Young Party of Four

I wanted to blog this as a routine check-in for me to go back to read one day if I want. It's interesting for me to detail some of our routines to see how they morph and change through the year(s). It took us a couple of weeks, but I think we have finally settled into a new routine. This school year has been a whole new ball game for us. Kenzie starts school in the morning earlier than last year. There are two schools I have to visit two days a week. Naps are way messed up on the regular. We have to deal with car lines for drop off and pick up of Kenzie. Kenzie sometimes wants to bring lunch and sometimes wants to buy it. Will is learning to function in a classroom with a steady teacher and peers (somewhat different from an hour or so at church once a week). And I'm learning how to balance my time without children under my feet versus the times when I have one or both of them with me. We started by setting a new routine about a week before school started. Now, when the k...

This weekend we fulfilled a main item on our summer bucket list... "Staying with Grandma and Grandaddy". We did this last year and had a great time. This year was a bit more difficult because we had to work around school schedules. But... we made it work. The other downfall is that I am working without my Canon Rebel at the moment so I wish I had better pictures at times but didn't have the option. Mine broke in Weeki Wachee a few weeks back and hasn't been replaced yet. Friday started with Steven deciding to stay home and work from home a portion of the day. He dropped Kenzie off at school which let me stay home with Will and get some laundry and stuff done. When he got home, we decided to go for a walk to get some steps in since we knew we would be driving a lot during the day and miss some prime stepping opportunity. It was nice to just push one child instead of two. Eventually I packed up Will and the dog and left Steven and home so we could go drop Jack off ...