The holidays are almost over - and I'm so sad......

some moms are cheering their kids going back to school - me - I'm just sad!!!

I wish we had another week or two to keep hanging out and lounging in our jammies! I've so enjoyed our fairly low key holidays - it's been nice. I do think that Big K's friend K thinks I never get dressed in real clothes though ;) I'm sad that we start back at the grind of daily life again at 6:30 a.m. Monday morning - boo hoooooo! Plus - it's the last week of the term/semester, so it's going to be a CRAZY one!!!

And - I'm sending Brady back to Mrs. W's class - such a hard decision for me. I have the option of changing classrooms, but I know that Brady would feel so sad to be away from the great friends he has made in his class. So, even if his teacher doesn't like him - seriously - I can't figure out what her deal is with that - he is such a lovable little guy - he has lots of buddies that do, and that means a lot to him. I have heard from a friend who had a daughter with a disability (Aspergers) in Mrs. W's class last year that Mrs. W was NOT nice to her and didn't like her at all. I think it has more to do with the fact that Mrs. W only likes to teach to a certain level (high) of children who have perfect behavior. It makes me sad for Mrs. W, because she is missing out on some great kids who just may be a little quirky or different. It takes all kinds to make the world - to quote Land Before Time (a favorite of my cute boy right now - good thing we bought all those videos 15 years ago ;) Maybe Mrs. W. could learn a thing or two from our good dinosaur friend Littlefoot - she's taking much more after Daddy Threehorn ;)

But, I am planning to be a much bigger presence at the school in the coming months, helping out more in H's classroom (full of obnoxious kids - and 37 of them to boot!), and just being around and watching and helping in both of Brady's classrooms. It's hard to help in small group, really, because there are maybe 6 kids and 3 adults in there already - and the classroom is pretty small. But, it sure doesn't hurt to observe - so - I plan on being there a lot more - it's one of my New Years Resolutions :)

I'm still so reluctant to send him back, he's been so lovely over the vacation, minus a few earache moments and some tiredness from his late nights. He has played games with us, actually played with his big toys he got for Christmas - the V-motion is a big hit as were the Smash up Shake and Go cars. He's surprisingly good at some of his old V-smile games that he can play on the V-motion, and he can maneuver his way from screen to screen and exit and start different games when he wants to. I'm pretty impressed with these new gaming skills - I guess he really is related to the other boys (and I'm including Daddy in the term here) who live here ;) He's just been so happy and relaxed and really enjoyed himself - I hate to send him back to school and ruin that :(

So - I'll be praying that things go well and that it won't be ruined!!!

But - on a brighter note - here's a quick pictoral update of some of our holiday activities :)


Little K's first time having a friend sleep over - and the ensuing making of pizzas from scratch :)



Playing games and visiting with Grandma and Grandpa!
The big girls were bored one night and dressed the little guys up and did a "photo shoot" :)


Grandpa sponsored a sock folding contest to pair all the socks in the sock bin - we all hate folding socks! His prize money was a great incentive - of course Big K joined in late and still managed to beat us all by folding 70 pairs. I think all in all we folded 353 pairs of socks. That averages out to 40 pairs each? Can that really be true? I know I don't have 40 pairs of socks - there must be something wrong there - cause we can seriously never find matching socks around here........ I'm soooo confused!!!
C got invited to a dance by a good friend of hers :) You'd think with the two feet of snow we've had that he'd be able to build a bigger snowman ;)


It's been soooo fun and I'm just not ready for it to end...... How about you?????