I'm Back - 2011

The last half of 2010...in fast forward..
Starting a job in 2010 put a big damper on the blog world for me. I have realized that I missed it and miss getting down what the kids are doing. I know I will forget the cute things they say and do. Along with all the pictures that I need to put down with the little happening here and there. For now, I will just put down a quick synopsis of 2010 from June-December as I can remember it.
June 2010
Let's see. I worked at Jake's Fireworks - A LOT. I was working somewhere around 70 hours a week, I would venture to guess. Go in around 9:00am come home around 5:30 or 6:00 for a dinner break and go back around 8:00 to work until 10:oopm or so. With all those hours it became clear that it was going to be too hard on all of us for me to work those hours (even if it was for just 2-3 months a year). So I interviewed and took a job as a Program Director for the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (more on that later). Zach enjoyed doing Tot Lot through our Parks and Rec Department. He did that in the morning and then went to our local Center in the afternoon. He was in the Geckos with his favorite teachers, Valerie and Nilla. I will have to say I was little sad at the beginning of the summer when I thought he was moving up in rooms. Turns out they thought he was older than he was - whew, we bought ourselves one more year in the Geckos. I wasn't quite ready for him to be a "Big Kid" yet. Wednesday afternoons he went to church and did Wacky Wednesdays and played with the kids there. He also took swim lessons at the Club and we managed to sneak in some swimming across the street at our neighbor Fran's house as well.
Dylan spent the summer as a Lamb with his teacher Amber and his "best friends" - Kya and Bryce. He "loved" Kya. We were told that every day at nap time he would tuck Kya in for her nap. He would put her blanket over her and pat her back to help her fall asleep. I have to admit I find that pretty adorable. He moved up in the Fall to the Bees class. And for awhile we would still have to go find Kya and say goodbye and give her hugs. We had a couple of meltdowns when time would not allow for goodbyes or Kya had already left. Bryce and Dylan were not separated for long so it has not been as tough of a separation. Bryce is a good buddy and Dylan tries to be a good friend. We have been told he helps Bryce separate from his Mom in the morning by helping him find toys in the morning to play with when he is sad. It's nice to see your children become good friends to others!
That is the summer in a quick review. I will try and do my next post on the holidays so that I can get caught up and put some pics up as well. Here's to a up to date 2011!