First Day of School

So another two months have passed since I've upated. I'm a slacker at a lot of things right now! With blogger, I feel like I already spend too much time at the computer, so adding one more thing is a lot. But at the same time, it's the only way I usually keep track of what my kids are up to. Now that school has started, I have about 1.5 hours on Friday mornings to myself. My goal is to do an update each Friday. So here is today. The first day of school. Matthew started at a new school. Because he is 5, he could have gone to Kindergarten. But since he has such a late birthday, we decided to wait a year. We just didn't want him to be the last to do anything. I'm sure he would have been fine to go, but there just seemed like more risks in sending him than waiting a year. And selfishly, I'm thankful I get to keep him one more year before he goes to school for the rest of his life! We are going to do some unofficial homeschooling two days a week while Jacob is at preschool. Then on Fridays he is doing Pre-K Friday at Forest Chapel, right around the corner from our house. It gives him a place to go, some structure, some extroversion, etc. So I drop him off at 9, then take Jacob to Northminster at 9:30. Matthew has been so great with this transition. He told me he was nervous to meet new people (which I kind of find hard to believe ;) He's a kid who will make friends with someone on a playground.) But he went right in. I can't wait to hear how it went!
Jacob on the other hand, has been protesting going to school for weeks now. Everytime we ask him about it, he says "No, I stay home with you." or "I go with Matthew." This morning he had every excuse in the book to not do what he was supposed to do (get dressed!). I heard everything from, "I'm too tired." to "I'm comfy." When I tried to get a first day of school picture, he threw his backback into the yard. He was a goober in every sense. I was sure he was going to throw a fit when we got to school. But, he surprised me. He went in, washed his hands, and sat down to play playdough. He didn't make a peep when I said goodbye. I set both boys up with a little rock with a heart on it that they put in their pocket so they could get it out when they missed me. We'll see if either one of them even remembered it was there. Here are a few pics of our morning:

Matthew at home

 Jacob throwing one of many fits.

 Matthew in front of his school.

 Jacob in front of his school.