Well! Talk about being in perpetual motion! I’m not exaggerating when I say that I’ve barely had a chance to sit down in the past week. From back to school night, to Kindergarten orientation, traipsing all over town in search of two red pocket folders – since Zeke’s school supply list specified that he must have red pocket folders. Then a two-year-old ear infection, a trip to Valley Fair, and a chipmunk in my kitchen… Good grief, Charlie Brown! Is there any rest for the wicked? And I mean “wicked,” of course, in the New England sense of the word: Incredibly cool and awesome, not evil and malevolent.
I have, nonetheless, managed to snap a few photos through all of this. I’ll start with the most recent; the back to school photos, since they were requested…
Here they are yesterday, looking a little apprehensive…
Elijah rode the bus to school by himself yesterday…
For the Kinders’ first day, us parents come along, so Zeke and I drove to school together. We did a little scavenger hunt in the school together…aimed at helping the kinders feel more comfortable in their new environment.
So, at long last, this morning, Zeke got to ride on the bus with his big brother. They were both pretty giddy with excitement…
It’s a huge answer to prayer that Zeke is going to morning kindergarten! Elijah went to afternoon kindergarten, as our side of the city always had, and I really disliked it. This doesn’t make any sense, but it seemed to take all morning to get ready for afternoon kindergarten; it’s so much easier to just get up and go. I didn’t relish the idea of sending Elijah off in the morning, and then Zeke off after lunch, so I began praying earnestly at the beginning of the summer that this would change. Dave said, “But why would they change it? Hasn’t it always been that way?” “Well,” I said, “they’re gonna change it because the Lord is going to push them towards changing it!” Yay!
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We spent Labor Day at Valley Fair, the local amusment park. We had an excellent day! The weather was perfect, the lines were very reasonable, and… ever so exciting, Elijah had grown a whole inch in the past month! …He was tall enough to ride the Steel Venom with me…
This was my first time on the ride too! Aaaaah!
It looks like Zeke’ll have to wait till next summer to ride the big coasters though…
Or maybe, just maybe, he’ll have a growth spurt like Elijah did, and be able to ride them by the end of October. That’s when Valley Fair closes for the season.
For now, Zeke’s favorite rides are the ones that get him soaking wet! I went on couple with him, but by the time we got to Thunder Canyon, Elijah and Daddy were off on the big rides, and I couldn’t bring Phoebe on it with me. So Zeke, the friendly little fellow that he is, befriended a group of adults and went on it over and over with them. Can you spot Zeke, getting doused with water?
And Phoebe and Noah were such agreeable little onlookers. They both just dozed on and off in the double stroller together…
And Phoebe sometimes on Daddy…
Noah got to go on a few rides as well. It’s nice that Valley Fair has tons of kiddy rides too…and that the kiddies get to go for free…
Okay, that’s definitely enough with the pictures! (I hope that makes up for the lack of posts lately, Mum!)
So now, here I am at home with only my two youngest for weekday mornings (Zeke will arrive home on the bus around noon every day), and a little breathing space. But again I say, I really don’t know where the summer went! Or, for that matter, the past eight years. How in the world is it that I have two children in school, a two-year-old and a three-month-old? Crazy!
I know that feeling! I’m so thankful for my kids and the life I’m living, but how exactly did I get here?
Noah’s so cute with his hand on Phoebe and his thumb in his mouth. Do you suppose he and Phoebe will be as close as Elijah and Zeke are?
Jan, this is my favorite post ever…I think because its one of the first to highlight delightful little moments in all 4 of your babies lives…I might be wrong but I’m a little tired and I only have 2 boxes packed :O( Wanna come visit
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Noah looks like he loves Pheobe so much! And Elijah and Zeke on the bus. Did you cry? Or are you too tired to cry? I cried! They look so happy and full of that brotherly type of love that girls can’t really understand…I can tell they delight in oneanother and that makes me so thankful!
Thats my rant…love you all!
They do look so happy, don’t they? They’re both loving school, and also having some time away from each other every day! Absence really does make the heart grow fonder. They are always so excited to reunite and share stories. Very cute.
And Mel… I’m hoping Phoebe and Noah will be close like their older brothers, but time will only tell. I have to remember that besides being different sexes, they’re also very different in personality than Elijah and Zeke. Noah may also prefer the company of his older brothers, to that of his baby sis. We’ll see.