Ethan’s First Day of Kindergarten
Ethan had his first day of school today. As I tucked him in tonight, I asked him how he felt about today. He told me that it was even better than he expected! Yeah!!!
Ethan had his requested breakfast this morning. We had scrambled eggs and bacon. Our whole family sat at the table and ate breakfast together at the same time. Eating breakfast together rarely happens! I didn’t have the dishes cleared before Ethan and Audrey were begging to start. It wasn’t even 7:30 yet! I held them off for an hour and then Ethan and I had a little talk about expectations. I told him that I wanted him to enjoy learning and that a lot of the time he would really like it, but that sometimes he might not want to do what I was asking of him, but I needed him to do it anyway. I told him that I didn’t want this time to be full of arguing.
He did really well. My biggest challenges were keeping Isaac happy and explaining to Audrey over and over that it wasn’t time to glue anything yet! Ethan gave me no trouble at all.
Here he is with the easel that I remembered was in our storage room. I printed out some calendar and weather cards and laminated them:
One of the best parts of doing school at home is cuddling with Daddy while learning about science:
I’m very proud of my boy! I’m so glad that he enjoys learning!
Busy day = Tuckered out
Ethan has been so excited about starting school that we decided that we are going to start tomorrow. I have all the stuff we need to get started and I can’t think of a good reason to turn down his request. So, I was a little extra busy today because I want my boy’s first day of school to be fabulous!
We made a trip to grocery store to make sure we had what we needed for Ethan’s requested breakfast and then I spent the day trying to get the last things pulled together while keeping Isaac from injuring himself (that part is a big job). Now it’s bedtime and I’m tired. Just like this girl:
A very late race post
Through a bizarre sequence of accidents, I locked myself out of the blog until yesterday, when I finally took the time to get myself back in 
So, here’s my brief, belated blog boast.
I finished the race faster than Amy predicted. I averaged 11:20 miles for a total time of 34:59. There’s nothing like a clock ticking up to xx:59 to get your adrenaline pumping. I kept speeding up over the last block, ending in a near-spring, just so I could claim a speed faster than 35 minutes (even if only by 1 second).
I’m still not loving running, but I am getting to really enjoy the sense of accomplishment I get from doing it.
Unfortunately, probably because they were tired and sore, I tweaked a muscle in my back over the weekend and have been hesitant to run until it’s on the mend. But, since I cut a whopping 5 minutes off my last time, I figure taking a week off won’t hurt me much…
I started a new tracking sheet, though, aiming for mid November. The new goal is to run 125 miles and bike 250 miles by that time. We’ll see if I can keep on this roll. It’ll get harder as work gets busier, but running or biking is a nice escape from work.
I’m running!
I’m back to running. Training for my 2nd 5K, which will happen here in town in August. It’ll be fun to run places I know.
Today, though, I am quite proud of having run all the way around the lake. 4.3 miles in a 66 minutes. Not bad…
Wedding Photos
Project Life- April 18-24
Wowza! What a week it has been! Our week started with Nathan and Isaac both feeling sick. I went to church with Ethan and Audrey so we could leave Isaac and Nathan to rest.
On Monday, I got sick too. And so there were three of us sick. Isaac just seemed to be wilting.
On Tuesday we switched to pedialite because we were worried that Isaac was getting dehydrated. He wasn’t getting anything down. Poor baby.
Wednesday morning we decided it was time to take Isaac to the ER. He wasn’t getting better and just seemed to more and more lethargic. We spent more than 5 hours in the ER before they admitted us for an overnight stay.
On Thursday after successfully keeping breakfast and lunch down, Isaac got to come home! He wasted no time tracking down so snacks his sister had left out!
On Friday, Isaac was still not completely back to normal. He was still pretty tired, but it was so wonderful to see him playing and having fun at home.
On Saturday, Ethan turned 5! We let him have free reign for the day and he enjoyed every minute of it!
I made a robot cake!
I was looking through cake ideas online and I asked Ethan if he would like a robot cake. He thought that would be a fine idea. I had planned to have time a little earlier to work on it, but this week ended up being crazy! We canceled birthday party plans that involved having people over and planned to let Ethan have a fun day with us here at home. So, I did the cake on Saturday.
I used the template and instructions from bettycrocker.com and it worked pretty well. I had trouble getting the cake out of the pan, but a little frosting fixed that. Ethan wanted chocolate frosting on the cake so it’s obviously not the grey color that shows on that link.
I should be looking happier in this photo, but I was exhausted! We had a good weekend when it was all said and done. Nathan and I both wrote our Love and War posts and it was fun to discuss our thoughts on the first chapter. Our whole family was at church- together! It’s been a long time since we were all healthy and in town to be able to do that. Ethan, Audrey and I had a squirt gun war in the front yard. If you ever wonder what to do with my kids to entertain them, grab a squirt gun and you’ll be ready to go! Isaac is doing very well! Thank you for praying for him.
More simple math
2 parents – 2 sick parents = Ethan running things around here.
Isaac’s still not himself, but Amy and I have now picked up the same bug. Nasty little thing, too…
No pictures for this one — believe me, you do not want to see me today
Friday, April 16, 2010- Weigh In
Amy- Down about 2.5 pounds from last week. That puts me where I was 2 weeks ago. 7.8 lbs to reach pre-pregnancy weight. 15.8 to reach goal weight.
Nathan- Same as last week. 39.4 pounds to goal. I was wrong on how far he was was goal last week.
Highlights from this last week
We started out our week by celebrating Easter at Grandpa Henning’s house in Cottage Grove. I took a photo of all “my boys” all dressed up in their Sunday best. Aren’t they handsome? And why is Ethan doing some sort of gang symbol?
Every time I turn around, Isaac is pulling himself up on something. He loves to practice standing.
Nathan found a Snuggie on clearance at Target and he bought it for me! Ethan thought it was great so he tried it out. He laughed and laughed over how big it was on him.
Another picture of Isaac standing. Look at how close he is to standing without support? Ack!
Audrey loves to dance. Daddy loves to dance with Audrey. It’s a perfect combination. I love to see the strong bond they have. I pray that it will stay strong and healthy.
Our labor of love for little Gideon was a choo-choo cake. Gideon loves choo-choo’s and I had the time! So, I made a cake (with some help from Nathan) for his party.
Here’s the birthday boy and his cake. He loved it! Yeah!
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