Who's a worse blogger than me?  Ugh. I had started this blog a month ago and never finished it...


It's here.  Kindergarten.  Jake is so ready!  Although, I am not really convinced that he truly understands what kindergarten will be all about.  We had Orientation today for an hour at his school and we met his teacher (Mrs. Bagley) who seemed very nice.  Jake found his desk and put all of his school supplies in his desk.  I guess this is just the beginning of a very long journey!

A month and a half in an things are going great. Jake comes home from school with tons of songs, new methods of learning ( eagle eye!) and loves practicing his letters and numbers. He even loves to write sentences. Last week was the best - "Mommy, how do I spell 'my little brother is so cute I could cry'?"  He loves to do homework and to fill his reading log daily. He tells us lots of stories "I don't think Mr Bagley works". His teachers husband. Ok. "An older girl in the back of the bus got sick today ON THE BUS". Me: omg, did you feel bad for her, the poor girl!? Jake: No! I felt stinky for me, it smelt awful the whole way home (holding his nose). One day we sent him to school and let him buy milk for lunch. When I asked him how it went he informed me that he didn't drink it.. He couldn't open the carton.. So he threw it away. Ok. We have since let him know he just has to ask the lunch aid for help. Today the he had a story that ,add me sad.. But I am sure it will happen with boys. "mommy, today you gave me a baby spoon for my applesauce and the boys made fun of me". Then he reminded me that he sometimes gets confused and throws his spoons away. Yes buddy, that's why we send plastic baby spoons. :).

Brody boy. Brody started walking mid September at about 10.5 weeks and hasn't stopped!  He is a tad shaky on his feet but gets around just fine !  He loves to play with Jake and picks up a plastic phone and we swear he says "hi". He is also an eating machine and will eat anything Alex and I eat. We take advantage of this as Jake is super picky. His diet consists of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chicken nuggets or hot dogs.

Soccer started again for Jake this fall and its amazing how much is different this year. He likes it much better and has a great time doing the drills. When it comes to game times, the second half of practice, it's pretty much 15 kids running in circles and the ball kind of moving too. He loves to run around and has a blast playing.  He also loves the dels lemonade after and the playground too.

Speaking of playgrounds, we have been trying to find new ones lately and have come across two really cool ones that are close by in Cranston.  Jake had a blast at the ones where there are tons of ropes a d different things to climb on. Brody loves the swing and loves to watch the other kids too. It won't be too long before he making his mark on the playgrounds. We love the ones at have bike paths or walking paths too. A trip to the playground usually ends with an adventure walk. Jakes imagination at this point is pretty fun. He can turn a walk into a giant adventure.