Meet The Teacher

Last night we took Lily up to her new school for Meet The Teacher.  Wow!  She starts her first day of kindergarten on Monday, and it just does not seem possible.  The memory of her first day in this world with us is still too vivid in my mind to believe that this day has come already.  As we walked down the halls of her school in search of her classroom, I could not help but be excited for her knowing all the wonderful things that lay ahead of her over the next years through elementary, middle, and high school.  The cheerleaders from Celina High School were there to greet all the kids and I began to wonder what activities Lily and all the kids would participate in.  Would she would be a cheerleader, or would she rather play soccer, basketball, a musical instrument, or would her talent for arguing shine through on the debate club?  What about the twins and the Boy......hopefully he is not a cheerleader.  I was getting so excited for her and I told Lily how jealous I was of her and how I wish I could be going into kindergarten all over again.  There are so many things that I want to tell her and prepare her for, and make sure she cherishes over the years.  And then I realized as I watched her, the last thing she wants is her old man trying to explain to her all these moments, experiences and feelings (good and bad) in front of her as she takes her next step in life.  What makes it so great is not knowing and living the experiences wide eyed.  So as parents we do our best to teach and prepare them and just like learning to ride a bike we let go and walk beside them and when they fall and stumble, we pick them up, hold on to them, and let them go again. 

Not only is Lily starting back to school on Monday, but I accepted a promotion with my company and am starting my new gig on Monday as well.  Since Lily was born, I have been lucky enough to have a job that is flexible and afforded me time to spend with the kids in the morning, help pick them up from daycare, and just be around them.  This new gig is a great opportunity but the hours are long and not nearly as flexible, and so we adapt.  The good thing is Lily will be busy with school, and the twins and Lawson are young enough that they won't really notice the change.  In the end I'm not going back to kindergarten, but we are entering a new phase together as a family, and that is just as exciting.

With everything going on recently, I have neglected to write down some of the things the kids have been up to.  Lawson still isn't walking but he is so close.  He is certainly growing a personality, and as charming as he is at time, the Boy also has quite the temper.  Wonder where he go that?  The twins continue to amaze us with the things they say, and we enjoy sitting back just listening to them have conversations with each other.  It is rare that agree upon something for no other reason than they are sisters, but it is nice to see them play so well together.  Even though they argue and have sibling rivalry, they  are as loyal as you can get if an outsider tries to pick on them.  The next door neighbor was over and he began playing with Lawson.  Chloe thought he was playing a little too rough with Lawson and she immediately put herself between Lawson and the kid, held her hand out and said, "no touch my Lawson".  We are learning that Abby is quite the scrapper too.  They were at Chick fil A playing in the play area and one little girl kept pushing and bossing not just our kids but all the kids that were there.  This girl was older than the twins and she made the mistake of pushing Chloe and Abby.  After Chloe's verbal assault on the girl that Abby did not feel sufficed, Abby walked up to the girl, kicked her, and yelled, "no push!". 

One more quick story to end the blog.  We dropped Lily off for a sleep over last night and of course the twins did not like to see Lily go without them so to cheer them up I told them I would get them ice cream, and that did the trick.  For the next 5 minutes as we drove to Sonic, Abby sang about ice cream and Chloe just kept talking about ice cream.  As we pulled up to the menu and before I could put the car in park, Chloe instructs me, "Daddy, push the button and order my ice cream!"

Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and Wobbly Legs