It was Lael's first day of Kindergarten. She is pictured here with Lulu the dog, our newest member of the Swanson clan (as if we needed more chaos, but she's already part of the fam and she's as good as dogs get). So, the battling to get her to school each day has begun. She picks different issues each day. This girl is just plain difficult. When we got to school, she didn't want to wear her nametag so I took her over to her teacher and said, "Lael doesn't want to wear this but you can make her." It was kind of like throwing down the gauntlet and saying, "Here. This one is your challenge now." She tried on many outfits that morning and finally decided this was the one. It was blazing hot but she insisted on wearing the jacket.
Oliver started third grade and has Mr. Flores, who he seems to really like.
I set up this display outside the kindergarten room for the Booster Club. It was a crazy day and I was up until 2:30 am getting it all done. Of course it didn't help that I decided to make cream puffs for the teachers and was making those at midnight. My friend Monica arranged for me to get Jamba Juice for the teachers and they were a big hit! Thanks Monica!
Lael has the same look of tharn Oliver did when she started school but she seemed to have fun.
This is Henry and me after a very long morning (and a weekend of camping and a very long summer spent entertaining the kids). This is probably the last post I will do for a week or so. My family is coming into town for Oliver's baptism. Plus I have the Booster Club to get going and all that. But I am really, really hoping with the time the kids are in school I can get stuff done. It's been about survival for so long that the house has really suffered and especially the office is a disaster. My sisters Sarah and Angie are coming out early next week and they want to help me finish the ceilings that we never got to (we ripped the popcorn off three years ago when we moved in and haven't done more since). Sarah got back from her mission to New Zealand last night so I'm capitalizing her while she's still in humanitarian mode. I can't tell you what makes me take on way more than is humanly possible, but I do blame it on the genes from my Dad's side of the family. I seem to thrive on the challenge. But I am getting burned out and need to cut back in some areas, like in my church service. Anyway, here's hoping the school year brings a more sane existence to me and the Swanson family (even with the dog)!
2 comments:
You need to take on less and I need to take on more, like getting my yard looking decent, but I seemed to have contracted an alien virus and to my kids frustration after many, many doctor visits I still don't feel able to accomplish anything more than bare necessities (humm wonder what could be wrong with me, probably a mental problem). I admire your ambition in fact I envy it right now. Only one child home for 1/2 a day-wow think of all the time you'll have (ya right). The dog looks a lot like ours. I hope you enjoy him more than I enjoy ours. Our dog likes the neighbor dog and will stop at nothing to get into their backyard to play. My backyard looks horrible with brick all over plugging holes at the base of the fence. So good luck with the dog thing. If you want a 2nd dog, let me know, I can have mine delivered.
Cute!! I can't believe that Lael is that old now. And, I still wish that you could do the clothes shopping for my kids too.
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