Monday, September 23, 2013
Autumn is Here
As I sat down at the computer, I looked at the calendar yet again, and really realized that summer is behind me, and winter is before me. I am sad summer is over. We had a great summer, filled with many happy times! The kids all got along well, and we were enjoying each other and our days will filled with non-routine things.
September arrived with schedules and routines that needed to be set back in motion. School started. This year Amberly attends school every day. The first week went well. Us parents then found out that lots of changes were going to happen because the numbers in the classes were exceeding the boards requirements. Our school is small, and my kids didn't have the anxieties of who would be in their class, or even who their teacher would be because it was a one class per grade situation. However since the change has happened, the classes look like this now, K, 1, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 6. I was worried about Caleb having to go to a new class with a new teacher, but he stayed where he is and is now in the 1/2 class, (they only moved 4 gr. 1's into his class). Then we found out last Thursday that Amberly's teacher was leaving and being placed somewhere else. Sigh. But all is good, they already replaced her with a teacher who they've seen before from last year who helped out here and there.
Alternating Mondays, Dave and I have groups at our church we attend, Tuesdays the kids all have swimming lessons at the same time which is great. Joel's lessons however require me to be in the pool with him, hoping that with time and confidence, he will be able to go in without me there. Wednesdays Caleb plays ball hockey and Amberly is a spark with the Brownies. Thursdays out are just relaxed home times. So life is busy here.
Joel is going to be 3 in one week! Again, time flies. We have now been attending the Wee Talk program for the past 3 weeks, it's a music program, he seems to enjoy it. His speech is coming, his vocabulary has definitely been expanded, but he still is dropping the initial consonants and isn't forming many sentences without using "ah ah ah...." But I'm confident he will get there. We have also sent him back to Christa on Mondays, to help socialize him. He is loving this which makes me feel good. (except all my kids love Christa naturally, so I'm not sure if going to her puts him out of his comfort zone, but he gets to interact with kids his age, which is more then he gets at home with me!) So between nursery on Sundays, to Christa's, to story time at the library, I'm hoping his entry to school next year won't be a major devastation for him.
I'm so excited about church. Dave and I have made the full commitment to attend a new church. It was a hard decision for Dave, leaving the church he attended all his life, but it has been the best decision we made. I love our new church, it's so exciting, and I'm just excited to go each Sunday. The worship time is like a concert, and I love seeing my kids enjoy the music. And the pastor is so loving, welcoming and genuinely kind. He's also funny and makes me laugh! It's a really big church which we're not used to. The kids are a little overwhelmed, as the Sunday school program is large and they don't have familiar faces to see, but with time that will change. Although I'm so happy with our decision, I also feel like I am mourning the loss of our other church, I see it in our kids when they ask to go and be with their friends, and I feel such a separation, and distance from our close Friends. I know that a disconnect is bound to happen, but I guess the "cut off" feeling is what I have. But I rest in the peace God has given me, and the knowledge that this is where He wants us to be. And that is such a wonderful experience.
Anyway, it's my free day and I already feel a little guilty spending this much time on the computer, I better go and do something productive!
September arrived with schedules and routines that needed to be set back in motion. School started. This year Amberly attends school every day. The first week went well. Us parents then found out that lots of changes were going to happen because the numbers in the classes were exceeding the boards requirements. Our school is small, and my kids didn't have the anxieties of who would be in their class, or even who their teacher would be because it was a one class per grade situation. However since the change has happened, the classes look like this now, K, 1, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 6. I was worried about Caleb having to go to a new class with a new teacher, but he stayed where he is and is now in the 1/2 class, (they only moved 4 gr. 1's into his class). Then we found out last Thursday that Amberly's teacher was leaving and being placed somewhere else. Sigh. But all is good, they already replaced her with a teacher who they've seen before from last year who helped out here and there.
Alternating Mondays, Dave and I have groups at our church we attend, Tuesdays the kids all have swimming lessons at the same time which is great. Joel's lessons however require me to be in the pool with him, hoping that with time and confidence, he will be able to go in without me there. Wednesdays Caleb plays ball hockey and Amberly is a spark with the Brownies. Thursdays out are just relaxed home times. So life is busy here.
Joel is going to be 3 in one week! Again, time flies. We have now been attending the Wee Talk program for the past 3 weeks, it's a music program, he seems to enjoy it. His speech is coming, his vocabulary has definitely been expanded, but he still is dropping the initial consonants and isn't forming many sentences without using "ah ah ah...." But I'm confident he will get there. We have also sent him back to Christa on Mondays, to help socialize him. He is loving this which makes me feel good. (except all my kids love Christa naturally, so I'm not sure if going to her puts him out of his comfort zone, but he gets to interact with kids his age, which is more then he gets at home with me!) So between nursery on Sundays, to Christa's, to story time at the library, I'm hoping his entry to school next year won't be a major devastation for him.
I'm so excited about church. Dave and I have made the full commitment to attend a new church. It was a hard decision for Dave, leaving the church he attended all his life, but it has been the best decision we made. I love our new church, it's so exciting, and I'm just excited to go each Sunday. The worship time is like a concert, and I love seeing my kids enjoy the music. And the pastor is so loving, welcoming and genuinely kind. He's also funny and makes me laugh! It's a really big church which we're not used to. The kids are a little overwhelmed, as the Sunday school program is large and they don't have familiar faces to see, but with time that will change. Although I'm so happy with our decision, I also feel like I am mourning the loss of our other church, I see it in our kids when they ask to go and be with their friends, and I feel such a separation, and distance from our close Friends. I know that a disconnect is bound to happen, but I guess the "cut off" feeling is what I have. But I rest in the peace God has given me, and the knowledge that this is where He wants us to be. And that is such a wonderful experience.
Anyway, it's my free day and I already feel a little guilty spending this much time on the computer, I better go and do something productive!
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