Friday: We took it easy at home just enjoying not having to rush out the door for school. Watched cartoons and pretended it was Saturday. In the afternoon, we played with Carter and Julia down the street. Then we drove to Oak Ridge for a playdate with Samantha, Lauren, Anna, Hudson, and baby James. We used to get together with this group regularly when Jackson was much younger, but now it's only a few times a year that we all happen to not be busy at the same time! It was great to sit around and catch up with the other parents while our kids played in the sprinklers and dug in the dirt.
Saturday: We were at church ALL DAY for 6-month planning meetings and working on our new space. Jackson and Selah were such troopers! Selah finally fell asleep on my shoulder (way past her naptime) and I laid her on the rug in the middle of the kids' church room. She slept soundly there while Jason and I assembled a couch from IKEA. I wish I had a picture. One day I'm going to assemble pictures like this for a "Life of a PK" post.
Sunday: church in the morning. Jackson friend ended up spending the night with us after he informed his mom that he would rather spend the night at Jackson's house than go with them to Carowinds the next day! His dad is the student pastor at our church and they were taking the teenagers on a trip there. (Jentezen actually made a great choice because I think he, being 4, would have been miserable at Carowinds all day in the 90+ degree temperatures!)
Monday: After Jason performed a magic act squeezing Jentezen's carseat between the other two in his car, I took the 3 kids to the Greensboro Children's Museum. They had a great time playing and pretending. In the afternoon they watched a movie and popped popcorn. They acted like brothers all day. It was so funny to see them hugging one minute and then mad at each other over something trivial the next.
Tuesday: We have been trying to beat the heat this week and go for a run or bike ride around 10am before the mercury hits 90. Tuesday and Thursday I ran with Selah in the jogging stroller while Jackson rode his bike. He has lost a little of his determination to persevere on the hills so I'm lucky to get 2 miles done. Wednesday I actually biked with him mostly because Selah was asking for a "bi ri". Tuesday afternoon we went to the library, and Jackson used his own library card for the first time. He was SO proud of himself and only slightly disappointed that he could only check out two items his first time. I assured him that next time he could check them all out.
Wednesday: The kids spent the day playing together while I cleaned house and prepared for my small group.
Thursday: In the mornings when we get back from our run/bike ride we've been spending some time in the garage coloring with sidewalk chalk and painting the cement with water. It amazes me that Selah likes to color so much because Jackson only slightly warmed up to it by the time he turned three. She really loves sidewalk chalk, color wonder markers (and real markers when mommy's not looking), and the AquaDoodle mat. I have been practicing shapes and counting with her. She can now count to 10 and identify 8 shapes! She surprised me with how easily she learned the shapes. Because her personality is so different than Jackson's (as I've said before, she's more like a cat) I had thought her lack of response to my "teaching" moments was because she didn't understand what I was doing or wasn't ready for it. Then one day she casually revealed that she knew it all. It's almost like she rolled her not-yet-2-year-old eyes and said "duh, mom, it's a crescent, everybody know that." Oh, excuse me.
After Wet n Wild we went to Tae Kwon Do and Party on the Plank. When he went to bed he declared that today was "a to infinity and beyond fun day!" I'd say that says it all!
wow can i come and play with you all? sounds awesome!
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