First Day of 1st Grade

It has been about two weeks since Jack's first day of school and he's been doing great!  I was nervous with him being gone all day now and wondered if he'd come home exhausted or starving, but he walks in ready to play and quickly answers my questions about how his day was.

We pack a lunch to bring from home since he's one picky kid, but he has decided he'd like to get hot lunch next time they serve pizza!  He's getting sick of sandwiches too so I need to get more creative with what I can offer him.  I made a pasta salad last week he liked and we always have a variety of fruit he can choose from.  I did notice his carrot sticks come home with only one bite missing!?!

The first day was rough on one brother for sure!  I told him Jack wouldn't be home until the afternoon so Ryan started asking around 10:00 if it was time for lunch yet.  He wanted to hurry the day along and this is where he parked it when I said Jack would be home in a half hour.  He's doing better at entertaining himself now or playing with just me and Nash.  Ryan starts preschool in another week.

We're proud of our first-grader!  The house sure is quieter during the day, but Jack wastes no time making up for it once he's home.

10 Months

Nash is one busy boy at 10 months.  He still isn't crawling, but manages to move all over by scooting around.  He loves to play with his big brothers' toys--mainly by dumping them out, and he loves anything he can bang or use as a weapon (golf club, spoon, light saber).  Its been kind of a rough month for this baby ever since he started teething.  He got his top teeth first and the bottom two aren't far behind.  I've never had a baby get teeth while still nursing and that's the only comfort he wants in the middle of the night so we've both been getting less sleep.  He's still pretty happy for the most part, but he has a temper that flares up pretty quick when something upsets him.  I joke that he's my "mean baby" because he likes to hit and bite, but I don't think he's being mean on purpose...most the time!  He says, "mama-mama" a lot and "da" when he sees Lola or gets excited about something like going outside.  I can't believe we're so close to the one year mark--I just want him to stay my baby longer.