Two half days during the week leading to Halloween really threw Sean off his routine with school. The following week started a week long of crying during before care and obsessing over whether his underwear were clean or not during the school day. Emails to his teacher and before care director helped me get through that week, along with a "mental health day" for me on Friday.
Last week, we were over the tears and bathroom checks and moved on to bad choices and notes home requiring signatures. Suddenly he "couldn't keep his hands to himself" and "couldn't follow directions". Again, I found myself anxiety ridden at pick-up. What color was Sean on today?!
And finally, a breath of fresh air this week. I'm happy to report that two days into the school week, he's behaving great, staying on "green", and is bringing home some awesome artwork! Now I fear Thanksgiving break next week and what will happen...(I must stay positive!).
While it's easy to get consumed by the "negative", in reality, Sean has been rocking Young 5's! He went from hating to color and draw to suddenly choosing to do those activities at home. And to boot, he's quite good! He colored in this turkey above and I added the Mickey ears, hands, and buttons. He knows all the letter sounds, can write like a champ, and is working on sight words! Thank you, Mrs. K! He's quite the scholar!
In other news, along with being at an elementary school, comes the barrage of birthday party invites.
Bounce house parties with his class, a Lego birthday party complete with dress-up, pin the Lego head on the Lego man, and Lego race car races - the kids have been loving these past two weekends. I, on the other hand, am constantly running to Target to get birthday gifts! The crazy part? I don't even know these kids! It's just the beginning of this phase, I'm sure.
As the soccer season ended, we signed the boys up for Aqua Tots swim lessons. It was a much needed upgrade from the Parks and Rec swim classes. Evan was placed in level 3 and Sean in level 5. I still can't believe this kid can swim by himself!
And he does it with a smile - the entire time! It's well worth the money to see him this happy doing something. We're hoping he has the same reaction to skating and skiing this winter. A trip to the resale shop and Play It Again Sports and we walked out with ski boots, skis, hockey skates, soccer shoes for the spring, t-ball shoes for the spring, and a ski helmet. This kid is set!
In amidst the chaos the past two weeks and my emotional breakdown, we've managed to have some special moments as a family. We took the boys to church (we really should be going consistently) and they went to the children's Gospel school during mass without even second guessing it! It was awesome to see them come back excited to share what they learned. And even better to have a good 40 minutes of time to ourselves to listen to the Gospel and the sermon uninterrupted. Afterwards, we treated the boys to our last trip to the Cider Mill for the season. It just happened to be their closing day! Warm doughnuts, fresh cider, and a mild fall day put us all in good spirits!
Later that evening, I caught a cute moment. Scott read the boys' books together before bed. Usually, we read to them separately since they have different interests and we like to give them one-on-one time with us. But, that evening, it was adorable to walk in on them snuggled in bed.
We were blessed to get a night out this past Friday. We definitely needed it! We met up with some friends in Royal Oak for dinner and drinks. And I got a bonus night out the following evening where I met up with some girls from my study abroad program in Spain 10 years ago! 10 years...makes me feel old.
We have 5 more school days until our first break of the year and I cannot wait! In fact, both Scott and I are counting down the days! We survived the hardest part of the year and are really looking forward to 5 glorious days off to spend with the boys! Other than dinner at my parents' house and possibly going to the parade, we have no plans. And that is a blessing in itself...
I think we'll stick to my mom's turkey recipe instead of Evan's this year...
Happy Thanksgiving!
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