Bye Turtle!

Well, it was my first full week with kids at school and man was I beat! It's always exhausting at the beginning, but even more so when you're packing around a few (okay a lot) more pounds and are 6 1/2 months pregnant! I'm so lucky that I have a wonderful husband who doesn't mind cooking and helping out with Zane!

We had spaghetti earlier this week so I thought I'd record Zane eating it. It's always so cute how he sucks the noodles into his mouth! He calls them "worms." Enjoy watching!

Zane had preschool twice this week, Tuesday and Thursday. It was MUCH easier dropping him off since I had done it before! Tuesday he was fine, but then when I started leaving he ran over to me and said "NO!" Luckily he likes his teacher...she asked him if he wanted to play the computer and he went right to her. Thursday he was fine, but we were racing to get inside and he slipped and fell on the ground, scraping his hands. So this started him crying. He was not wanting me to leave at all and clinging to me, so Miss Michelle asked him if he would help her change the hermit crab's water. He was all over that!

This week he again told me his preschool is fun and he likes it. He also says he's a "boo boy" (good boy). On Thursday the kids were playing on the playground when I picked him up, so I went to get him. As we were walking in the hall, he went over to the edge of the hallway where there is a strip of orange carpet and said "Zane walk on orange. My teacher says walk on orange." He also told me "My teacher says no hands on walls." At least he's listening! I'm going to also have to ask her about some song they must sing when they are being good listeners, because this weekend he started singing something about "sticky sticky bubble gum." It's so fun to hear him saying these things!

This weekend we headed to Iowa for the races. I can't believe there are only 2 more left now! It will be nice to stay home but we'll miss seeing our families too! I guess it'll be everyone's turn to come see us! :) Sunday we took the boat to Maryville to check out Mozingo Lake. Matt, Brent, and Craig went down first and then Keeta, Zane and I went later. The three of us don't last as long on the boat (mostly Zane and I), so we were fine with less time there. We watched everyone tube, ski, and played at the beach. Before we left, we let turtle go into the woods so he could find his mommy and daddy. We hope he's okay! Zane must have been worn out, he fell asleep in the van around 6:30 and didn't wake up until 6:30 this morning! Here is a video of the turtle release:

This week I have parent orientation, and recently found out that I have an all-day meeting that day, so it will be a busy week. I hate already having to have a sub, but that's how it goes! We hope everyone's doing well and enjoying the last of summer!