Septmeber Days

Well I got through the first week of preschool. Marcus was a really big help. I ran around most of Monday trying to get last minute things ready before I needed to be home at 3:30 to take care of five of my nephews. By the time everyone left there was nothing ready for dinner and I was trying to help my kids with their homework. Marcus disappeared and then soon returned with dinner for us all. Then Tuesday morning he got up and made us all breakfast. Wow that was a big help! Later he went and got new sand and filled up the sand box. The preschool kids loved it and played in it all recess.
Preschool went really well. I have some really good kids, and I have a great assistant. The kids call her Miss Sharon, but I call her Mom. She helps out a lot. I am able to run centers a lot smoother with her there. We have a good time. I made a conduct chart and it works very well, if they stay on yellow for the day, before they go home they get a treat. Which is a star burst! It's amazing how one little piece of candy makes a difference.
Lauren and James have had a good two weeks of school. Lauren is easing into third grade. I volunteered in her class the first Friday. Before I left she gave me a look. I asked her what was wrong and she said, "Mom 3rd grade is hard!" I said, "well you're getting older and you are expected to do a lot more, but I know you can do it." She seems to be feeling more confident this week. She'll do fine she expects herself to be perfect that's her only problem. James is James nothing really seems to bother him. He's a good boy. I helped in his class this Friday. They had an apple tasting experiment. They taste tested six different kinds of apples. The funny thing was most of the kids liked the Granny Smith apples. Go figure maybe it was a good batch.
Well grandpa called me on Monday and said, Well I'm going to ask you a question that you've been regretting since James was born." I said, "OK what question is that?" "I want to take James hunting on Tuesday, opening day of dove season, it's better than Christmas morning!" Well personally it doesn't sound as exciting as Christmas morning but I let him go. Daddy wanted to go too. Tuesday after school I told James that he could go when he got all of his homework and reading done. I think this will be a great motivator for him because he loves anything and everything to do with hunting. They had a good time and got a number of birds. So for Sunday dinner we will have rumaki for dinner. It is very good. Normally it is made with chicken liver which doesn't sound to appetizing, but it is good too. My mom use to make it for us when we were kids. I love it I can't wait for Sunday dinner!
The kids had a fun day today. Their cousins came over to play. They always have such a good time together. Today they played hunting. They all had there camo hats on and their toy guns. James even made a couple of maps for them. I don't know how they keep themselves busy all those hours, but they do. Then we had a "fancy dinner". We set the table nice and I came out and took their order, but really they could only have the special which was Spaghetti and Meat balls. I told them it was a red marinara sauce served over angel hair pasta with a green salad which had fresh spinach in it ( I left that part out) and strawberry lemonade. They all said OK. One of the kids I won't say which one was picking his nose at the table and I told him, "We don't pick our nose at a fancy dinner." Then everyone started laughing. They all ate their dinner including the salad.