The new school year was a big change for us. Oliver started Kindergarten. Since we are homeschooling, it wasn't sad to start the school year, but it changed our daily lives drastically. No more lazy days, just playing around. We developed a family master schedule that includes what everyone needs to accomplish in a day, including school. The boys started chore packs to help them learn how to do chores without me reminding them all day long, what to do and how to do it. Our schedule is evolving as we are learning better ways of doing things and different times that work better than others but it's good to feel like we are getting things done that need to be done.
Oliver is doing well in school and is learning a lot. I am so excited for him to learn how to read-that is such a big step.
Travis and I decided we needed to start spending more one on one time with each of the boys. So last night I took Thatcher out on a date. He got to choose what we did and he wanted to go to Target. So we went to the mall and rode the toy cars, he loves to drive anything. The ice cream store was out of business (???) so he got a pink drink from starbucks and we walked around the toy section at target. It was neat to give him my undivided attention and to see his personality come out without his brothers overshadowing. The last thing we did was to get pictures taken in the photo booth at the mall. He loved it because he got his own set of pics as well. We made silly faces and one actually looks like I am getting ready to punch him. Not sure how that happened. I hope we can continue to do this with all the boys.
Oliver then went with Travis this morning for breakfast. He chose Mcdonald's for breakfast and they also went to Starbucks for coffee, more for just visiting.
Next week we will switch, somehow working Sebastian into the mix too.
Oliver is doing well in school and is learning a lot. I am so excited for him to learn how to read-that is such a big step.
Travis and I decided we needed to start spending more one on one time with each of the boys. So last night I took Thatcher out on a date. He got to choose what we did and he wanted to go to Target. So we went to the mall and rode the toy cars, he loves to drive anything. The ice cream store was out of business (???) so he got a pink drink from starbucks and we walked around the toy section at target. It was neat to give him my undivided attention and to see his personality come out without his brothers overshadowing. The last thing we did was to get pictures taken in the photo booth at the mall. He loved it because he got his own set of pics as well. We made silly faces and one actually looks like I am getting ready to punch him. Not sure how that happened. I hope we can continue to do this with all the boys.
Oliver then went with Travis this morning for breakfast. He chose Mcdonald's for breakfast and they also went to Starbucks for coffee, more for just visiting.
Next week we will switch, somehow working Sebastian into the mix too.
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