How did his day go???

Well I was right there at 1pm to get Joey. He comes out and says he is ready, but the teacher's aide Shoni tells me that Nancy needs to talk to me. I was very worried that this meant something terrible. Well the first thing Nancy says is "Joey is very sweet and he listens very well, but I need you to sign this." Apparently, since they couldn't go outside today they went into this large room to play. Nancy says everytime they go in there something strange happens. Well him and this boy named Jacob were wrestling around. Both were laughing and having a grand time. Nancy stops them and separates the boys. She first talks to Joey. Joey says that Jacob bit him on the shoulder. Then she talks to Jacob and his says Joey bit him. Joey's shoulder was a little red and Jacob didn't have a mark on him. She says that no matter what if a kids says another kid bites them they have to inform the parent. She also said that she didn't really know how to write it up.
In the car, Joey tells me that he didn't bite that boy. He says that Jacob was pretending to be a bear or a monster or something like that and he attacked him. They were rolling around. Joey says he bit him and he didn't cry, he just said "Ouch!"
Other than this he seemed to have a blast. He already use his extra shirt. He says he met a really nice red headed girl. They made stars today, but they didn't work on writing letters. He wanted to practice making letters. He said he can't wait to go back tomorrow.
The other exciting news is that Kev is getting a bonus. He applied for this bonus and he got an email about it the other day. In the email it said that he scored an 89% and anyone that got 65% or better got the Merit bonus. He is super excited.

First day of School

Today is Joey's first day of school. I can't wait to pick him up to hear all about all the neat things he has done today. He was super excited this morning. Before he ate breakfast, he ask if he could get his clothes on for 4 year old school.

Ready to go, well sort of. Mom says that I need my rain coat on.

In front of his school. It isn't the nicest day to start school.

Joey's classroom.

Mrs. Nancy, Joey, and Mrs. Shoni

Luke is lost. He is very quiet today. I don't think this quiet will last. He is walking around like he lost his best friend.

Seeing is believing!!!

Luke was put to bed. I have told you that he is extremely quiet if he gets up. We didn't know he was up and playing. I went to check on him about 45 minutes later after I put Joey to bed. This is how I found him. Yeah, he didn't take a nap.

Yeah, I yelled for Kev

Just in case you thought he was faking. He didn't even open his eyes when I moved him up in his bed.

I am not sure that I have ever been this tired.

Rain Rain Go Away

So we have gotten rain and wind today from Hurricane Gustav. We have spent the day play at the house. Kev has felt bad with a cold. By this evening Luke and Joey couldn't get along and everyone was driving Kev crazy.
Tomorrow is Joey's first day of school. I have his lunch packed and his scrapbook page done. I have his clothes laid out. Expect pictures tomorrow of the big boy. Luke will be a very sad little brother tomorrow.

Joey in his new Preschool shirt

No No No Don't take my picture.

I was being quiet, my mom thought I was being bad, but I was just sitting in this rocking chair.

Clone Trooper. I think he is going to dress up forever.

Luke and his baby doll

Ready and waiting.

Today has been a different. We got up and worked outside. We have been cleaning up the backyard so that things won't get blown down. I got the lawn mowed.

Then the boys went down for a nap. Kev decided that he would take Joey to see the Star Wars Movie today. They were going to go tomorrow, but he was afraid that the weather wouldn't be good enough to go.

I got the pleasure to stay home with Luke. He started talking to me. We talked about all sort of things. He said words and phrases such as bird, Oh bad, poo, what's that, cat, meow, dog, window, people, apple. Some of these words were new for today. The other day when we were at Walmart he said "Oh fire truck!" Yeah there was a fire truck in front of walmart.

Speaking of the fire truck. While we were in Walmart shopping we saw the fire men. Joey had his black spiderman costume on and he pretended to shoot webs at the fire men. I said "Oh Joey, you shot webs at those firemen, that wasn't nice. I sure hope there won't be a fire soon, because they won't be able to move fast." Joey then explained "When Peter Parker wears the black costume he is a little bad and the black costume make me a little bad also."

4 year old orientation

We met Joey's teacher, Mrs. Nancy. She is a really laid back lady. I think she will be highly organized, but she will have to. He will have homework. Mainly because she says the kids want it. His home work will be to practice writing the letter of the week and to bring something to school that starts with the letter of the week. She says it can be as simple as cutting something out of a magazine. This weekend we have to work on a scrapbook page of Joey and his family. I think we can handle this just fine. Mrs. Nancy didn't have much of a meeting today, most of the other teachers did. Mrs. Nancy says she isn't a meeting type of person. She had a letter typed up that pretty much covers everything. There is a teacher's aide that works in his room and her name is Shoni.
Joey finally got to go on the playground. He will love it on the playground. They have a ton of bikes and outdoor toys.
He didn't want to leave. Before we left we got him his very own St. Paul's Lutheran Church Preschool shirt. He decided his daddy needed one also. I will try to send pictures of him tomorrow.
When Kev picked Joey up today from Mrs. Kristie's he told him he had a surprise for him. He wouldn't tell him. When he got home he showed him his shirt. Joey told him "Daddy, you can wear it now!" So Kev is wearing his shirt now with pride.

Sleep I must do

Today I need to get as much sleep as I can. I work tonight. Then tomorrow at 9:30 I must have Joey at St. Paul's Lutheran Church for orientation. So the plan is Kev will drop the boys off at Mrs. Kristie's tomorrow morning like normal. I will come home from work and get myself ready and get the needed paperwork. I will pick Joey up at 9am. I will just call when I get there, so Luke doesn't see me and think he can leave also. Then I will take Joey to orientation. We will stop get some lunch, then I will drop him back off at Mrs. Kristie's house. I will head home for some much needed sleep, so I can return to work on Friday night.
We are watching Gustav and hoping that it isn't that bad. I did talk to Joey about it a little this morning. He is suppose to start school on Tuesday, but I am sure that if this storm is going to be here and bad then it will be canceled. He will be heart broken.