A New School Year

Here we are on the first day of school for Lizzie and Ben. Ben is in Kindergarten this year and Lizzie is a first grader. I can't believe I have two in school now! Josh has missed them a lot already, and I do too!

Ben on the way down the hall to find his class on meet the teacher day.

He found it!

Josh was a form of entertainment while the teacher talked. Hopefully he'll listen better when it's his turn for school in a couple years! :-)

I'm filling out papers for Ben.

Ben's cubby where he will hang his coat and bag.

Ben ready to go!! He is so cute!

Lizzie is too!

Aren't they cute?!

On the way into the school with dad. Josh is with me since he is sad.

Ben found his name on the table and sat by it. 

Lizzie is happy she gets her own desk this year!!

They did a good job riding the bus home. I'm always nervous about that! Lizzie is a big helper for Ben!

Ben when he got home. He loved his class. I was very relieved!

Josh was napping and Ben woke him up when he got home.

Josh was glad to see Ben.

Chichen Itza Pizza

Once again, I have to feature Josh. For those who know the backyardigan's this will be a bit more funny.
We were praying before dinner the other night and Ben wanted to sing God our Father. He did and then Josh wanted to sing. Here is Josh's version of God our Father:
God our Father
God our Father
Chichen itza pizza
Chichen itza pizza
All done, all done.

I laughed pretty hard at that one. For those who haven't seen the show, there is an episode of the Backyardigan's where they make pizza in ancient Chichen Itza Mexico and deliver it to a king. They call their business Chichen Itza Pizza.

Cindy

O where little boys will put pebbles!

Josh decided he wasn't going to nap this past Sunday afternoon. He was in his room playing quietly, sometimes laying down and getting in to mischief. 

When rest time was over for him he came out of his room and told Tim that he had a rock in his nose. (I was asleep at the time). Tim said he didn't see anything up there and went about his business. 

Later, Tim was looking for the nasal aspirator and asked me where it is... I told him exactly where, and asked, why, does Josh have a boogie? He filled me in about the rock statement. I looked up his nose and saw it very easily. We tried a few ways to get it out, but Josh wasn't about to lay still for us. We were one adult short of hands to keep him down. Josh was worn out after a little while, and so was I. He fell asleep while leaning on me on the couch. He slept about an hour and Tim and I decided he needed to go to Urgent Care. This was around 6pm. (Josh doesn't understand how to blow his nose and kept sniffing it in higher). 

Tim, my hero because urgent cares and ER's aren't my specialty, took him to the UC and called me within an hour on the way home. He said the doctor had just the right tool for getting it out. Some kind of mechanical finger that went right up there. It did take three of them to hold Josh down. I asked Tim if Josh cried and he said, oh yeah. I asked if they sedated him and he said no.

When they pulled in the driveway, Josh was all happy in the van with his stickers and lollipops, oh and the pebble wrapped in gauze to show me. mmmm!  He climbed out of the van and gave his rendition of what happened. I asked if he cried and he said, with a serious look on his face, "no, mom I screamed". I laughed! 

Anyway, that was our adventure this weekend. It seems to be our first crazy kid adventure. I guess it doesn't surprise me that it was Josh that it happened to. :-)