Random Thoughts

first off, hope everyone is having a nice, relaxing Labor Day today. we certainly are at our house. it's nice to have a long weekend before school starts back up for doodlebug this week. tomorrow is meet-the-teacher day where he gets to go in and meet his new teacher and other classmates and see his new classroom. i get to go and scope out the "bad" kids that i hope and pray he doesn't befriend. pete and i attended the parents' open house last thursday night and met his teacher and saw his classroom. there is only one boy from his 2-year-old class from last year in his class this year. he'll have the opportunity to make some new friends which is always good. and of course, i volunteered to be the room mother again. i wasn't sure if i was going to do it this year, but when i saw nobody else signed up, i volunteered to do it. i didn't want to leave the teachers with no help. they work hard for little pay and it just seems like helping them out is the right thing to do. plus, it's one of the privileges of being a stay-at-home mom...you get to be involved in what your child does.

there is apparently one child in doodle's class this year that has some "issues". we overheard his parents talking with the teacher about the various types of therapy he does, etc. i'm not sure what his "issues" are, but my guess would be some form of autism. my initial thought was great, how much will this child hold back the class b/c of all his problems. what a selfish thought on my part. now as I think about that child my thoughts are not selfish but more thankful. thankful that so far both of our boys are healthy and "normal" and have no issues to speak of. you hear so much about autism and behavioral problems with children and i know so many people who are affected by it and i feel bad for them b/c i can't even imagine how heartbreaking it must be to know your child will likely struggle for the rest of his life (depending on how severe his problems are). i'm thankful we don't have those struggles and i pray for those who do.

no pictures to post today. i took the camera to aunt d.d.'s and uncle joe's on saturday, but never got around to taking any pictures. i was too busy running around after peanut. they have a playset in their backyard and peanut decided to climb the ladder and slide down the slide over and over and over. i had to be right there with him to make sure he didn't fall or get hurt. i felt a little anti-social b/c i was off with the boys all night, but at least i got to enjoy watching them have fun. doodlebug was sliding down the fireman pole with no fear...a first for him. it was a fun night and we ate lots of good food. thanks for having us out joe and d.d.!