New routine

Rhett is adjusting very well to his new Kindergarten routine. He gets up bright and early and comes downstairs to watch cartoons and get dressed. He has a new chore chart, so he has even been doing some of those--such as feeding Bogart and taking out the kitchen trash. Wish I was a morning person like him! He continues to be excited about going to school (I realize this was only day 4), and he has no complaints other than the wait for me to pick him up in carpool line. He seems confident about all the new things involved with school, which I'm thankful for. I told him on the way to school today that Miss J sent a note home encouraging students to memorize their student ID# because they'd only get to wear their number necklaces for two more weeks. I said, "We'll work on memorizing that." He then told me his ID number. I laughed and said, "Guess that's done." I'm so anxious to pick him up each afternoon and hear about his day. It's so good to see his sweet face when I arrive. He's always excited to open up his backpack and start showing me things right there in line! I keep telling him that it's a really busy place and I have to pay extra close attention to my driving to make sure I don't hit someone.

This picture was made (with my phone--so not the best) Friday morning. He actually did say that he was still sleepy that morning and wished he could rest in his comfy bed just a little longer.

I have to wake Alexee up every morning. She's used to sleeping until about 7:30, and I have to say she's not at all loving this new routine that she's been forced into. I've been getting her down for a nap earlier due to the early pick-up line, but I've had to wake her up then, too, and she does NOT wake up in a good mood.

Exhibit A: (Thursday when I woke her up from nap) :(

Exhibit B: (Friday when I woke her up from nap)
My sister was actually there visiting Friday and she tried to hold Alexee and comfort her, but Alexee just hit her. Crosby, however, just sort of goes with the flow. He was getting really sleepy snuggled up with Aunt Kala.

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Saturday morning Lane had to work, and the kids and I went to the church so that I could attend the volunteer training for the upcoming church year. After I picked them up from their childcare rooms they wanted to look at the fish pond. The weather on Saturday was PERFECT. It didn't feel like an Arkansas August day at all.
So we came home and decided to lunch outside on the grass. I had a glass of iced tea, but a hammock (and two trees to attach it to) would have been nice! The kids were a little bit stressed out about ants at first, but I finally convinced them to relax and just enjoy being outside. While they were worrying about ants attacking our picnic, Bogart snatched most of their food. I think he ate an entire turkey and cheese sandwich, several Cheetos and maybe a fruit snack or two.
Hiding from the camera.
Rhett thought it was funny that I said Bogart should definitely get dessert because he ate a good lunch.
On Sunday I went back to volunteering in the church cafe, which was fun. I've been on "maternity leave" since March, so it was good to see everyone. So Crosby went to the nursery for the first time. :( He did fine. He slept through the first service (in his car seat), then I went to feed him between services. I got paged during the very last song of second service, but the nursery workers said he wasn't too upset, they just didn't want me to visit too long because he was starting to get fussy. It was sad to leave him in the nursery for some reason. If Lane has to work on Sundays this fall, I might sneak back into the newborn care room with Crosby and pretend he's tiny again. I wish I could keep him this size for a looong time--he's so sweet and cuddly and fun.

Sunday afternoon we went to our neighbor's birthday party. The kids had a blast running, climbing, bouncing and eating cake and ice cream. Happy 5th Birthday to Nate! He's such a cute little boy--he and Rhett have a lot of fun playing together.