Last day of summer....First day of school....

Some parents may be a little sad when their kids start school. I have to say I was not. I love my kids, but with lil Korey turning into a teenager (GASP), Jordan having the middle child syndrome and Jacob wanting to get in on all the action, or start some of his own, I had a rough summer at first. It was hard to get into the swing of things. In the end....I realized that the summer went by fast. Before I know it they will all be grown and out of the house. So, anyway...last day of summer break, we spent the whole day at Six Flags Darien Lake. We went with Lori and her kids (sister). Korey actually ended up having the day off, but oh shoot....no room for him to ride...he was so sad! (NOT!) He went fishing! I have to say what a trooper Jacob was this day. They said that they were short staffed, so the little ones in the kiddie ride area , get the short end of the stick. There were only a few rides that were open, he rode 3 rides the whole day and did not complain at all! He loved the bumper cars. It was his first time he could actually go on and drive. Just tall enough. I am sharing the video cause watching him go round and round in circles was soooo funny! When he finally made it out of his own circle and he bumped someone, he was so EXCITED!


Tell me what you think of that video, I could not stop laughing!

Then off to the water park and the kids had a great time. Did the old fashion photo again of course and you will see that with the Christmas card. One last stop at the Super Man, but he had tears, Jordan is still to short! So off to the swings, and we all left happy. The kids actually started school the next day! We never start the day after Labor Day, but this was the schedule this year, so a stop home at Walmart for some last minute stuff and rush home to get a ice cream treat for the SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW celebration, I may have been the only one celebrating that fact, but they enjoyed their ice cream cone, then their Fathers Blessing from daddy. (Yeah, he finally made it home from the fishing trip in time for 9 PM blessings.) No one could fall to sleep...and morning came early. I had all back packs packed and ready to go! Little Korey was not so keen on me taking his picture, so I took it from the door so no one would see a THIRTEEN year old boy get his picture taken before school!


Jordan was all about the picture, at least at home.


Jacob had to get in on the action, his first day of pre-school is not until next week...that will be all its own blog...(sniff, sniff)



But the next photo speaks a thousand words. (Well, the picture I thought I had was the one with his face covered with his back pack as he got off the bus.) So, yeah, I was the only parent that met the busses at the school to capture that moment of Jordan walking off the bus at his new school...it is a change of school when in 4th grade here. I didn't get that memo that said parents don't do that anymore! Jordan told me in that sweet way that has the hint of scarcism..."yeah, mom...it was cute before, but not so much now!" I was the only parent in the hall following all the kids cram into the small doors like lab mice trying to get the prize first. (little did I know that at the office doors they were not allowing parents into the school with the kids, and there was quite a stir about it with many of the parents, but I was in and not one person said anything to me about it. I think I have that "don't mess with me and my child going to a new school and not knowing where he had to go" look. Like the other 100's of students did not have the same situation happening...but you know I am the one that made it in.)


So, yeah, he got a little razzing...from our neighbor standing in the pic too, who happens to be in his class too...so I took pics of him too, so Jordan was not the only one getting his pic taken.

We all made it through the first day of school, with out any problems...oh wait, lil Korey did decide to ride his 4 wheeler that evening, and rolled it! Big Korey thought he may have seperated his shoulder. So, off to the ER and they requested x-rays...it was a long night, and lil Korey did not get to bed until 11 PM. And he is fine, just bruised his shoulder, back and chest. All is well!