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<\/p>\nOur plan to divert Ike to Texas by steadfastly preparing to evacuate a second time paid off!\u00c2\u00a0 Ike is going to the nearby Red Stet and just to make sure it continues to do so, we are keeping our storm shutters firmly latched, the inside walls bare, and the fridge limited to 5 items within it’s pristine clean interior.\u00c2\u00a0 The more we are prepared to leave, the less the likelihood of needing to leave.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a predictive model with textbook correlation.<\/p>\n
But even though our living arrangements speak of a family on the verge of evacuation, our days this week have been the slow return to Normal Life.\u00c2\u00a0 Kids running around with underwear on their heads.\u00c2\u00a0 Me walking halfway to the store before realizing I forgot to put on shoes.\u00c2\u00a0 Paul coming to terms with coffee as the key to his salvation.<\/p>\n
This week brought on several BIG EVENTS.<\/p>\n
The first and Most Important was the start of school.\u00c2\u00a0 I was the only parent without a camera when we dropped Will off for his FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN.\u00c2\u00a0 Will’s teachers came to my aid and emailed pictures home that they, themselves, took of the kids during different parts of their first day… reading books, playing with toys, singing songs, having recess, eating lunch, and just generally looking cute in their uniforms.\u00c2\u00a0 From these, I have proof positive that Will is making friends and having fun at school.\u00c2\u00a0 Further, he does not seem to be acting the part of gangsta kid, a character behavior he appeared to be adopting over the summer, as shown by this class picture taken on the last day of his summer camp (note: although I cropped out the other children in the photo, I can promise that they are all smiling sweetly and most definitely not grabbing any unmentionable parts.)<\/p>\n
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Sometimes, my pride as a Mother leaves me speechless.<\/p>\n
Quick on the heals of the first day of school was Will’s First Ever Gymnastics class.\u00c2\u00a0 At last year’s Fete<\/a>, I won a credit for a class at Audubon Gymnastics<\/a> via silent auction.\u00c2\u00a0 Will, who had once been enthusiastically in support of gym class, did a radical 180-degree turn on us Monday morning, announcing how he “HATED GYMNASTICS”.\u00c2\u00a0 This is when Paul called “NOT IT!” making me the default parent to take him to the class.<\/p>\n