First day at school #3

This is Hudson's first day of kindergarten at another school for the third time that day! His smile is quickly fading and when the principal informed us that there was no room, Hudson stuck his bottom lip out and said, "Ohhhh you don't wanna take me eee-verr (either)?" Break my heart right there. Well, they don't know what they will miss. I told Hudson. We get back in the car to return to school #2. Hudson says, "They just got-sa take me. They just got-sa."

First day at school #2

This is Hudson's first day at kindergarten at another school for the second time in the same day! This is school # 2 and the school he is now a student at. However, we were sent to another school after this one and later returned back an hour later :(

First Day of Kindergarten at school #1

This is a new adventure. We home school our children, but this year Hudson will attend a few months of Kindergarten to get a little extra help in speech and reading. This picture was taken on his first day of school at school #1. Yes, number one. There were two other schools he had a first day at and all in the SAME day. At this first school we were ready to go. Hudson had taken his kindergarten entrance tests and had met his teacher. He arrived on the first day and was greeted by his teacher. He received his name tag and started his first day of kindergarten. Then 10 minutes later as I stood in the office to get his bus schedule, I was notified that a mistake had been made and that new school boundaries had been made. He was at the wrong school. WHAT? I was surprised at how well I took the news. I got Hudson from his class and told him that his first day at this school would be his last. We got into the car and drove ACROSS town to school #2. Apparently they are busing kids across town due to overcrowding. At school #2 I wasn't to thrilled. It's not in the best neighborhood and its rather old. Even the Principal thought it was odd that we would be bused all the way over here. She said that we should be at yet another school. So off to school #3. We arrive and talk to the Principal. Then we wait and wait and wait for them to decide what class has enough room. I decide to teach Hudson his kindergarten teachers name. It took a week to teach him the name of his first teacher, so I decided to get started. HOWEVER, news arrived that there was no space at that time at school #3. So back to School #2 we drove. This is the old school in the bad neighborhood. I seriously sat in the car and debated rather I should just home school him instead, but he was so excited with his new school clothes on and his backpack filled with color crayons and glue. So in we walked AGAIN into this school. They quickly walked us down to one of the kindergarten classes and I really liked the teacher. Hudson quickly made friends in under 3 minutes. The one good thing about being at a school with so many low income families is that there are many more programs available because they get more funding. The classroom size is half (15 kids verses 31 kids) the size of the ones at the other schools and there is a lot of one on one help from specialist at this school. The only bad news is the fact that there is NO BUS! I'm not joking. I've never heard of a public school with not enough buses for everyone. Again do to overcrowding they simply don't have the space. So I have to drive him across town every day and return to pick him up 3 hrs later. He is on the waiting list for a bus. Were keeping are fingers crossed because this current "Mommy Bus" isn't going to work much longer.

Pics on my phone

One of my favorite things is to find these pics on my cellphone. They really liked this car and wanted to snap a few poses before we left the mall. It's hard to believe that Addy will be getting her permit in a few months. My girls are growing up. Although I'm really not ready for this to happen, I enjoy watching them develop their own likes and dislikes and personalities that are so different from each other. Yet, they remain the closest of friends.

Turning 13 yrs old in a few days!

Sorry again for the blurry pics. They are courtesy of my cell phone. Savannah really knows how to have fun and she didn't mind all of the strangers standing there staring at her either! That's what I love about this girl. She's growing up, but still keeps it real (as real as it can be!)

Puzzles with Papa

We have seen more of Papa this Summer then we have in the past 10 years. We have spent nearly every other weekend up at the cabin with him. We have started a tradition of puzzle building. Thanks to my niece, Haylie, we have all learned to enjoy this rather laid back (once called boring) event. Daddy and Papa really get into this event and make it a little more intense. We are all getting to be pros now and I think we're ready to move on to a 500 piece puzzle :)

Einstein

I love this curious age with the endless imagination. As you can see, Hudson doesn't need the "Buzz Lightyear Jet Pack." He has the "Nestle Pure Life Water Package Pack!" My little Einstein invented this all by himself :)