Week in review

We made it through the first week of school!  The boys did great!  I have to get a picture...every morning Christian walks Ayden to the back of the school (where his classroom is) holding hands.  When school gets out they are walking holding hands to the car.  Its about the cutest thing I've ever seen.  I told them to hold hands because I was afraid that Ayden would walk through the crosswalk without stopping.  They really seemed to get the routine down in the first week.

I got a phone call from Ayden's teacher this afternoon.  She wanted to give us an update and let us know how the first week went.  She said that Ayden did great and is picking up the routine rather quickly.  She said that he's a little "handsy" meaning that he and the other boys can't keep their hands off one-another.  That doesn't surprise me :)  She was very understanding about it and said its completely normal for the boys and they they will work on that during the school year.  I asked her about nap time.  She said that some days he slept and some days he didn't but when he didn't he laid quietly on his mat.  That was great news!  I was truly concerned about how nap time would go and I was especially pleased that he slept even if it was only a day or two.

Christian's teacher seems great and I am looking forward to this year.  I think he will do great.

Cub Scouts started up again on Monday.  Christian loves scouts and since he's not particularly into sports at least he has an interest in scouting.  Dominic promised to be more involved this year and is hoping to have Christian's troop over to build tool boxes to help them earn a badge.  The popcorn fundraiser starts next month again.  We did great last year and still have some extra money to update his uniform for this year.

Mason and I had a great week together at home while the boys were at school.  We went shopping one day which worked out great.  Mason took almost 3 hour naps all week!  How wonderful that was!  I even had some time to read a book!  Its been a very long time since I've been able to read.

I'm anxious about this coming week and excited to see how it goes.

Great First Day!

Today was the first day of school!  Christian started 4th grade and Ayden started Pre-K.  It was a great day.  They got out of school early so we'll see how tomorrow goes though.

Ayden said that they played.  I asked if they had circle time, music time and story time and he said yes.  He ate breakfast and lunch at school.  I'm anxious to see how nap time goes.  He hasn't taken naps in way too long.  I know that once he gets into the routine of school he will do what everyone else is doing so we'll see.

Ayden LOVES his backpack!

Christian said that he met a friend named Ethan today.  He's new to the school this year.  Hopefully they will develop a good friendship.

Off to school!

Christian starts back at Cub Scouts tonight too!  Busy day!

Busy week

Whew its been busy but not too crazy.

Mason woke up at 2:30 am on Sunday morning screaming his head off.  It was the kind of scream that made me think someone was in his room.  He was scared which scared me.  I went in there and he was grabbing for me as I went to pick him up.  He must have had a nightmare or something.  I'm not sure.  He was warm but not so bad that I thought he had a fever.  I rocked him in the recliner until he fell back to sleep then put him back in bed.

In the morning he woke at 5:30 with a high fever.  We started with Tylenol and did the typical switch between that and Motrin every four hours.  His highest fever was 103.5.  I decided to see if we could make it thru the night and would take him in for a same day appointment at the clinic on Monday.  He didn't have an ear infection and his fever finally broke yesterday evening.  He was attached to my hip for 3 days!  Poor baby.  I know he didn't feel good but he's doing much better now.

Christian had a check up for his ADHD meds today.  He has a new doctor.  I really liked her.  She asked lots of questions and was very thorough.  I told her that I had a few concerns but that I wanted to start the school year on this medication with his new teacher so that I can compare the teachers thoughts on the matter.  We will go back in a month and might make a change at that point.

Tomorrow the boys have a dentist appointment in the morning then we have Meet-the-teacher night at the school in the evening.  Ayden is so excited about starting school.  He even knows his teachers name already!  School starts on Monday!  I might cry when we drop off the boys.  Its a huge thing to have two kids going to school.  I can't believe it.  

Christian's 9th birthday is Friday.  We are going to take Christian and Ayden to the local water park for part of the day and Mason is going to stay with a friend.  I'm looking forward to that.  We might do a special dinner and dessert that night.  Then on Saturday we are having Christian's party.  He wanted a pizza party this year.  We'll have some pizza and salad.  We will put up the big inflatable water slide for the kids to play on.  That's always a big hit.  

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Macias Family Vacation - 2009

First off,  is anyone even reading this anymore?  I know, I know...its been FOREVER since I've posted.  Sorry!

Its been a busy and very eventful summer and I can't hardly believe that its almost over.  We started our vacation off by hitting the road and driving to California.  We gave ourselves too much time to get there so we added a night to our hotel and took the boys to the beach.  It was Ayden and Mason's first time to see the ocean.  I have missed seeing the ocean living in Texas.  Being from California, we were only a few hours from the ocean.  It would take us a whole day to drive to the ocean now.

We met up with some family in Anaheim and had a nice dinner together.  The next morning we hit Disneyland hard.  It was very exciting to be able to take the boys there and also to be able to share that experience with our family.  We rode lots of rides.  The boys loved it.  My sister who is very pregnant wasn't able to go on many of the rides so she was the designated kid watcher.  She hung out with Mason and Ayden when he didn't want to go.  Most of the rides didn't take that long to go thru so that was good.

Family all left the next afternoon after we met for breakfast.  Dominic, the boys and I hit Disneyland one more time then made it over to California Adventure for a couple of hours.  After that it was time for us to hit the road and head to Las Vegas.  Its about a 4-5 hour drive, so not too bad.  Mason slept almost the entire way there...poor baby was whooped!  We arrived at our friends house late and they were in the garage waiting for us to pull in.  The boys made themselves right at home.  Its always great to see them.We were able to get a babysitter one night and go out with JR and Amanda to Margaritaville on the strip.  Great food, great drinks and great company.  We had a blast...while it lasted :)

Amanda and I

Amanda and JR watched the boys for us for 4 nights while Dominic and I stayed at the Luxor.  It was the first time we had spent an extended period of time alone together without the children since our honeymoon.  It was so great.  We saw Carrot Top perform and also went to a Cirque de Sole show called Zumanity.  It was H-O-T!  We ate at great restaurants and shopped.  The walking got old quick though.  We decided that our next vacation...whenever that may be...will be more relaxing.

The day before we left Vegas to head home we were able to visit and spend time with one of our best friends that we met when we were stationed in England along with JR and Amanda.  Laurie and her sister-in-law flew into Vegas the night before and we got to spend some time with them the next day.  We haven't seen Laurie since before we left England almost 4 years ago.  Her husband, Ben and their new baby boy, Liam stayed in Montana so we didn't get to see them.  We are hoping to plan a England reunion trip next year though.  We had the best of friends there and its just not the same without all of them.

Our trip was long and exhausting but we had a great time.  We made lots of memories for the boys and our whole family.  I am still excited that we were able to take them to Disneyland.  

Now we are getting into the mindset for school to start.  Ayden starts Pre-K this year and will be in school 5 days per week, all day.  Christian is going into 4th grade.  I can't believe that I have a 4th grader!  It goes fast.

I'm going to try to post to my blog a little more often now that things should be settling down...I hope!