Getting in the groove

Well we've had two and half weeks of school under our belts. Cooper has adjusted well to high school and seems to be enjoying it :) This is Jake's second year of Jr. High (6-8grade) so he's having no trouble with adjustment lol. He has started football practice and is working hard. I hope he has fun, he appears to be putting forth good effort, hope that continues :) Can't wait to see his first game! Addy is loving school (no shock there)! I am very pleased with how the year is going so far :) The communication has been fantastic and her para is a gem :) I was a little concerned because I know she has lost several skills over the summer but she seems to be picking things back up quickly. She loves reading and I'm happy that her sight words are still pretty strong. She is definitely worn out after school but in time she will get some stamina built back up. Our days are getting busier, that's for sure, but I know it's all good :)

Cooper participates in Youth Choir at church on Wednesday nights and Youth Group on Sunday nights. He takes piano on Monday nights.

Jake has football practice everyday after school and in a couple of weeks will be having games on Tuesday nights. He is also doing Youth Choir and Youth group.

Addy has feeding therapy every other Tuesday (I have to pick her up a little early from school) and then she has music therapy on Tuesday nights. She goes to church after school on Wednesdays for Kids Krossing and Children's Choir at church. Our pastor picks the kids up on the church bus and takes them over to the church. Addy loves that :) After Labor Day she is starting Hip Hop Dance in a town close by at 5:30 (right after church), she's going to be wiped out by Thursday! Busy nights! She didn't take dance the past year because the studio closed. I have heard great things about the place in Strafford where are going to start. I'm excited she gets this opportunity :) Girl may not be able to jump but she can "shake it" like no other!

Little Man started a new daycare at the beginning of August and it's going really well. He loves playing with so many babies! He is a busy little boy and keeps us hopping all of the time! He has therapy on Thursdays after school. He's receiving OT/PT every other week and ST once per month. For having DS I'm blown away about how on target he is :) He's starting to stand some independently. He crawls super fast so I'm sure he's just going to run! We did find out that he needs glasses so we are picking them up on Monday. He was NOT a fan of the trying on frames process at all. This should be an interesting adventure! Addy got two new pairs of Specs 4 Us, we love them and she is keeping them on REALLY well!

I have started my new job and I'm really liking it. I've only been to Mansfield, one of the districts I've been assigned to. Mansfield is where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote her Little House books :) I have toured her house before, it was really a fun place.  I will start the other district this week. I'm hoping to work a bit more once my second district has my position worked out :) I have truly enjoyed having some extra time off but I'm not going to love the tiny paycheck at the end of September :) It's been a loooong time since I worked hourly! I'm sure I will LOVE the check at the end of October :) I am working 3 1/2 days per week right now. I may work more, just depends on my schedule :) Fortunately some of my work can be done from home :) I am not working on Fridays unless I absolutely have to. My kids have several half-days on Fridays and this way I be home with them :)

Here's to beginning our busy/crazy life that I wouldn't change for the world!

First Day of School!

This summer absolutely flew by! I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that I spent most of July traveling :)

Cooper started High School today! It is so strange to think he is old enough! I'm always nervous about changes for him, you never know how they are going to go. Asperger's syndrome is an interesting thing. There are days we don't see it at all and others it hits you smack dab in the face. Last night we went for orientation and it was pretty apparent. He didn't look any teachers in the face and barely uttered a word. I could tell he was uncomfortable but hoping and praying that things go well. I'm sure once he gets his schedule down (which he thrives on) he will have a good year :)

Jake is in his second year of Jr. High as a 7th grader :) He is so easy going and adapts easily to pretty much anything! He has his first football practice today too. He wasn't sure if he was going to play or not but he went for it :) I think he'll have fun :)

Addy starts First Grade today! She was sooo wound up this morning! It was adorable! She was so excited to be going back to school. She LOVES it! Her teacher is a good friend of mine and is really excited to have our onery little thing in her class :) I'm REALLY excited about her para too! She has a lot of experience and is going to be so good for Miss AddyTude! We made a cute little chalkboard sign last night, too bad I put the wrong date on it lol. Oh well, a little Picmonkey made it look ok!

This morning

This is what greeted us early this morning. The pix aren't good, I wasn't paying attention to the setting. However, you can see, we had a tad bit of water in our backyard this morning. Fortunately it didn't come inside today. Scott and the boys worked really hard getting all of the carpet up downstairs yesterday. We tried and tried to dry it but there was no way, there was way too much water. It's still raining and we have a chance everyday this week :(

Seriously?

We had an insane storm with a HUGE amount of rain last night. It took out over 100 feet of our privacy fence and our entire basement is soaked :( We have carpet in the basement that I've wanted to rip up forever, it looks like I just might be doing that now. Cooper's room has laminate floor and it got soaked too so not sure if it's going to be okay. Hoping we hear from the insurance tomorrow. I hate things like this!

In this picture Scott is standing where the fence was and I am standing next to the furthest piece of fence that drifted away. It probably would have gone farther if there wasn't so many trees there!