Kindergarten time.....where has the time gone?

Labor Day is here...summer is winding down, garden is becoming so overgrown that I've decided I'm done with it and cannot keep up....and ....Blake starts kindergarten tomorrow.  This is so bittersweet.  It's so hard to believe that he is old enough to go to school all day, everyday and ride the bus back to daycare with "the big kids."  Now he will be one of the "big kids."  He is so smart, though...I'm so very proud of how intelligent he is and how willing to learn he is.  He has been counting down the days for kindergarten for almost a month now.  He went to the open house last week and got to meet his teacher, Mr. Williams.  He also learned that his buddy Max Hoag from pre-school is also in his class.  They quickly picked out lockers next to each other and seats next to each other.  It is comforting that he is going to pre-school and already has (at least one) a friend.  My only concern is that he will be able to stay awake all day (and not be grumpy) because of no nap.  I know he will adjust, it will just take some time.  It will also be strange for Cora to be one of the older kids at Mary's house during the day.  I know she will do fine, though.  Speaking of smart cookies, she surely is one herself.  She can kick any adult's butt when it comes to playing Memory!  And at not even 3 years old, can whip through the alphabet flashcards and name every single one.  This amazes me, especially since I was just reading Blake's material for kindergarten last night and one paper said that while most kids can sing their ABC's before they are 5, many cannot recognize the letters until they get to kindergarten.  I would say she is well ahead of the game!  Both kids have an incredible vocabulary that they always use in context.  They are really starting to play well together, which now makes me sad that they will be separated all day during school.  Oh well, hopefully they will appreciate each other even more since they won't see each other as much.  It makes me sad that these last five years have literally flown by, but it makes me much sadder to know that these next 12 will be gone in the blink of an eye.  I just hope and pray that both of my children will never lose their passion to learn and will always push themselves to be the best that they can be. I really do love them both more and more everyday. :-)

Garden update

I picked our first tomato last night! I think it will be awhile yet before the rest are ready...at least I hope so, I'm not ready for all the work yet! We've also been picking cucumbers. Melons
will be ready pretty soon too!

Garden update

We have peas, zucchini, broccoli, cabbage, and onions that we've eaten so far!!!

Blake-isms

Tonight as I'm tucking Blake in, he says to me, "mom, when you were a kid, did you want to have a kid when you grew up?" I said, "yeah, I think I did. Why...do you want to have a kid when you grow up?" he responds, "I don't think so, they just mess up the house."

He also asked me tonight when I'm going to sharpen my nails again? Pretty sure he thinks my nail file is a sharpener! Lol! Gotta love him!

Bed Time

So our normal bedtime routine for the kids is: brush your teeth, go potty, give the other parent a hug and kiss, the other parent takes them up, says prayers, reads them a story, tucks them in.  Every night.  Well if we happen to get home late, we skip the story.  Last night we got home late and they went potty and we tucked them in.  Well, within 5 minutes both kids were yelling down to us because they didn't get to say their prayers.  Neither of them asked for a story (which they love their stories), but both had to say their prayers to be able to fall asleep.  This makes my heart very happy! :-)

Garden update

Well so far we have eaten romaine lettuce, broccoli and strawberries out of our garden. It's doing surprisingly well, as it looks like everything that we planted is coming up and growing like crazy!! We planted broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, Brussels sprouts and strawberries all from plants about the second week in. May. The Thursday before Memorial weekend we planted: seeds-peas, carrots, beets, green beans, wax beans, cucumbers, zucchini; plants-watermelon, muskmelon, buttercup squash, green peppers, habanero peppers, tomatoes. I think that's it!

The kids are having fun with it as are Tom and I. It looks like we will have lots of canning to do! Yah!!

A bad dream

The other morning, Blake got up and was acting really quiet, not like himself.  I asked him what was wrong?

He said, "I had a bad dream, mom."

"What was it about Blake?" I asked.

He puts his hand up, palm towards me and says, "I don't even want to talk about it."

So, we get downstairs and are getting ready and he's still not being himself.  So, I asked him again what was wrong.

"I had a bad dream mom.  I just don't want to talk about it."

"Ok, you don't have to tell me," I say to him.

"Ok, mom.  I'll tell you," he says, as serious as can be.  "We were having ice cream, me, you, Brianna, Kelsie, Cora and Daddy.  And YOU wouldn't give me any black sprinkles on my ice cream."  The pain is still so fresh to him that it almost brings him to tears to tell me this story.  Then he continues, "Momma, that wasn't even the bad part......Then Daddy gave me PINK ice cream!"  I really thought he was going to bust into tears at this point.  How devastating!! LOL!!  It was so hard not to bust out loud laughing at my little guy.  He is so anti-pink or anything girly.  He refuses to drink out of a pink cup or use anything that is girly colored or frilly. :-)