WoW!!! What a week.

Newsboys
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What a week we have had. Field trips for caleb's school, local Fall Festivals, pumpkin patch visits, NEWSBOYS CONCERTS.

I'll start with the last because it's my favorite. Caleb loves the Newsboys. I looked at taking him last year when they were in san antonio but I just couldn't see making the over hour drive, especially with the late hours it would make. So I swore if they ever came to town I would take him. Well they did and we did. He didn't like the fact that there were two groups on before them. Occassionaly he would say, "when are they coming on?" The hard part was they didn't come on until Eight thirty. Thirty minutes past his bed time. I couldn't believe he was still awake. But he enjoyed it. It looked like his eyelids would close any minute but they didn't. We left at the beginning of the encore, he didn't know the son anyway, at 9:45. I can't believe made it. He even stayed awake in the car until we got home at 10:30. What a trooper! That was a lot of fun. I'll put some pictures with this post.

So caleb has had one field trip after another with school. Aquarina Springs (natural springs here in texas), fire station, and pumpkin patch. I am also very proud of the progress he is making in school with his reading. Considering the fact that at the beginning of the year he could only read his name, he is now reading words like quilt, frame, the (which doesn't follow any rules) and toad! I am so proud of his progress. Now if we could just get him to write all of his numbers the right way. He still flips some of the backwards. But I guess it will come with time.

I have a hard time with his teacher being so strict some times. They can't even talk at lunch time until they've eaten half of their sandwich or whatever their main food is. Then when they do talk if they are anything above a whisper they are hushed. UGH! Give them a break it's lunch time! I've eaten with him a few times and unfortunately gotten some of the kids hushed because they were laughing so hard. I told matt, who is much funnier than me, he will probably be asked not to come back if he eats lunch with them. :) But I must say even though Mrs. T. (T short for Tejeda) is strict the kids still like her. Which I'm very thankful for. I don't know if you all remember the belt saga at the beginning of the year. Caleb didn't want to wear one, but thankfully that ended the second day of school when he wore one. Fridays are "dress down fridays" they can wear a christian t-shirt with nice jeans. So that's a treat he looks forward to.
He has made some very good friends at school. That of which I"m thankful. One of the boys is actually a foster child. He was given to the family the day before school started. Can you imagine?! I think it's admirable of them to give him a private education. the other kids are great as well.

In Austin it is popular to have Fall Festivals this time of year. Most schools and churches have them on the weekends. We went to two this past weekend a church one and our housing development had one as well. then we'll go to one Wed night at the church that sponsors caleb's school and then Caleb's school is actually having one friday night. Food provided by Rosie's Tamale House (beef, and chicken fajitas, enchiladas rice and beans). YUM! Then they'll have a silent auction to support the school. UGH. Each class will work a booth with a game to play for the night. Ours is some kind of fishing game. I don't know I was just told to sign up. I'm getting tired just typing all of this.

Then this sat we have two B-day parties this weekend, followed by emily's next weekend. Plus my mom arriving on next wed. UGH!

So that has been our life this past month or two. I"M exhausted. I thought life would slow down in Kindergarten. OH NO it's in high speed.

OH ok I must share one more thing. I volunteer to help out caleb's teacher every thurs morning. Let me tell you what the first thing I do every time is. empty the ice cube trays and fill them. ????? What you might say! this will give you a little insight into her. This is what she told me the first day, " Your first job every day will be to empty and fill the ice cube trays. To which I said, "What ice cube trays? THe ones in the teachers lounge. It bothers me that people only take one or two cubes out of the tray and then put the trays back in without emptying and filling them." HUH? I thought that didn't say it. To which I reply, "ok." Then the next thing on the list was. "Take down all blend ladders (used for reading) down off of the walls, check bathroom and other walls they are everywhere, take tape off of posters, put tape in garbage cans." Oh my gosh did she have to tell me to put the tape in the garbage cans????? Oh and yes the posters were EVERYWHERE they were in the bathroom off of their room on the back of the door on the wall infront of the toilet (gotta do your blends and pee at the same time) and even in the middle of the mirror (no fixing your hair girls). Ugh. so every thursday morning at noon your time think of me emptying ice cube trays and filling them up. But I must say all of this has given me a chance to get to know his teacher. :)

Well this has taken longer than I thought. Gotta go run and get the little ones ready.