Wild and Windy

I am so not a morning person, and it is a struggle for me to motivate myself to actually get out of the bed.  Especially, now that the morning are getting colder.  I like to start my day with three things Twitter, Facebook, and my Google Reader not necessarily in that order.  I read them while I am snuggled in my warm bed before I even put my contacts in.  As I started reading Twitter yesterday morning the first thing I read was that someone in the Chicagoland area tweeted that NWI was under tornado warning and she was in her basement! I began to panic did that mean Illinois or Indiana?  I bolted out of bed to put my contacts in, and try to find a local news station.  I have barely watched any tv since we have moved so I don't even know what channel is what.  The only thing I could find was Regis and Kelly so I frantically started looking at the weather channel on my computer while googling if my town even has tornado sirens.  I started to calm down when I figured out we weren't in any immediate danger.  Then I signed up to get text weather alerts for any serious weather conditions.  

We did have a strong wind weather advisory for the entire day.  I think the winds were 50mph.  It ripped to shreds one of my Halloween decorations I had outside. I had the neighbor's trash all over my deck.  That made me realize my trashcan was outside.  Every single trashcan and recycle bin were all the way down the street.  I had to try to figure out which one was mine, and I drug it back to our house.  

We have a super strong wind advisory today too.  I think all of this wind is blowing away the last of the warm summer sun.  We are headed for much colder temps around here.  

Okay enough about the boring weather.  Jack had spirit week at school this week. Today was wear your pajamas to school day.  I went out earlier in the week to get him some new pajamas.  He is in desperate need of some 4t pjs.  He's been wearing just long t-shirts to bed since all of his pants are super short.  The only other ones that fit him are feet pajamas.  I love feet pajamas, and I will probably buy him some more since they are just so warm, but I didn't know if the other kids would say anything to him.  

He was so confused as to why he was wearing his pajamas to school.  He kept asking why over and over.  I tried explaining that it was just for fun.  He had a great day they had popcorn and watched a movie in the gym rather than go outside today.  Two of Jack's most favorite things  

I snapped some pictures before we left the house.  He's staring off into space. 

Flashing his cool new pajamas.

First Day of Preschool

Jack had his first day of preschool today. He was so excited to go. Yesterday I had to go to the school building to pay for the week, and he had a fit that he couldn’t go to preschool that day. We had an interesting morning. He woke up very argumentative. I think he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. No matter what I said up was down, and the sky was green. We managed to get ready, and I even finagled a couple of pictures out of him. Not great pictures, but we captured the moment.



I was really nervous for him, and I know that is just silly. I was just worried about how he would do, and if he might have an accident while he was there. Not only was it his first day, but today was library day and they ride a bus over to the library for story time. We got there and I just watched the other moms following along. They have to wash their hands when they first get there, and while he was standing in the line he turned around with a worried look on his face and asked, “Are you going to leave?” Uh, oh. Then he saw one of the teachers he knows from the program, and he latched onto her. I explained about it being his first day, and that he’d probably stick by her side. By the time he was drying his hands off he was giving me a kiss, and running off for circle time with no problems. What a relief that was. I am glad he doesn’t have separation anxiety.


I picked him up later that afternoon, and I did a little happy dance in my head when I saw he was in the same clothes I had dropped him off in. He was all smiles, and bouncing off the walls. I quizzed him when he got home about his day. He told me the letter of the day was letter K and what sound it makes. He told me he went to the lifrary (library) where there were lots of books. So adorable. So far day one was great. I can’t believe my little boy is old enough for preschool.

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Later that night I let Jack decorate a Christmas tree for his room. He’s the third generation to be doing this tradition. I’ve had a hard time finding a little tree that would be just right, but I spotted one at Target today. He even got a new Hallmark Thomas ornament to put on it. He loved decorating it, and kept telling everyone Merry Christmas all night. I got a few more pictures out of him, but only with the promise of a piece of Aunt Terri’s fudge.




He likes to put the same colors together


He looks pretty silly in this picture. It is a really bad picture too with flash and everything. When I look at it I can't help but laugh. I was trying to get him to look at the camera and smile. This is where the fudge bribe came in. How I ended up with a kid that hates the camera and having his picture taken I will never know.