Busy

This week has been busy busy busy!!! Full of FRG meetings and prepping for a little one's birthday tomorrow. So much of my time has had to go to Battalion stuff but I thought I'd write a bit about how my two little guys are doing. Liam is doing pretty well in school. He seemed a bit behind academically, at first, and I do think he'd struggle a bit if we put him in public right now, but he's catching up quickly. So much of last year was spent working on his social and emotional skills that some of the academics simply had to fall by the wayside. That being said, my little guy is doing great and I have zero concerns about where he's at. In fact, one of my favorite things about Montessori is that they work individually at the child's pace. Liam's strongest suit is definitely math and science. So, I couldn't be prouder of the books he's been bringing home and reading to me:




His behavior in school is fantastic! He even got to pick a special friend to eat in the greenhouse room with him (a special treat all kids aim for). He picked Allegra and announced that it was quite early to tell, of course, but MAYBE they'd get married some day. LOL! The one place Liam is still struggling is with the noise factor. The building he's has a completely open floor plan and is about 40 kiddos from 1st through 5th grade. It works VERY well and I prefer him to be in a multi-aged class, but he has a tough time with some of the noise level of the older kiddos. We are going to send in some of Daddy's ear plugs this week to see if that helps.

George is doing well. He is finally back to LOVING school again after a very difficult Spring at the Montessori. I can't describe how nice it's been going from screaming, crying and clinging to me every morning at drop-off at the Montessori to walking in all happy and excited...even announcing to me one morning that I didn't need to walk him in...he was fine on his own. Haha. He starts his day on the playground and LOVES it. He also loves checking on the plants and the greenhouse.



He's taking his lunch on Monday and Wednesday and stays in the extended day program and is doing really well with that.

My buddy also loves staying home on Tuesday and Thursday. We do a lot of playing together, reading, and...of course...dress up. His favorite is being a "scary pirate"



but always assures me that he is still my pirate friend. He also loves being a dinosaur



Not sure what we'll do when he grows out of this (soon, too).

This weekend was spent in recovery mode as I've been so insanely busy this week and I just needed to focus a bit on the house and my boys. We spent a lot of Saturday out front, sweeping up the courtyard and prepping it for cooler evenings by the firepit that should come soon. Liam spent much of the day dressed like his favorite person:



I also managed to hang up some cheap book racks by the boys beds. They are actually spice racks from Ikea but work really, really well. They each have one by their bed and I'll put some up in the playroom as well.





We also pulled out the Trios. I love playing with my little men and we all forgot how much we love playing with these building sets



Liam was particularly proud of the fact that he built the scorpion himself and built an ant for his brother.

Looking forward to a quieter week this week. Still a ton of stuff to do, but I think most of it can be done from home and not up at Brigade. Plus, we have an important birthday to celebrate tomorrow! Cannot believe our little G is going to be 4. Somewhat sad but happy we have a healthy little guy that we are so blessed to have in our lives. He really is a treasure.