Kindergarten

Who's excited for Kindergarten?

This kid!

And this one too!
Ethan was very excited for his first day of kindergarten today. He was ready to go yesterday and last night. He got a blessing from his dad, it may have been more for me than for him. His shower was very long and when I asked him if he needed help with his hair, he told me no, he was just washing everything twice so he'd be nice and clean for kindergarten. He went to bed excited and woke up earlier than he usually does, and he didn't have school until this afternoon!
To celebrate the first day of school, he choose what to have for breakfast and then we went to pick up some McDonald's for lunch. He chose dinner too, chili on chips.
After dropping him off, Emma and I came home so she could take a nap and I don't know what I'm going to do for more than 2 more hours until it's time to go get him! I need to iron, I just don't want to! I think Emma was a little concerned when we got him because she said, sadly, that "Ethan's gone!"j
I know he's going to love school and meet new friends, I do think it's not fair that there are 3 kids in our ward that are in the same class and that Ethan's friend from our last ward is in that class too! But hopefully they will play and have fun with each other at recess.

BOY!

If you haven't figured it out by my new background and ticker under Ethan and Emma's picture or you aren't my friend on facebook, we are having another BOY!

He's scheduled to arrive the beginning of January! (My due date is the 13th but my doctor told me he'd take him at 39 weeks.)

Ethan's SUPER excited to be getting a baby brother. Emma...well...I'm not sure how much she really understands. After telling her she was getting a brother she told me she wanted a sister. I think she'll warm up and be a great big sister.

I'm excited and Mike is too, not as excited as he would be if my doctor would take the baby December 30th or 31st.

This week

I had a busy, fun and exciting, but busy week. Here's what I did every night and what I learned from it:

Monday: We had FHE and I learned more how much my kids love music and I remembered that "Do As I'm Doing" is a great busy song for kids

Tuesday: Mike and I went to the temple for ward temple night then went to get food afterwards with people from our ward. I learned more about the cool people in my ward and as always, I learned that I LOVE going to the temple, especially with Mike!

Wednesday: Ethan had soccer practice. I learned that that kid needs at least 2 bottles of water at practice. Three would be better, two to drink and one to pour over his head. He turns RED in the hot summer sun.

Thursday: We went to the Bean Life Science Museum on BYU campus with Mike's brother and his family. After the museum, we went to dinner at the Brick Oven. I learned that I really need to order a full order instead of a half order of cheesy garlic bread so Ethan can eat half and I still get to have a bunch too. After dinner, we watch "Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension" and I learned that Phineas and Ferb are funny even the 3rd time around!

Friday: Not as busy but we did go tot he elementary school to see if we could find out who was in Ethan's kindergarten class. I learned that the kindergarten classes are not posted so we don't know if he has any friends in his class yet. We'll have to wait another week.

Saturday: Ethan had a soccer game in the morning, I attempted to take a nap in the afternoon, and Mike took me to dinner and to a concert, Sara Bareilles and Sugarland. It was lots of fun and I learned that beer really STINKS!!! I'm so glad I don't have to lift a glass to my lips and smell that-yuck!