a week in review

The first week of school has been full of excitement for everyone!

Micah decided to play trumpet in band. Here he is, getting his first glimpse of a gently used trumpet we found for 1/5 the price of a new one. A trumpet player from our church checked it out before we bought it and said it would be a great horn for Micah.

Micah was bummed to miss 2 days of school already this week. An upset stomach kept him home, but he did get in on the first days of preschool with Josiah. Here they are sorting buttons from my mom's button box. Some of these buttons are quite old, and I heard a lot of "Mom, look at this!" coming from both boys.

Eric and I cooked, cut, bagged, and froze over 14 dozen ears of corn to eat this winter. Josiah especially loves to shuck corn.

Rachel was bummed she was not sick and had to miss Josiah's first few days of preschool. She made up for it by taking him aside tonight for a few lessons of her own. I can't help but wonder if we have a budding teacher in our midst? Here they are sharing a favorite story.

Rachel did come home with her first math papers last week and gushed, "Mom, math is so much easier now." The math fact practice of summer is paying off!!! Next up: multiplication facts.

Josiah and I have been reading the book Corduroy (he pronounces it Cordoroyal) for preschool this week and doing some fun activities to go with it. Today we "found" his bear with a flashlight, just like in the book. I think he has a new friend! Yesterday he mastered the color green after a lot of practice finding green items around the house. Preschool has been a precious gift for both of us. Josiah gets the "mommy time" he craves, and I get to spend some special one-on-one time with this little boy who is growing up way too fast.