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September 8, 2006

The boys are back in school

It has been a busy couple of weeks around here. The boys are back in school with the difference that Matthew has also started kindergarten this year. This will be his third day of school and he seems to be loving it. He tells me every day when I pick him up that he stayed green and asks "when can I go to Toys-R-Us to get a toy?" Paul had told him that he could get a toy if he was a good boy and kept his card green for a while; for him, "a while" is one day.

I naively thought that I would have more time on my hands and in a way I do, but just not exactly how I thought. I have organized a few cabinets and gone through a few things, but the boys are each on different schedules, David is up at 5:50 am to catch the 6:50 bus. Thomas and Matthew are up soon after David leaves. Thomas needs to be dropped off by 9:00am and Matthew needs to be out to catch the bus by 12:25pm. As soon as Matthew is on the bus, I have a little bit of time before David arrives home about 2:50pm, and then I leave to pick Thomas and Matthew up from school at 3:15pm. I always feel like I am watching the clock.