Kindergarten Flooding

Its funny how time just flies buy.  It seems like just yesterday Tyler was born, then he was walking, then he was in Preschool and now Kindergarten. 

Being a mother that fights change like the Democrats fight the republicans, the last few weeks have been challenging.  It would be so much easier if Tyler was going to Mrs. Murphy's class again.  She was an amazing teacher – and I hope it works out that Miss. Emma gets to go to her too.

Before taking Ty to school we snapped two photos at home:

The way our district starts school for the kindergarteners is unique.  On Wednesday we took Tyler to school at 9am.  We all met in the cafeteria until the teachers came and took the students and parents to the room.  There we stepped over each other to sort out supplies and find cubbies with our children’s names.  Most of the students were excited to be starting school and all the new things around them.  The moms were fighting the tears while taking in all the new things around them! In the middle of this David asked me what is wrong…really why would you ask that?!!!

After things settled down the parents left to sit in the cafeteria to have their first meeting with the principal.  No matter what I do I always end up in trouble!  The kids got to read a book, play a game and go on a bus ride.  After the bus ride they were given ice cream at 10am – yes that’s right the district wanted to show them how cool school is ice cream before lunch!  We finished up the day with a game before going home by 11. 

It was nice to go to school with them and see everything and be involved.  However, it was emotional all day.  It feel more like the band aid was slowly being ripped of me.  In some ways I was just looking forward to putting him on the bus and waving good bye.

Thursday was to be the first full (non parent at the school, riding the bus) day of school.  The bus was going to arrive at 825 at daycare….However, at 630am we were put into a 2 hour delay for the flooding of 2011.  Half of the town was underwater thanks to topical storm dumping about 5” of rain in less than 24hours.  By 7am that delay had turned into a cancellation as Route 233 was closed from the thruway to 12b. The town was a mess.

Friday became the new First full day.  David was home so I ran to work and was going to meet them at daycare to see Ty get on the bus.  These are the photos David took:

Think he is excited?!! lol

 

Dad really no more photos!! I just want to get on the bus!

And with that the bus pulled away with one happy kid aboard.  And pulling in behind the bus was mommy – who missed the entire damn thing. I didn’t get to wave goodbye. I didn’t get to see him climb those stairs that are half his size!  Ugh.  I drove to the school and watched him get off the bus.  I tried for him to not see me (but he did) because I wasn’t suppose to be there.  This was suppose to be his moment.  He wouldn’t look at me. I felt awful..what kind of mother misses that?  Everyone keeps telling me its no big deal the teachers don’t get to see their kids get on the bus. But they have 5 yrs to mentally prepair for that – I had to accept that as I pulled into daycare after a 10 minute road rage behind a stupid tractor trailer. No family photo, no sunshine, no mommy.

He seemed to love his first day.  He was happy and hyper all night.  The funny part – he had a sign around his neck that said eating lunch at school and buying lunch was his favorite part!  Lunch had been my biggest fear! lol.  So the day went down in history not matching up with my supermom visions that I had been dreaming of but it was a good day.

Just wondering….

Do you think 13 years from now when he is 18 and going off to college I will still see this little boy standing outside the high school?

I can not believe he is going into Kindergarten.  He calls it “kindiegarten”

Growing up! and Moving on

This was September 2009.  Tyler’s First day of preschool!  (Flash Back to my blog entry from that day here)

This was the last thing we saw ..tyler and Jenna just standing there!

Here is today, our little graduates!

Where did the time go?  Emma wasn’t even 2 months old that September day and now she is almost 2 years old.  Tyler has come so far.  He knows how to count, rhyme, add and subtract.  He is just so smart!  He wants to be a UPS drive, a police man or a racecar drive!

