beginning to have a guilty concious about never writting my kids a letter! Silly me, I know!
We are still adjusting to the new schedule. He does have rest time every day from 1:30 to 2:30 and Mrs. Donely said he has fallen alseep every day....not a surprise to me! :) He has been going to bed between 8 and 8:30 and getting up between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. However, for some reason, last night he did not go to sleep until 10:15...hence the reason why I knew he'd have a more difficult day today.
I am also getting used to packing his lunch everyday. However, I really don't want him to have the "same ole same ole every day" so if any of you have any great lunch ideas...I"d love to hear them. I really want to try to save money by not buying the pre-packaged lunch things. I have done quite a bit of leftovers from our dinner the night before so far. That, and sandwhiches! He would have peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches every day if I let him! :)
Kari started preschool on Monday, and, as usual loved it and had a great time! She is very happy to be back in school. Okay, so this is the second preschool year for Kari and she is attending the same school this year as she did last year...same curriculum etc. Well, her teacher told me this morning (it is a new teacher this year than last) that the little stinker REMEMBERED the story that she told today from LAST YEAR and recited almost the entire thing! Unbelievable! Her mind is as sharp as a tac and it blows me away at the things that she remembers. Infact, she remembers, very vividly the family vacation that we took when she was 2!
Literally EVERYONE tells me how cute/beautiful/precious of a child she is. And she is. Infact today we were running errands after I picked her up from school and I was told at least a dozen times how cute/beautiful she is. I don't know where she gets it, but if you ask her, "Kari, why are you so cute?" She replies, "because Mommy is beautiful and Daddy is handsome!" Isn't that just the sweetest thing you've ever heard!?!?!? I need to post some pictures of her on here. She is growing up so fast!
Sorry, this is going to be a long post.
Okay, so my new job....I LOVE IT!!!! Today was only my second day, but so far I really really really really love it! And the cool thing is that I have much more responsibility than what I thought I would have. Basically, I am replacing (part time) an older lady who pretty much did all the office work full-time. She is training me and will still be working part time, basically 3 afternoons a week. So, I am taking over quite a bit of her responsibilities PART TIME! They have a lot of confidence in me beings that I have worked for a GM dealership before. I hope that I can fullfill those expectations...so far so good! :) I really like the people that I work for and so far things have been coming back to me from when I worked at the GM dealership some 9 years ago! I am so grateful that the Lord provided this job!
John is really struggling with his job. I think I've shared some of his struggles on here before, well, double or triple them and that's what he is experiencing. I'm afraid that he is getting a tad depressed about the situation he is in. It is starting to effect his eating and sleeping habits. He struggles with depression.....so does a lot of his imediate family, he just doen't want to admit it and has never DONE anything about it. It's frustrating to me to see him go through it, but what do I do? I cannot force him to go to the doctor and get something. I've tried that before and it didn't work. I'm just grateful that he does have friends here (other than me) that he is sharing his struggles with. I just don't know how honest and open he is being with them. If you pray, please do for him and his struggles. He is actively looking for something else (job), but so far no luck (er, not luck, not God's calling yet). It's an ongoing struggle for him/me....me not trusing him; him struggling for contentment. All we can do is pray, pray, pray...and that's what we have been doing. We do desperately need to spend some one on one time together as well. I'm hoping that maybe this weekend we can find a sitter and go out one evening, just us.
Grant's birthday is next Tuesday. I traded with another co-worker here at the station and I'm going to work Monday and he is working Tuesday for me. Sunday afternoon at 2 we are going to have his party at Comfort Inn (a hotel) in their indoor swimming pool. He has invited 6 of his friends and my parents and brother will be here as well. He cannot wait! I can't either...I love to celebrate my kids' birthdays! I have to admit this year I'm not quite as "involved" though...probably because of the kindergarten/job thing. Hence the reason why it is a simple pool party. Easy, easy, easy! I think John and I need to go and find him a couple more things for his present.
Well, I should go. Sorry that this is so long...there's just a lot going on lately! :)