I can't believe it is October and I haven't signed in since I went back to work!August ended quickly with a great visit from my cousins Tami and Jesse. We had a great time taking the boys to Legoland and just hanging out at their hotel pool. That was also my first week back at school for my prep days. And so the adventure begins. Upon deciding to return full time this year, I was bumped from my position at my old school. My new school is only about a mile away and so far everyone has been great. But after 7 years in 5th grade in the same classroom, at the same school, the adjustment to everything has been a bit overwhelming. I am now teaching a 2/3 combo class and although I am enjoying the new age group, it is a lot of new curriculum and behaviors to familiarize myself with. 
Additionally, Nate has gone back to daycare fulltime. We decided to switch him to a family daycare closer to the house so Bob can pick him up whenever possible. We are really liking his new school. They are doing a lot more "preschool" type activities and they have a HUGE yard with lots of fun stuff. Nate seems to enjoy going and is beginning to make some friends his age. We are having on and off struggles with sharing, hitting, and grabbing, but he is 2 so that is not too surprising. He loves having daddy pick him up in his trup (truck) and the 30 min. to an hour they have together before I can get home. I miss seeing him and spending such quality time with him, but we are trying to make the most of our evenings and weekends. Nate is talking up a storm and his new funny line is "That's what I said! or I said _____!" when I don't understand something. He also gets frustrated and just pulls my hand and says, "I show you!" and leads me to what he is trying to say!
We had a fierce battle with the stomach flu that seemed to come and go and then come and go again for over a week. We are finally well again and I can almost see the light as we are entering October and I am getting a handle on things at work. After our Legoland trip, Nate has been even more facinated with firetrucks and "fireguys". That is what he wants to be for Halloween. If you ask him what a fireguy does, he says they put out fires. If you ask how, he repeats what the Legoland fireguys said in their show, "Put the wet stuff on the hot stuff, and put the fire out!" It is pretty cute! He is also becoming a big football fan. I got Nate and Bob matching Steelers jerseys and he loves to wear it like daddy and yell, "Go Chargers!" Wrong team for the jersey, but he is working on "Go Steelers!" He likes to procrastinate at bedtime a bit more by asking for more stories. I made the mistake of reading him There's a Nightmare in my Closet one evening by request, and we had a hard week at bedtime after that. Nightmares and closet checks every night. He now says when we check the closet, "No monsters, just clothes." We have put that book away for some time!
Other news:
We just said a sad farewell to "Auntie" Stephanie and wish her the best of luck on her new chapter of life. We will miss her tremendously!
We just said a sad farewell to "Auntie" Stephanie and wish her the best of luck on her new chapter of life. We will miss her tremendously!
My dad celebrates his 60th birthday this weekend and will be coming down to spend the day with us. He called today to say he found Nate a "fireguy" costume for Halloween. I will post pictures of that soon.
My sister, Cristina's husband, Juan will be returning from Mexico next week, just in time for her baby shower and the their Nov. 4th due date! We are prepping Nate to meet his new baby girl cousin very soon! How exciting!!!
