Laughter

 Well school has been going now for about 3 weeks and we are slowly getting into a new routine. Matthew is just loving it and I am so happy for him. The thing I miss the most is hearing laughter from my two sweet kids when they are playing. It is quieter without Matthew although Taylor talks my ear off as she is doing the pretend thing alone these days which is quite funny. I am so happy when Matthew comes home though to hear their little voices talking to each other and laughing hard.....like the deep belly kind. Nothing is better than that!! The other day they put this outfit together for Taylor. I had to go in their room to see what was so funny. I am always saying to Taylor "you crack me up," and she will say back to me, "No..you crack me up" and then we laugh and it is funny :)

I bet she is thinking here "this is just so funny"

Today it started raining on our way home from getting Matthew so when we got home they wanted to get out our umbrellas and ended up making a little house complete with a snack of course. Two hours later they are still out there. I love when the simplest of things and being outdoors can hold kids attention for so long.

He is off!!!!

School started on August 6th here but the Kindergarten kids only went one day that week. Matthew's first day was on August 9th so this will be his first full week of school starting today. He is very excited about school and I am excited for him too although I am also a little sad. I am not sure what Taylor and I will do without him. I really feel the worst for Taylor because she honestly played with Matthew all day; they rarely did anything by themselves. I am sure we will adjust and it will be fun having some time with just Taylor. She started our litttle co-op preschool today and we are doing it twice a week this year so that will be fun for her.
          We walk Matthew to school which is so fun and I feel so lucky that we live close enough to do that. The kids were so cute on Matthew's first day; they didn't seem sad at all but couldn't stop hugging each other. As we walked to school Matthew stopped multiple times to say "I just want to hug you one more time." Matthew's teacher is Mrs. Bowens and she seems so nice and fun! I have heard great things about her from neighbors and other people. We had a parent meeting the next day where we got to talk to the teacher and ask her questions. I only teared up on the walk home after dropping Matthew off although I had bigger tears the night before while talking to Glen after the kids were in bed. I love this boy!!  After school Matthew had so much to tell me. He got a little toy for behaving and I asked if the whole class got one he said that he was the only one. Given they split the kids up over the week so only 6 kids went on Matthew's day. I was very proud of him!! It made me feel so good when he told me that he already has a friend, "his name is Connor and we played police at recess." He is going to do great and have so much fun this year!

I peaked at the kids during the prayer and Taylor was laying on Matthew's lap. Of course I made them stay like that after the prayer so I could take a picture. So sweet!

On our way

Getting all of his supplies out with his teacher Mrs. Bowens

July 3rd

Bartlett fireworks

 We went to the Bartlett fireworks on July 3rd and the kids loved it once again. They went on the many bouncy houses, got their faces painted, and enjoyed running around with friends. The fireworks were great too!!

Glen can never let me take a picture of him without making some sort of face. He was enjoying his 3D glasses that were given to us.

Taylor and Matthew with their friend Emmett