We Survived the First Full Week of School!!

This week was the first full week of school for the boys.  It was also the first week for Alex to go to school all day and then have speech therapy and occupational therapy after school.  His schedule is keeping us busy but it is now officially Friday.  Logan has made it through the week and Alex is three hours away from hitting that mark.  We have had to talk to teachers about different things, we've already received the snack bag, and are slowly getting out of the summer schedule and getting into a school schedule.  We have also experienced the fun (and grossness) of another child's apple juice leaking all over every one of the students' lunch bags. Alex is always a little hesitant to go into the gym with his class (and the rest of the school) in the mornings. He keeps thinking of random things he just "has" to tell me. Yesterday we stood at the entrance to the gym -- Alex sat his lunch bag on the floor beside his foot and said, "Wait, mom, one more thing."  I said, "What?"  He said, "The next time you go to the store you need to get more things for piggies in a blanket.  I really liked them and want to bring them in my lunch again sometime."  I finally asked him why he didn't want to go to the gym.  He told me it was loud in there and the PE teacher was always yelling at the older kids and blowing his whistle.  "That whistle is really loud and hurts my ears," he said. So, we read Gym Teacher From The Black Lagoon, which is about a boy (with a big imagination) who thinks the gym teacher is a monster from the black lagoon but at the end of the story learns that he is really a nice man.  After reading we talked about the gym teacher and I told Alex that it was loud in the gym because everything echoes in there and the teacher has to talk very loudly and sometimes shout to be heard over all the children in the gym.  I explained that he only uses his whistle when the older children aren't listening and it is the only way to get their attention.  I said, "You take your books and sit nicely and look at your books and you won't have anything to worry about."  He smiled and nodded and although he wasn't in a huge hurry to leave this morning it did seem to go a little better.  Other than having to sit in the gym in the mornings before walking to his class, Alex really enjoys kindergarten.  Logan really seems to enjoy Pre-K as well and even got to pick a prize out of the treasure chest today for being good all week.

I wanted to share some pictures from this week--not from school, but from home.

Logan using his hammer to "fix" the Rock'em Sock'em Robots!

Alex and Jacob watching a baseball game together!

Logan wearing one of Jacob's ties.  He asked Jacob if he could wear a tie so Jacob put it on him. It was so cute!

Here is Logan's cool pose while wearing Jacob's tie.

Alex relaxing on the couch and playing the harmonica for Godzilla and Brainstorm (from Ben 10)

I love this picture!

The boys were watching cartoons on the computer -- Jacob walked in and found them sitting together and Alex had his arm around Logan.  It was adorable!

Logan on Monday afternoon.  We have started a routine of eating lunch together and then watching Yo Gabba Gabba.  He didn't feel great on Monday (he was congested and had a sore throat) and he eventually asked if he could pick a movie and watch it in our room on our bed.  About ten minutes later I found him like this.

Alex after school one day this week.  He is still getting used to his crazy schedule!  On the bright side, he still asks Jacob to go outside and play flag football or baseball when he gets home from work!

Logan having lunch today.  "It's Friday!"