1st Week of Kindergarten

 What a week! We have almost made it through the first week of Kindergarten. It has definitely been an adjustment and we are still trying to get into the routine. Thank goodness we have a 3 day weekend to catch up on sleep.

1st day of kindergarten!

In front of Davey's class. He is so excited to start his day!

 On Monday Dave went to work a little late and stayed home with the kids, while I walked to school with Davey. We took the infamous 1st day of school picture and made sure we waved good bye to Cassia and Abby who were looking out the kitchen window. The 5 minute walk to school we reviewed his teacher's name, his classroom number, and Dave's phone number. Davey had them all down by the time we got to school. In his classroom he gave me a hug and kiss and excitedly went to his table ready to start the day. I on the other had a little harder time with it all. Walking out of his classroom leaving him behind was so hard. I had to mentally yell at myself to keep walking away. Once home I cried and squeezed my other little ones. Now that we are at the end of the week I still have to tell myself to walk away after I drop him off, I still miss him all morning, and still hug the other kiddos a little tighter and a little longer. I know Davey is safe in God's hands at school, I am excited for him making new friends and learning new things, and I am excited for this next phase in his life. Even so I have an aching in my heart as I grieve the preschool stage we just abruptly left.

Picking Davey up after school. He was full of smiles and stories to share of his first day!

Me and my sweet kiddos at the school.

 Everyday when we pick Davey up he excitedly tells us the many things he did at school. He loves doing calendar each day and has been singing the calendar song to the girls. Each day he has been practicing using his scissors in class. It has been a little tricky since he is left handed. I didn't see any left handed scissors when we got his school supplies so I assumed kids scissors were all the same for left and right handers. He just told me yesterday that he cried Monday because he couldn't use his scissors well. He is my little perfectionist. I am going on a hunt tomorrow to find left handed scissors for him. Davey has also really enjoyed recess time when he gets to play with two of his friends from church that are in another kindergarten class.

After school Davey wanted to take a nap in the living room to still be close to all of us. The girls then wanted to take a "nap" too.

Even though brother is gone we still have lots of fun together. Sweet Abigail loves her necklaces!

Abigail has been in a cooking phase. She loves making meals for all of us and all her babies.

 To make our week a little harder poor Cassia has been dealing with a fire ant bite that swelled to the size of a grape. It is on the bottom of her foot and made it so she couldn't walk well or very much at one time, which made it a little hard to walk to and from school everyday. We have gotten very good at fitting all three of the younger ones on our double stroller. Cassia actually got bit 2 weeks ago and ended up scratching it too much. Last Friday we went to the Dr. and he gave us some antibiotics and said if it was hurting we could sterilize a sewing needle and use it to drain the bite. Poor Cassia was in a lot of pain and really struggled sleeping since it was so painful. After a few attempts we did get it drained and even though it is not gone yet she is able to walk normal again and is back to her energetic self.

All 3 kiddos on the stroller going to pick brother up from school.

Cassia and her horrible ant bite

Close up of the ant bite. She has definitely learned not to scratch her  bug bites. Poor girl asked me why God made fire ants!

This week was also the start of T-Ball.

Learning good form in throwing.

Practice at the batting cages.

This week Boaz has really gotten good at crawling. The week started off with him stretching and squirming to get to things he really wants. Today is the first day he is really crawling on hands and knees, and traveling really well!

Boaz learning to crawl. He really wants Abigail's jewelry box.