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Do You See the Resemblance?

About a week or so ago, Dan accidentally put Andrew in a pair of pajama shorts that were skin tight. As soon as I saw Andrew, I started laughing and said that he looked like my dad when he goes cycling. Anyway...we took some pictures...now you tell me...do you see a resemblance :-) ?

Adam's First Day of School

Better late than never :-). Adam started school about 2 weeks ago. He was really excited to start (and so was his momma!). He is doing Young 5's this year to give him an extra year to "practice" sitting during circle time and listening to his teacher. The first day (parent/child day) confirmed my decision to do Young 5's...since about halfway through circle time, Adam decided that he really needed to play with the train table. Now, there were some siblings playing, so it was very tempting, but... The teacher did mention the second day of school that "Adam really does like trains, doesn't he", so he must have made it obvious on the second day, too :-). You really have to be a special person to be a Young 5's teacher...since aren't most of the kids the rambunctious boys? Or they're really shy...

He is going to the same school that he went to last year, since we really liked it. The curriculum is really interesting to me...he's already gotten to see a real-life garter snake, go for a nature walk in the woods, and he's going to make apple cider on a field trip in a week or so. He is also going 4 afternoons a week, which makes it interesting for nap time with Andrew. We've not been so great about napping since school started. It is cute, though, because Andrew just started saying Adam's name...and he asks for Adam several times during the afternoon. They love to fight, but I guess they miss each other when they're apart.

As you can tell from the pictures...Adam didn't get his glasses until the second day of school. Speaking of glasses...the wonderful mom that I am...I forgot to make him put them on this morning and didn't remember until we were already at school :-). Whoops...the teacher did notice that he couldn't see. Some of the pictures are of the sandbox outside, inside the class doing a project, the infamous train table, and the sign outside the school.

Rude Woman!

Yesterday I was grocery shopping with Andrew while Adam was in school. Andrew was yelling a bit...like he sometimes does when he likes to hear how his voice is echoing. I didn't think it was too bad...I barely heard it, because I was concentrating on shopping...plus, it was just in fun...not like he was throwing a temper tantrum (like I've heard other kids doing before).

Anyway, this older lady came up to me and told me that I needed to make my baby stop yelling. He was being rude, and it was bothering the other shoppers. I looked at her for a second, waiting for her to smile...because I was sure she was kidding. But, she kept talking. Finally, I said, "Well, I'm the mom." It made me really mad that she could be so rude.

As a Christian, I struggled between letting my temper get control of me and doing the Christian thing. Finally, I just went back by her and said, "Excuse me" when I passed by her and gave her husband a big smile. I felt much better then! I did think about getting a $10 store gift card and hunting her down and giving it to her...because she must have been in such a bad mood because social security was tight for paying for her groceries :-).

Adam has New Glasses

Last year, Adam failed his vision screening at preschool. Thankfully, we were blessed because I had added the boys to our vision insurance just this year. I took Adam to an optometrist, who then referred him to a pediatric opthamologist. We went last week, and she prescribed some glasses for him. We went back to the optometrists office and picked out glasses. Boy, the frames are sure a lot cuter than when I got glasses as a kid! However, they did have lots of colors, and Adam really liked the blue ones. I was hesitant about getting them, because I thought the dark gray ones looked better on him, but the woman reminded me that if he liked them, then he'd be more likely to wear them....so blue it was. Actually, you can't even tell in the pictures that they are blue. I thought that he'd immediately tell me how much better he could see (one eye is REALLY bad), but his astigmatism is bad enough that the doctor said that it would take some time for him to adjust....so we'll slowly get used to them.

I can already tell it's going to be a nightmare to keep these things safe. He kept putting the case up to the lenses, and I was worried about them scratching. He keeps touching the lenses, so they have lots of fingerprints on them, and he was playing downstairs and took them off. Who knows where he put them down, but I made him go back down and get them. I was smart and purchased frames that shouldn't break :-).