So I just realized that it has been 1 month since the kids went back to school and it has been extremely crazy with no time for blogging or reading! I am the only person I know who hasn't opened Breaking Dawn. It has spent weeks on the table next to the couch patiently waiting for my life to settle down. I even loaned it to my friend Jenn, who promptly returned it in like 3 days and she has 5 kids! HELLO! Oh yeah, and if I finished Eclipse first, that might help too. So, I guess I have still not found my rhythm or adjusted to the not so new schedule yet. It seems that I should have more time on my hands than ever having all 3 kids in school, but life just seems to get busier the older they get. Emma's homework load is a bit heavier in 4th grade and between dance class, violin, Achievement Days, American Girl Club and her never ending social calendar she has turned into a night owl. She totally comes alive at night wanting to craft, read or just talk our ears off. I am beginning to see some serious pre-teen/tween behaviors going on. She really likes to be in on the adult stuff too and I have to be careful about what kind of information she becomes privy to.
I must say that I do feel so blessed that even though we are busy, everyone is doing great. It seems like I know a lot of people dealing with a lot of stuff right now and I wouldn't trade mine for theirs. I am just a little type A sometimes and with the lack of control of the schedule it's like I am playing a real life Survivor game trying to manage it all. Fortunately, Noah is handling first grade like a pro and has won the heart of his teacher who can't stop gushing about him, and Daegan tells me everyday that he just loves preschool, and well that statement is just music to my ears! Over the summer I struggled with getting him to go to the child care at the gym or to his class at church, so I was a bit paranoid about the whole preschool thing.
For now the current solution to handling the chaos is ( I may have a better plan tomorrow) if I am playing Survivor, I need to have a game plan! I guess the first step might be coming out of denial about the fact the summer break is really over. I may be one of a very small group of parents who were not ready for the leisure of the summer season to end. Maybe one last batch of Pina Coladas (the virgin kind of course) in the blender this weekend and then I'll be ready for fall.
