Tre's First Day of Kindergarten!

It started a little rough. He's been dreading going, but in the last few days, he's seemed more open to the idea. This morning, however, he definitely was not! First he refused to get out of bed and we I finally got that to happen, then he refused to get in his uniform.

I finally got him dressed and then we had a knock on the door. Grant and Mouse (my sister Marcy) came to see him off. The minute he saw Grant he perked up. I think it helped to see that Grant had the same uniform on and it certainly comforted him that he will be going to the same school.

He seemed nervous when we arrived, but was brave. My mom, Allison, and Becky came to greet him at school. He didn't say much but he did whisper to me, "This school is WAY bigger than Fishers!" I think he was overwhelmed with all the kids and busses.

When we got to his classroom he seemed to relax a bit. The first thing his teacher said was that they were going to talk about their mommies and daddies. She said that she found Tre's daddy has a really cool job and Tre yelled out that he flies F-18's. I think that was enough to win him over! HAHA! I almost cried right then because it's so sweet how much he idolizes Jack, but I didn't.

I'm so proud of our guy, but so sad that he's growing so fast!

Kindergarten

Tre starts kindergarten in 9 days! AHH! He's all ready... uniforms bought and shortened and school supplies bought. We don't know his teacher yet, but from what I hear they are all good. One of them is my childhood friend and neighbor and I'm kinda crossing my fingers he gets her.

I didn't think I'd cry, but then one of my friends posted a picture on FB of her child's first day. I got teary just looking at him and I only met him once! Unfortunately, Jack is going to be out of town that day, but my mom is going to come with us and be the picture taker.

Tre's not ready. He says he doesn't want to nap. I keep telling him that he can just lay there and not sleep and that nap time isn't very long. I reassured him that I'd pack his lunch and put all his favorites in there.

I'm most nervous about him going ALL day. He's only gone to school for 3 hours in the past! This school day will be 7. I know he'll be fine, but still. He's such a shy child (to strangers) and not overly social. I just hope he has a good experience and makes some friends!

Kindergartners don't go when everyone else starts. School starts Monday, THursday the girl kindergartners go and Friday the boys go. Next Monday they all go.

I'll be so anxious to hear how is first day goes!!!

Jack flew into Lafayette

We got a TOTAL treat today! Jack flew his F-18 into Lafayette. He attempts to do that often for training, but always seems to have a broken jet! Not a "really" broken jet, but something small always happens that makes him need to turn around or not take off at all. I'd rather him be safe than sorry, but it's always such a treat when the kids and I get to see him in action! It never gets old watching him do what he loves!

Dodge Ball at Karate

This is Tre's favorite part at karate! They pretend to be dodge strangers. He's gotten so so much better at dodging! In this video, he was the last one out and that doesn't happen often! He was so proud!

Sweet Boys

William is such a lover. He'll wake up a couple times a night just to come in our room, wake me up and say, "I just wanted to tell you that I love you so much!" I'll say, "I love you too William! Night Night!" He'll say night give me a kiss and walk back to bed. He's the sweetest.

Nightly, I ask the kids what their favorite part of the day was. Almost every night William will say, "hugging and kissing you and..." whatever else happened that day!

Tre says, "having my vitamin and..." HAHAHA!

The Navy can be Cruel

So, we found out a couple weeks ago, Jack wasn't promoted within the Navy (again). We weren't surprised. But then, last night we checked the mail to find a letter from the Navy congratulating Jack on his promotion. It wasn't a generic letter. It was specific to his circumstances. It was odd! Why wasn't he on the list, but now getting this letter?

Jack spent a few hours trying to get in touch with people that might have the answer, but had no luck. Tonight, however, a Commander called him back to profusely apologize for the mistake and inform him that a new letter will be mailed soon.

What kind of company would ever write a congratulatory letter of promotion only to say, "OOPS!"? The Navy, that's who!

I've really had a lot of pride in Jack serving. Somehow though, through the last five years they've really made me cynical and angry at the "big" Navy! I just wish I didn't feel that way!

no camera

I promise we've been busy all summer, I just don't have the pictures to prove it this month. My camera's screen went out on me (second one for no reason) and since I was smart enough to get the warranty this time, Best Buy was trying to fix it! Three weeks later, they FINALLY tell me that it's not fixable and I get a new one! However, the new one is on back order! I'm hoping to get it next week. I miss my camera!!!!