FIRST DAY OF 2ND GRADE

Today Kalli started second grade! It is hard to believe that I have a daughter old enough to be in second grade. With all the new houses here in Idaho Falls, there have been several new schools built in the last few years. Kalli went to one of the new schools for Kindergarten and first grade, than they changed the boundaries so she got to go to another school this year. It is one of the oldest ones around and is quite interesting inside. She was a little bit nervous about going to a different school, but she got lucky and four other kids in our neighborhood all got the same teacher, so that helped a lot. She had a great day, and made new friends and says that she really likes her teacher. Tarek on the other hand had a really hard day. Kalli had not been gone for more than thirty minutes when he started to ask if we could go get her. He would tell me that he missed his sister and needed to go to her school to get her. It is going to be a long year for him with only me to entertain him.Kalli on day one of second grade.

Yesterday, we were cleaning up the kids rooms to get ready for school to start, and because they were a complete mess. While cleaning Kalli's room we found her shin guards that she wore her first few times for soccer. She has since gotten new ones, and so I put the old ones onto Tarek, he was Sooo Excited! He immediately wanted to put on his fast running shoes and go outside to kick the soccer ball. He thought it was great that when Kalli would kick the ball at him, it wouldn't hurt his legs. Kalli was a good sport and they played soccer outside for nearly an hour! He is such a little boy and loves anything to do with sports that involve a ball.

Tarek proud of his new shin guards ( and yes he is still in his PJs)

Tarek's other new trick has been to throw a fit about quarter to five stating that he is hungry, when I refuse to give him food (as dinner is in thirty minutes) he throws full on fits to which he than has to go to his room. The last two days this has happened and he ends up crying himself to sleep, which is so irritating to me as he refuses to take naps for me during the day when I so badly want him to. At least he is really cute and such a good kid most of the time. It is so hard to believe how fast the kids grow up. It seems like I was just going to second grade and crying myself to sleep over something that didn't go my way. I am so blessed with great kids and love every minute of being a mom.