First Day of School!

Monday was John Henry's first day of PK4. I thought it would be hard for him to go back, but he was so excited! He was ready to go see his friends and he was disappointed that we didn't see anybody at Open House the day before. That morning, he wanted to wear his backpack and put his napmat in his cubby all by himself without me helping at all. He was a little timid when we walked in, but he warmed up quickly. He wasn't even that sad to see me go! I was shocked! It is such a blessing, considering last year I had to go to the Chick-fil-A parking lot and cry. :) John Henry goes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday this year. He is already ready to go tomorrow!

He said he had a great day and we got him a black angry bird bomb to surprise him with when we picked him up. He loves Angry Birds!

He wanted to wear his backpack for his picture. :)

He has been so sweet lately!

John Henry and Daddy.

John Henry and Macey. I thought she would be sad that he wasn't home, but she didn't seem to notice. She was probably glad not have her toys taken away all day. :)

15 minutes with Macey

This ia picture of Macey a few weeks ago. She loves to say "cheese" when we get out the camera.

I had to work on some Wee Swap stuff this morning, and this is what Macey did in the 15 minutes I wasn't following her around and telling her no.

She pulled all the stuff out of the cabinet, dropped, and broke a bottle of vinegar. I don't know if you can tell, but there is no bottom to that vinegar bottle and it is everywhere.

While I was cleaning that up, she pulled out the wipes and threw them on the floor. (I had already picked up most of them when I took this picture.)

Then I realized that she had found a marker and colored her leg and foot. She also colored John Henry's crocs and some new shoes that I bought at Wee Swap last year and was planning on selling this year b/c she never wore them.

I usually do have to follow her around and take things away, but I had to work on Wee Swap stuff for 15 minutes this morning. Add to these pics the constant screaming for something that she wants, bringing me protein bars every 5 seconds and screaming "bite bite", and that is pretty much my daily life with her. :)

Now for my update on Macey: She can be the sweetest child in the world when she wants to be, but is 1000s of times for difficult that John Henry was. But she sleeps! And that is so huge. I will take the daily stress over the nighttime stress anytime! She loves to give hugs and kisses and is so friendly with other people, like Laudan. She is always going up to her and trying to get Laudan to hold her, like Laudan doesn't have enough kids to deal with! Macey is also obsessed with Kurt. She screams Dad-eeeeeee constantly, especially when she sees a Mt. Dew. :) She loves John Henry so much that it really gets on his nerves, esp when he has just woken up and she is trying to hug him.

She is starting to talk more and more and repeats things when we ask her to and says one word for most things. Her little nod yes and no is so cute! My favorite time of day with her is when I put her to bed. She hugs me really tight and pats my back. It's so sweet. Last week I rocked her for a few minutes b/c she was having trouble going to sleep, and now she points at the rocking chair every time I put her to bed. Macey has turned into a toddler in the past few weeks; she's not a baby anymore!

Interview with John Henry

I saw this on Pinerest and I wanted to do it with John Henry. His birthday has already passed so I asked him these questions on Monday. It was so funny!

Interview with John Henry ~ August 8, 2011

1. What is your favorite food: Pretend fish (Swedish Fish)

2. What is your favorite thing to play: all my toys, sea creatures the best (started crying “please don’t give my trucks away.” He thought I would give them away since he didn’t choose them as his favorites)

3. What is your favorite thing to watch on tv: Finding Nemo

4. Who is the coolest person on earth: Lucas, Dylan Holland, and all my friends

5. What is your favorite thing to learn about in school: Hoppers (grasshoppers)

6. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? A lot of places, to 32 degrees for one day (the other day I showed him the building that Yogurt Mountain and Five Guys will be in, and he said, “I think I just want to move in there.” J)

7. What is your favorite color? Purple (there is a purple fish on tv right now, his favorite color is always green)

8. What do you want to be when you grow up? A penguin (what the heck?)

9. What is your favorite song? About sharks and fishies

10. Book I'm Loving Right Now: Hopper book

11. Three words to describe me: John Henry Apel

12. When I was little I used to: pull Mommy’s hair and bite Mommy (he’s thinking about what Macey did)

13. Favorite season: Winter when it is cold and snowing. Cause I love snow.

14. Absolute best thing about camping: hunting cute animals b/c I love to hunt cute animals (we’ve never been camping)

15. Favorite snack: popsicle

16. Food I really don't like: pickles

17. My best friend is: Lucas, Ava, Ben, and Bec and all my friends. I love all my friends.

18. One wish: about turtles (Finding Nemo is on tv right now)

19. My best memory: going to the Aquarium

20. Is there anything else you want to say? fishies