Meet the Teacher

Thursday Nick and I left Jack to have dinner with Papa and Bebe so we could attend Meet the Teacher at Watters. It was nice to be able to visit with Mrs. D and really check out Jack's classroom without him there (in the morning we have to drop and run since he cries and in the afternoon he is all but breaking the door down to get home). She was so sweet in telling us specific things about Jack which just help us to see that he is loved there. Took some pictures of his room for ya'll to see....I love how large, bright with natural light (unlike my classroom with No Windows!!!), and organized it is. Soon I'll try to get some pictures of him in action during the day and some of his work that he has done at school.

Shambles No More

The floors are FINALLY finished...it looks so different and GREAT. Check that off the list...again the TV gets put on hold...chimney needs repairing by a professional. One day we'll get to view television on a big kid TV...one day...

End of Summer-Back to School

We had talked all Summer about getting the group together before Back to School so at Nathan's Party we kinda invited ourselves to the Parnell's new house the next week for a pizza party before we had to officially report back to work. It was so great to be with everyone, the food was great, and Anderson (sorry...you'll always be my Anderson)....in the last picture you will see that Jack was just as sad as we all were to have to say good-bye to her. Thanks Parnell's for letting us invite ourselves over and it was great to spend the evening with Nathan on his actual birthday. His face is so sad in the picture on here but it is the only one I had...he was alright...sad his Mom left the room...Hope your birthday was great Nathan!

Pure Shambles

This time we can't blame Jack for the house being in shambles...but this time it is for real in shambles. We are having wood floors installed in the living room and hall (compliments of Jack's stomach bug last week...of course this couldn't have been done all Summer when we were home). They delivered the floors last week so they could get used to our house and came today to install them. Nick and I had to officially report to work today so with everything prepared for the installation, Jack having a terrible night, and having to be at work earlier than ever...we set off. Patrick so KINDLY offered to work from our house to supervise....well...long story short...some of the wood was scratched, the house is in shambles, and now the new wood has to get used to our house and it will be installed on Wednesday. The one day project didn't go as planned which isn't easy with a 16 month old and us trying to get into a work/daycare routine. I think tomorrow will be a bouncehouse night after work so Jack can actually play somewhere other than the little bit of carpet in front of our bed.

Here are some pictures of the shambles...I think it is going to look great though once it is finally complete...Anyone local want to supervise on Wednesday?

Living Room
Living room with new floor
Hall
Jack's playroom/storage until after the shambles.
Two good things did happen today- Jack's backpack & lunch box name tag came in the mail. They didn't come out quality wise as I expected but are cute, will do the job, and saved the backpack/lunch box from monogramming which means we can reuse it...practical huh?!? AND Jack's Halloween Costume came in the mail...you'll have to wait til October to see our little man all dressed up though :)