Spring seems to have sprung early this year but I am refusing to believe that the winter rain is over until we hit April 1st. In the mean time I will try to enjoy the beautiful sunny days even though I know what they mean- the possibility of severe drought. Our plans to redo our lawns are being put off in an effort to save water and our plans for a veggie garden are in question for the same reason. I guess the time to teach the boys about water conservation is here.
It has been hard to get back into schoolwork since our trip plus babysitting but we have figured out a schedule for those days. Basically our days are switched- morning work (which is easy to do with a baby on my lap) in the afternoon and afternoon work in the morning before he arrives. This actually works so well I may make it the usual schedule.
Snuggle Puppy is coming along with his colors and numbers. He is finally more interested in reading the books that I choose and is happy to practice his colors in that way and count. He can count to three and then goes back to one. So very cute. I think in the fall he will certainly be ready for "real" school. Hopefully he will be excited about doing school with his brothers. He does love to sit with them and so his "workbooks"- cheap workbooks from the dollar section at Target that he colors in.
Our evening schedule has been changing a bit. Our Monday has co-op, swim practice, baseball practice and Cub Scouts. One right after the other with only enough time to drive to the various places around town and to grab a very quick dinner between swimming and baseball. Thankfully the only overlaps are between baseball and Scouts so Rookie misses an hour of practice but it isn't a big deal, his coach understands. On Wednesday there is also swimming and baseball so Rookie and whoever takes him to practice has about 20 minutes to eat before heading out. We haven't quite figured out what to eat those two days aside from sandwiches but I'm sure we will think of something. Our Saturday afternoons are also going to be taken up with baseball, Rookie has practice from 4pm until it is too dark to see the ball. The coach is harder than the tball coach and poor Rookie's legs were sore from all the running- Coach Luca makes the kids run when they don't listen. I like this in a coach, it will only help Rookie improve. He has so much potential, he just needs someone to hone it (and I'm not just saying that because I'm his Mommy, he does have a certain amount of natural athletic ability).
Another new thing- Babalu is having braces put on this Wednesday! He is very excited even though he knows it will hurt. This is just phase 1- 8 brackets for 15 months. Then of course retainers until it is time for phase 2. I can't wait until it is over and he has straight teeth (he has never had straight teeth, his baby teeth were crooked).
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