BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK

It's a week late but I think I am finally caught up yeah!!!!!

Tanner is in 7th grade now. He's a middle school er. (it makes me so sad and proud at the same time) i actually love having my boys home and i think it will take me some time to be adjusted to the all day school thing..(i guess i can ride my bike allot until the rain comes)
He does have the teenie attitude and I am just playing along, trying not to be that over bearing parent. He asked me not to volunteer at his this year. I am okay with that. He loved his 1st week. I saw his teachers and I am pretty sure he'll be challenged this year, I have prepared him letting him know that you will have homework everyday and just do your best, thats all we ask from him. He's always been a straight A student and hasn't missed a day of school in 2 years now. I think that usually changes come middle school, it did for me anyways.We all decided that he wouldn't do cross country this year being I just got his feet back in shape from the track season last year(his heals were in bad shape) got him "Asics" for his flat feet plus between Rec Soccer, Confirmation Classes, Tae Kwon Do tournament team and school work which is number one on our priorities plus he wants to do guitar once a week, I feel his plate is over flowed and I stepped up and said no more....
These preteen years I am a little worried about, we are going to have to do the best we can. There are so many growing pains, and allot of his friends are a little more spoiled than what we allow. He has limited Tex ting, I know of a kid that gets 1000 texts a month. In my opinion If I was the parent I wouldn't allow that or think it was CUTE or FUNNY. I feel like we are forgetting to teach our children values and more worried on whether they are cool or not. I always hope we are doing right with them. he has a cell but he pays for the minutes and texting himself(that's why he did the lawn mowing business) he doesn't use his phone because he sees the value in it. The kids also think having boyfriends/ girlfriends is cool too. I know I can't stop it but I can set down boundaries. He's still pretty open with us and I want that to continue, I feel we are good about talking about things. he also has expressed pressures to me about being accepted. football over soccer(his sport is soccer and he's good at it but not the cool sport as they say) how many girlfriends do you have, etc etc. anyways I'll quit while i am ahead. I remember going through this stuff in high school not middle school. Middle School everyone was friends any sport was cool and band was cool...

I unplug the boys all week from TV and video games and Fri.through Sun. they can play limited. I think we are to a good start of scheduling our weekly lives. they have followed the rules pretty well this week they have gotten themsleves ready each morning even Jake has made his own lunch(they hate the hot lunch or Tanner does anyway Jake just mimics Tanner he doesn't know any better.) Tanner has been pretty responsible and helpful..



On To JAKE now......
Jake is in his 1st year of public school, he feels so grown up and I forget how FUN these days were with Tanner.. I am happy with my choice to do Mc Bride/Berry Bright over the Charter(weve been there done that with Tanner) These 1st few weeks i am driving him in and then i run to the school to pick him up and we walk home together.. I love the talks we have been having.. one of them is this."mom, I wonder how ants feel?, you know, they have to get there own food, do they get tired carrying crumbs do they get hot on the sidewalk. Other talks are about what he did all day from start to finish, his new friends, his awesome nice teacher he calls her. This is bonding time I love it takes about 20min to walk home and I love it...I think his teacher and i are off to a good start she seems nice and allot of moms are saying i got a Good one.. guess that good.. i guess.
Jake loves being older and he cannot wait to start riding the bus. I am planning on vollunteering allot there this year... Jake may start Tae Kwon Do in a month, right now I coach his U-8 team ( a great bunch of kids) Even though jake is playing a year up with second graders we are having fun. the kids seem like they want to learn so much that i am trying to be creative, they want to know positions and play them and they all love trying goalie, I am challenged because soccer has never been my sport. give me conditioning training, aeorbics, spinning, Basketball, running and track and I am all over it.. I think I am doing okay, just wish I had more time to understand all the rules of playing soccer(it's my kids favorite sport) thank god there still young and I can make mistakes..The kids just want to have fun and thats what I hope they are doing. Jake will also start Fall Ball anytime now, he'll have Sunday School, I am giving him one more week off before we start so they are not overwelmed.

My plans/goals at least for the month are... getting my black and white wall up of photos.. ride allot before the rainy season starts, clean my closet/garage and minor repairs in the house, study my personal training guide, seeing some friends, going back to my teaching AM classes officially, maybe getting a part time afternoon gig at one of the school districts. (we'll see,Ii applied) I know i'll get bored and I am ready to ease back into the working mom world, preferably getting home at or shortly after the kids get out of school..(I know I am aiming High but anything is possible) anyway this is long and drawn out. We have picnic and a b-day party to go to today. I feel like a am finally caught up on blogging and hope I can keep it up....