Play Group and Eaglets

Tuesday Jackson went to playgroup and Jarrett went to Eaglets. It is through Parents As Teachers at Vermillion Primary in Maize. I think the point of playgroup is to get the kids use to going to the school and get ready for Eaglets. Parents and kids play until it is story time. Jackson really liked going up and down the stairs to the slide.Jackson also liked the toys. Here he is showing Dad that when you put the ball in the top, it goes down the ramps and out the back.And no play group is complete without a snack. Jarrett loved playing with the sand table. It is just what you would think it would be.

A table with sand and toys. Chris is so excited he is texting someone. They also read books and had a snack. It is like a mini preschool where parents and children participate together. Wanda (the Early Childhood Education teacher that Jarrett has been meeting with weekly) says that the more socialization he has, the better off he will be. He was pretty good through most of it. It lasts just over an hour.

Update on Jarrett

It has been decided that Jarrett will attend preschool 4 mornings a week in Maize. He will spend the rest of the time at the daycare. Please pray for him and his teachers. Pray that he will behave on the bus and that he will accept his new surroundings and that his behavior will be better. We hope that he will grow out of this and be the sweet little boy that I know he is.

Prayer request

What can I say about Jarrett. He is a loving, caring, focused, independent, curious, energetic, obsessive, scared, positive, sensitive, helpful, dependent, playful, outgoing, angelic, funny, active, sweet, adorable, excited, memorable, inquisitive, innocent, honest, creative, silly and adorable kid. He has had behavioral issues and has been evaluated by Heartspring and the Maize School District. He has been receiving services for a few months now. He is being visited once a week for an hour but they feel like he needs more. They want him to come to the preschool at Vermillion Primary several days a week so they can help him more. We will be attending a meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss this with teachers and administrators at the school. Please pray that we do the right thing for Jarrett. Please pray that his needs will be met and for the teachers to have patience and grace while dealing with him.

I would like to thank Robyn and Kay for their advice and guidance through this. It is a whole new world and it is good to have guides. Thanks.

Football Banquet

The Football Banquet was last Thursday at the High School. Chris was thrilled to be there and even more thrilled that I was taking pictures. Wait until next year. I am going to hire a photographer and a videographer. Here he is getting his trophy and certificate.

Here he is hiding. Note his friend Austin laughing. Probably because I was up there taking pictures and his mom isn't.How embarrassing. Are all kids like this? I just want to take a few pictures. I want to remember these moments for ever. My baby, my chubby little buddha baby is almost 17 years old. It doesn't seem that long ago that he was smuggling sharpies and screw drivers into his backpack to take to preschool. "Sharpie pen?"

Nursery pictures

Here it is the following Sunday and we had 3 girls in the nursery. Here is a picture of Madison, Leah and Tori.

Maize Fall Festival

Today we sent to the Maize Fall Festival. The boys really liked the parade, especially the candy. Jarrett, Matt and Jackson. Jarrett caught on quickly that you run out and grab the candy and put it in the bag and then grab some more.
Jarrett using his homemade binoculars to see the band.
Next we went to the big bouncy things. They were pretty cool. Jackson liked it but he didn't play on it much.

Jarrett REALLY enjoyed them. He jumped and jumped and jumped. Then he climbed up to the slide. We were impressed that the 18 month old climbing beside him was faster and seemed to have no fear. His mother was not impressed, she seemed tired.