Preschool

Jace started his second year of preschool on Monday, and was so excited to go back and see all of his friends he has missed this summer. One of his very best friends, Cole, was gone though having graduated and started kindergarten this year. He still talks about him, but he didn't seem too upset when he got there and didn't see Cole. It was really cute that morning while getting ready, he asked where Nixon and I were going to go while he was at school. I told him that we were just going home. I continued getting Nixon ready and when I looked back at Jace his eyes were watering, and his chin was quivering. I asked what was wrong, and he started crying. He said he really wanted Nixon to stay with him at school. I tried to explain that Nixon isn't old enough. You have to be 3 years old, and Nixon is only 1. He was pretty upset about it. That is, until we got to school and he saw all of his old friends and totally forgot about Nixon. I guess I was glad. I set Nixon down so that I could take pictures and he started crying. He thought I was going to leave him. This is the same place that he had daycare for 9 months, so he figured I was leaving him too. I was happy to be able to console him, and take him home with me. Jace, on the other hand, couldn't have been happier to see me go, and only broke down when I picked him up to take him home. He did NOT want to go! School is way more fun than mommy and Nixon at home! Well, that may be true, but sorry! Gotta go. He was screaming! He has school now on Mondays and Thursdays, so I guess we'll see how it goes tomorrow. Here are some pictures.

Putting on his own "pack-pack". "Is this right mom?"


He is so cute, if I do say so myself! Every day when I finish getting him ready I tell him how handsome he is. This day, he grabbed my handheld mirror, looked at it for a while, and said, "I AM a handsome boy!" He's so funny.



Here is Nixon, looking up to his big brother.


And walking in. I love how their backpacks are almost as big as them at this age!


And here he is inside. It was like they had never been apart! As soon as Jace walked in, they all came running to him yelling his name. It was really fun.

GO Red Hawks!

Sorry, I have been so lazy about blogging lately, but we have, as always, been very busy around here. Jace got to start soccer this year, and has been having so much fun. It took a little while for him to really get the hang of it, but since he scored his first goal he has been unstoppable! Game one was kind of anticlimactic for us since Jace just kind of followed the main pack and stayed out of the way. We kept telling him to go get the ball, kick it, score a goal, get in there, etc. And he was so confused. Okay wait just a second. My whole life has been filled with comments like, "Share the ball." "Don't take that from him, he had it first." Don't be mean, wait your turn." And now you want me to go against everything I've ever been taught?!?! "Take the ball away!" "Use your elbows!" "Push him down!" Okay, we never said that, but you get the idea. Game one ended with our team having scored one goal, and we all stopped counting how many the other team scored! Then came game two. It was looking like it was going to be the same thing. Jace was a few steps behind everyone, letting them have their turns, and waiting patiently for his, when he looked to the sidelines and saw my brother Justin cheering him on. His eyes got really big, and he had a huge smile on his face, and it was like he really had someone to impress now. Sorry to Brock's family who has been there at every game. I guess we're just not good enough! It was Jace's turn to do the kick off, and he just stayed right with the ball the whole way down and scored his first goal! We were all so excited! He scored 4 more in a row after that, and the end result this time was our team, who knows? Seriously, I counted 5 for Jace, another little boy scored 9, and another two scored at least 5 each. Sorry for the green team this time. They only scored 1. It is so funny to watch these little kids play. They fall all over the place, try to grab the ball with their hands, and boy do they cry. I'm proud to say Jace only fell apart for a few minutes game one, and has been fine the rest of the time, but that poor green team this week. They were all crying most of the game. Poor kids. Anyway, it has been so much fun for all of us, and here are a few pictures.
This is game one against the yellow team. Even though he didn't win, he sure looks cute!





Here he is against the green team.