I always thought that Saylor's first day of school would be a traumatic experience. I envisioned her sobbing and reaching for me as a teacher dragged her away. I saw myself shed a small tear as I knew it was time to leave her. In reality, half of that was true. However, Saylor told me as I held her hand into the classroom, "Okay Mama, I want to go to school by myself, please." Even though it broke my heart a little bit, the majority of me was really proud that she felt so confident going into a new (and a tad bit intimidating) environment! The pre-school she's going to is actually on the Oregon State campus. It's a teaching school, so there are 2 way mirrors, and I was luckily able to monitor Saylor for the first half hour or so. She was so happy there. Her teacher has 'the gift' with children of that age, and Saylor already adores her. Her name is Teacher Kathleen. There are also about 6 other student teachers who are in the classroom as well. I'm very proud of my Ju Ju Bean! It's an exciting time around here, right now!
Exciting because a lot of new things are happening. Along with Saylor starting school, my job, and Joe starting classes again, we are busy bees. Yesterday Joe asked, "when did we get this busy!?" and I said, "I think this is how most people live. We're just spoiled by how slow things moved the first year we were here." I'm also (starting today) going to start helping a friend of mine who owns her own cleaning business. I'll just help her here and there when she needs it, but I'm excited to be making a little extra money on the side! My cleaning job at the school is going really really well. I'm starting to feel like I'm part of the school's little family-ish community. The faculty is all so sweet, and constantly tell me how much the appreciate my work, and that adds a lot of smiles and pride to what I'm doing.
I'm also biking to work a lot now. It totals 16 miles both ways, so it's a wonderful work out! I have a really neat app on my iPhone that tracks my route, tells me my time, average speed, fastest speed, elevation, etc. I like having that because it gives me some stats to improve on! Since I've become much more active, I've really been craving healthier foods! I eat an apple a day (no pun intended) and am really becoming more conscious of night time snacking (my usual downfall). I'm enthusiastic about making a life style change, not just another diet.
An update on Joe- he's doing exceptionally well. We've all had a case of the snuffles recently, but beside that, he's been a trooper with helping out with Saylor while I work- picking her up from school, etc. He's just my best friend and I love him SO much! I feel like I won the husband lottery.
I'll try to keep this updated more often! Until next time- <3 <3 <3
Great pics of Da Goog! She looks so "pretty in pink"!! Man, it's an exciting, proud, and tough time when they grow up and start school. It's the beginning of a long, special time of her and you being part of a place of learning that you'll be taking her to almost every day! A funny thing happened this morning. Chance came with me to go trimming and we went by the light to the high and elementary schools that you guys went to, and I turned my blinker on to turn in there! I guess I was back in the day and fixing to take him to school! I guess it didn't help that an older "Train" song was playing on the radio from the 90's. We just cracked up! : ) Love you and am so proud of you guys. <3 Ma
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