My baby will be 11 years old.
He went from this:
to this:
in just 11 short years. He is an amazing kid. I don’t know what I’d do without him. Even the days where he makes me completely insane. Happy Birthday Little Man! I ♥ You!
The truth is, I’d like to say I have been crazy busy since school started back. But I haven’t been. I’ve been crazy lazy. I can’t seem to get anything accomplished. It sucks a bit, but one of these days I’ll get it together.
I’ll start with P/T conferences. Of course they all went well. Not surprised. Maddux is doing well and there’s no way he needed to be held back last year. He’s already came so far in just a month. He writes beautifully and he is starting to read a bit here and there. Not too shabby I’d say.
Spencer is doing well. His handwriting is still atrocious, but when he writes in cursive you wouldn’t know it was his. It’s gorgeous. I actually got a little teary when she showed me his work. It’s on the honor roll and already made his AR goal for the 9 weeks. His teacher says she finds him hilarious, and that’s a good thing since we do too. I always said he is going to be a comedian. He’s just goofy that way.
Jakob is doing great also. Honor roll, no major behavior issues. That’s always a good thing. He is an alternate in Honors Choir this year, which I am thrilled about. He was last year too, but I let him quit. Not going to happen this year little buddy. Mama’s off the medication. Once again, for the 3rd year in a row we were told there is no reason why he shouldn’t have straight A’s. He is so easily distracted and hurried that he doesn’t care. It’s fine that he doesn’t make all A’s, just so long as he’s trying.
We went to the Zoo in Ft. Worth last Sunday and had a blast. I have TONS of pictures but haven’t uploaded a single one anywhere yet. Boo me! I’ll get to it eventually.
Demanding Diva is just that. One minute, she is the sweetest girl ever and the next I want to give her away (not that I actually would or anything). She seems to be leaving the terrible twos behind a little more each day, but then there are days where she’s completely in that zone.
Jakob went skating by himself with his friends for the first time last night. I was so nervous, but he had so much fun. He’ll have to start doing more chores if he wants to go on a regular basis though.
There’s not much else to talk about. Enjoy those little bits. 
Yup, we are officially back to school. Already, I know. I can’t even believe it.
Jakob is in the 5th grade, Spencer is in the 3rd grade and Maddux is in Kindergarten. YAY boys! Today went well for all of them, not that I am at all surprised. It’s going to be a good year. And yes, I cried, but only this morning before we even left for school.
Today was day 1 in potty learning for the last child I will be responsible for learning to use the potty. It was mostly a huge lesson in FAIL! Honestly, I don’t think she is ready. But, I have to keep trying. I can always have the carpets cleaned.
We went through 6 pairs of undies (including 2 pair of bubba’s), but with every accident she became more aware of peeing and would at least immediately sit on the potty after she had her accidents. By the end of the night, she had at least manage to have an accident in the bathroom. It’s progress. Small and minuscule, but progress none the less.
I bought her some Melissa & Doug wooden dolls and I have them sitting on my desk (out of her reach) as her incentive to go potty in the seat. She knows that once she goes she can have them. She begged me for half an hour to put a diaper on her so she could have the dolls. That girl is too smart for her own good. We did have to put a diaper on her for bed time and she used it for all it was worth too.
We’ll work on it again tomorrow. I can’t stop now. The girl is stubborn and if I give in, then she wins.
So, we were going to let the boys design their own shoes this year at the Converse website, but before we knew it, it was time to start getting ready for school and the shipping on the shoes could potentially take up to 6 weeks. We didn’t want to chance them not being here by the time school started, so Gran bought them their school shoes. (Seriously, who am I to complain about all the help?) So, it’s the gratuitous back to school shoe post…..every year.
We will start with Maddux, since he was by far and away the easiest to shop for. He went in and right away picked out these Vans. Tried them on, liked them, the end.
Jakob and Spencer, not so easy. If you ever want to know what it’s like to shop with a girl, go shoe shopping with those two. It’s insane. After about 50 pair of shoes between the two of them, we all finally agreed on these Vans for Spencer and these Nike for Jakob. So, they are going to be pretty stylish this year.
And, I knew there was a reason we had 4 kids. It’s for the by one, get one half off sales. Those aren’t so easy to do when you only have 3 kids. So, Auddie got her some new kicks too. She got these rockin little Converse. They are totally her. And she loves them.
We also got their socks and underwear taken care of. It’d be nice if our school system would release the schools supplies list so we can get those taken care of too. But no, 3 weeks till school starts and not a mention of them. Blurg!
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