Preschool and Homework!

This year big guy is in preschool, that's right, my baby has started his public education journey!  Let me say that it officially started last week, when all the kids were officially there who will be there for the rest of the year.  And so far, we've had three homework assignments!  I really can't believe it.

First came the sheet welcoming everyone to the new school year.  On it came instructions for the whole year: bring 2 change of clothing, lunch, wash sheets every week, the usual.  Then came, every week is a new letter.  Help your child cut out pictures that begin with that letter.  Ok, no biggie.  Big guy and I went for a nature walk and collected acorns, then at the farm we picked apples.  I also cut out a picture of some apples.  Ms. C, big guy's teacher, said we did an excellent job.  Big guy talked all about the acorns and about picking apples at the farm.  Then on friday, I come in and there is a binder sitting in everyone's cubbies.  Ms. C tells me that needs to be decorated and is due Monday.

Ok, now I'm feeling a little stressed.  I need to invest in safety scissors, a glue stick, and tap into my inner crafty side.  Craftiness for me is like eating soup.  I really have to be in the mood, otherwise it's a disaster!  Anywho, I went to the rite aid and got safety scissors, three glue sticks, and some monsters university stickers.  Big guy and I decorated the binder in a half hour.  I used a piece of card-stock to put everything it and then tucked it into the binder cover.  A picture of big guy, his name, and stickers of stuff he likes: trains, apples, cats, etc.  And we cut out pictures for the letter B- balloon and bacon.

Today, I got to school and there was poster board in the cubby!  Oh no!  Ms. C saw my face and was like, Oh, yes, this is due on thursday!  A poster with big guy's name, age, bday, favorite color, favorite activities and pictures of his family.  OMG!  I had a minor panic attack.  More homework!  he's only 3 1/2 for goodness sake.  So, I started bemoaning and being excessively dramatic about more homework when all of a sudden I look down and there is big guy staring at me.  A quick realization, I better quit this bad behavior before he starts acting that way about homework as well.  A quick smile and "Yay homework!" was all we needed before heading home and on to my next homework assignment!

work and play

One of my summer days happened to be on a day that hubs had a day off.  So, hubs stayed home with big guy, while I went to work.  The nice idea that I had was for them to come to my job around 2:00 and we would head over to the elmwood park zoo.  Big guy was a bit grumpy since he had fallen asleep on the way over and only got about a half hour of sleep before getting to work.  But we had a pretty good time seeing the giraffes, chickens, and playing on the playground.  Ok, the playground was probably the highpoint since they have wood chips on the ground and those are endless fun! After the zoo, we headed over to the Friendly's for dinner.  And big guy sat on one side of the booth by himself while hubs and I were on the other side!  He quietly alternated between coloring and watching thomas on hubs' phone.  It was awesome!  Hubs and I ate all of our food without having to say anything to big guy about eating his cheeseburger.  Then we all got sundaes.  An awesome end to the day!!

back to reality

Hello! I'm still here!  We are back to reality, hence why I haven't been writing, so busy and exhausted. For instance, last week was my first five days of work in a row since May.  and I fell asleep at 8:45 every night, I know, pathetic.  But we are adjusting to back to school.  big guy is getting back into the school groove.  tough, because he got to spend 6 whole weeks with me and I'm really fun!  but we are adjusting.  still to come, end of summer beach trip.  fall festive fun has begun!