It wasn’t always easy.  What do you do with a boy born in November to parents that both suffered from a learning disability?  We both struggled in school, we didn’t want that to happen to our children.  I swore the day he was born that he would wait an extra year, be the oldest in his class not the youngest.  But then came the time to take that step.  was I doing the right thing? would he be bored?  Should I send him to kindergarten, will he even remember that he went to preschool 2 years?  Thankfully I went with my gut and waited.  This year in preschool was awesome!

He did so great! He had such a great time and made some great friendships!! (including a Girlfriend!!).  His favorite things..gym, crafts, and play time!!

This is his awesome teacher Mrs Murphy!  I told her to rest up, she has a year before its Emma's turn!!  Each kid was voted class something as they were given their diplomas.  Tyler was voted Most likely to succeed!

It was great day! Now to prepaid Mommy for kindergarten.   My biggest fear for kindergarten is the lunch issue! tyler is so picky with food!  But I am so glad I am not worried about how tyler will do in school!

Here is our great Family photo!  I wish everyday could be like today!

Reflecting on 2009

Like any year we saw ups and downs during the year. I was watching the news yesterday, as they recapped the events of 2009, everything was negative. So here is my POSITIVE list:

1) We met our sister

2) we met our daughter

3) we aged well!
Kristen's 30th and Tyler's 4th Birthdays
4) we enjoyed the rewards of our blood sweat and tears

5) we celebrated with Family and remembered with family

6) we ate well

7) opened our homes to others;
Max the bunny
Pheasants

8) we were pampered and took time for ourselves

9) We tried new things
Adk animal land
1st day of preschool
David using a push mower

10) we found hidden beauty:
Chitt. falls
our garden


11) we laughed

Getting caught up!

Hello everyone!! sorry we have been lost .... I have honestly been too lazy to download the photos from my camera to the computer!

Here is a run down...i can not type too much i need to go to bed!
This weekend was full of birthdays. Today was Tylers, but we are not having his party till next Sunday. That is really hard for a 4year old to understand. So we tried to make the day about him. If you scroll down 2 entries from this morning you will see that he first picked to go hunting with daddy...but only stayed out for 5 minutes. I also took him along with Logan to Rough N Tumble! they had lots of fun. Later i picked up tyler a small cake from walmart so he could blow out candles. I am such a bad mom...i didnt know that all my candles were MIA. So he only could blow out 3 instead of 4. Insert guilty mom here.






For his birthday, tyler got his very own digital camera!! i would post the photos he took but i am not allowed to touch his camera!!
Little Ms. Emma has discovered the Jolly jumper! I have a video in the entry below!
Its hunting time in NY! We have seen 3 successful trips this season between dad and David. This was one my dad got. We have more photos on the "BUCKSHOTS" page (See the green bar on the right for the link)
Some where in there time passed by and I turned 30. David took me to Red Lobster and then a crunch game! In the middle of the 2nd my was scared out of my wits when Al the ice gorilla grabbed my shoulder and handed me flowers. My former BFFs that moved to Texas sent them for me. That is the last time i tell them where we are sitting! Did i mention my fear of monkeys? I am still kinda freaked out in this photo 20 mins later.
With all the birthdays we have done a lot of baking and will be doing more soon! These are the cupcakes we made for tylers school. Tyler had to take snack this week on tuesdy he took choc chip cookies. But Thursday he wanted to take cupcakes with sprinkles. I think they came out really cute!
Christmas is near! We have starting crafting for them! can you guess what I was working on at Girls night Tuesday?
Last week David and I's Birthday/Christmas gift arrived! Our new King Size bed that matched our armor. I love it, we painted the room and of course needed new bedding. I need to make curtains...i hope to have more on that this week!
Okay off to bed! I am old now i can not stay up as late!

Tylers 1st day of Preschool

Tylers 1st day at Preschool!!!
Just like mom ..taking photos! He wouldnt let me take his photo this morning.

Bye baby sister see you later
Our family

Jenna and Ty all excited to go!On the way home with his cool project!!
School was a breeze for him....no as easy for mommy!!