Wednesday, August 20, 2008

August 20.........Well, summer is officially over! The kids have survived 3 - 8 hour days at home alone. The new daycare survived "Hurricane Paddy" and I survived my first semester of nursing school. I'm not sure how we all did it but we did! Tyler starts middle school Monday. We went to orientation yesterday and I was a bit overwhelmed with the thought of my baby finding his way around 6 different classes and fighting off all those "hot" cheerleaders he kept eyeballing. The girls remain safe in elementary school for a few more years......but not for long. I begin classes August 25th and we hit the ground running. I only have one class this semester (thank GOD!!!) but I do have clinicals 3 days a week. Those are going to be long days but hopefully focusing on one class vs two will make the semester not quite so difficult. I mean.....I am an experienced nursing student now. ;) I'm also hoping that the new semester will leave a little bit of extra time to post pictures and updates of how everyone is doing. There is going to be lots of excitement with Tyler's football season kicking in and the many activities the girls and I will have with school and I want to share it all. Paddy, of course, just comes along for the ride. He is a ball of excitement all his own. His vocabulary is just about as good as Sydney's. His motor skills are those of a 5 year old......I do believe he is going to be quite the athlete. He has no fear!! He will start in the shallow end of the pool and walk to the deep end until he can just barely keep his nose out of the water then he inches his way over to the side so he can hold on and continue his journey to the abyss. And don't you dare think of helping him......the phrase "no no momma...I do it" is used frequently while at the pool. So, look for more news to come....I'm sure it will all be fun and interesting!