First Day of School

Well we got Nathan dropped off this morning for his first day of first grade. The times of the school have changed. Last year he went from 7:45 until 2:30 this year he goes from 8:30 until 4:00. I am not complaining about the later start time but I really don't like the going until 4:00. I really was not ready for school to start because we have been having such a fun summer. But Oh Well I guess that is part of life. Nathan is in the same class(the transition class) as last year but as a first grader there are three first graders in the class. Then he will go to a regular first grade class for one hour a day with a paraprofessional. So I am happy that he has the same teacher most of the day. He said he was ready to go back to school and he did fine this morning. It is just going to be a long day with their new hours.

I told Donald that I did not think Nathan would even notice the change in the times of the school. Well silly me, his teacher said that around 2:00(I picked him up at 2:15 last year)he started saying it is time for Mommy to come and Mommy is coming. So I told him that when the little hand is on the 4 Mommy will be there to pick him up. They did say he did a lot better today about the time.

Happy Birthday to Me

Today is my birthday and so far it has been great. I got a beautiful diamond necklace from Donald and a birthstone bracelet and earrings from Irene. We are going over to Memaw and Granddad's house for lunch and Memaw is going to make me one of her wonderful chocolate pies for my birthday. Then tonight Donald is going to take me to dinner and a movie while Memaw babysits. So it is going to be a great day.

Yesterday was the last week day(well besides labor day)that Magic Springs was open so we went and had a very HOT but good time. I am just glad that there is the water park right there it makes it a little easier to go to the amusement park side when you know that you can soon get in the water. We are going to try to go labor day and see how crowded it is. The amusement park is open until October and during October they are doing something called Magic Screams for Halloween so we are going to do that. I am sad that school is starting Thursday because it just seems like the summer break just started. We have had so much fun this summer. We plan on getting season passes again next year for Magic Springs. I posted a couple of pictures for everyone to enjoy.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and great week. I will write again and let everyone know how Nathan's first day of first grade goes.

Summer Break is almost over

It is so hard to believe that school starts in 12 days. I am still having a lot of fun and I am not ready for Nathan to go back to school. We have been trying to go to Magic Springs as much as possible. Donald is off a lot next week so we are probably going to try to go at least 4 days. We have so much fun when we go. We went on Tuesday and today, so I thought I would post a few pictures. This is the first summer Nathan has not been in school since he was 3 so we have really enjoyed our summer with him. It has been a very very HOT summer but that is to be expected in Arkansas. He is still going to therapy and we are going to try to keep going right up until school starts. He will start getting therapy at school when it starts. He has one more week of swimming lessons. He has done fairly well but he can kick better and use his arms better. I guess that updates everyone on what is going on here.

Granddad has been having a lot of problems with his shoulder and went to the Dr. today and he said it is bone on bone and has scheduled him for a complete shoulder replacement surgery on August 23, that is if his heart Dr. says it is okay. We are hoping he will be able to have it because he has been having so much trouble and has been in so much pain with his shoulder. I will keep everyone updated. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.