It has been quite a while since I posted something. Far too long in my opinion. My apologies to my legions of fans waiting anxiously for my next musing on life, the universe and everything. OK, maybe it is just my mom but still, a guy can dream.
This past summer I planned on writing a lot. It's amazing how quickly kids can change your ideas about what will be happening. Instead, over the summer, this monkey danced. Don't get me wrong, it was a great summer with the kids. However, being the primary form of entertainment for two small children can leave you unable to put complete sentences together at the end of the day so I have quite a few unfinished blog posts sitting on my net book.
For me, writing is a lot like exercising. When I am in the habit, it becomes part of my routine and I feel incomplete without it. But if I slide a little here or there, it is real easy to look up and a month or two has passed. That is what has happened since my last post.
In that last post, I wrote about our daughter's first day of kindergarten. Since then, the days have seen us adjusting to the new routines that kindergarten now brings.
Our town's school system is a magnet program. There are six elementary schools here and while you don't have carte blanche to choose your school, you do list your preferences. There is a pretty good chance you will get your first choice and we did.
While all the schools here are very good, we choose our daughter's school for two reasons. The first is they put a lot of emphasis on character building in the children. The second is they have close ties to a local university with a teaching program. In addition to the large number of student teachers, the university is only a couple of blocks away and the children get to spend time on a college campus before they can even spell university.
Our school system also has an extensive bus program. Any child who lives more than a mile from their school qualifies for bus transportation. We miss qualifying by one block. The result is we have two morning routines based upon the weather. Good weather, we walk to school, bad weather, I drive. It took some getting used to but we finally have the routines down usually with very little yelling or threats from me.
Our son is enjoying his sister free time. Much like during Caelyn's time in preschool, Caleb enjoys having complete access to all his sister's things. Our daughter loves her school and according to her teacher is doing very well. I have adjusted as well but have been wondering where the free time I was hoping for has been hiding as I haven't seen it anywhere.
There have been many other things that have happened since my last post. We went apple picking with a group from church, our son turned two and Halloween are the ones that have the best stories and pictures but those will have to wait for another time. There is no school today due to teacher conferences and this monkey must dance but I promise not to stay away so long this time.
