Aaron was home Monday for Labor Day and it was a great time to start our school year. He taught Isaiah all day while I focused on getting the older children started on their lessons.... I found out right away that I had messed up our schedules so I was glad Aaron was here to fix them.... he was such a HUGE help all day!!

By day two everyone knew what they were supposed to be doing at what time and the day went pretty smoothly... Aaron came home early and drove us to my OB check-up.... which went good. I am 80% effaced and told that I need to "do nothing, for the next three weeks and take it easy".... well I am trying ! My OB said that he'd be gone until the 22nd and he wanted to see me that day to see if I had any changes... and if there was anything that came up to call.... but all in all everything looked really good and so I'd be surprised if anything came up.... but I am going to take it as easy as I can....

Yesterday was our first day at Co-Op and it turned out to be a great one!

 The start was less than perfect.... I should have made lunches for us the night before.... but I didn't and that made my morning more hectic than it needed to be...  Aaron was out of town and I was stressing about how the day would go... I was so nervous, not really sure why.... but we were only 4 minutes late so I guess it ended up alright.... I am sorry about how the morning went though and it was on my mind all day... I was very short with the kids.... *sigh*

  When we first got there everyone was already in chapel, so we slipped in the side.... a teenaged boy led the service and another prayed and then we were sent off to find first period classes.... there were lots of children...around 120.... and then of course the mom's who taught, helped teachers, cleaned, organized, etc.... loads of people!!....we were unfamiliar with the building so it took us a while to get everyone deposited in their classes.... Isaiah stayed in the same room for the first three hours and the others changed classes each period... they found their classrooms without my help after the first period and that was wonderful!

 I was assigned to help a different teacher each hour which would have required me to go up and down the stairs numerous times.... however, since my OB demanded I do nothing I talked to the lady in charge of the schedule and she was great to find a place for me that would allow me to rest as much as possible.... all the ladies were so nice and understanding  and I so appreciated them all!!  They were willing to do whatever I needed.... it really was a great day....

  Then the children and I came home and I just relaxed on the couch for a few hours... Like I said, Aaron had to go out of town for a couple of days so I had to take Isaac to football practice that evening.... which I was not happy about.... I have no A/C in my van and it is still in the 90's here and super humid!!! Not great when you're 34 weeks pregnant and already hot most of the time.... but anyway, he got ready and off we went...

 It was super hot when we left the house but within 30 minutes a thunderstorm blew in and the temps dropped about 20 degrees.... which was great other than the SCARY lightning that was streaking across the sky!  I am scared of lightning.... more than scared.... I am horrified of it!!! I was so happy when the coached called practice off early so we could get out of the storm.... then the drive home was just as scary .... the windows were fogging up , we tried to roll down the windows in the hot van....but the rain was coming in too much and I could barely see the road because it was raining so hard..... Boy was I glad to pull into our carport!!!!

 Aaron is on his way home now and I am SOOOOO glad he'll be here in time to drive Isaac to practice tonight! It looks like another round of storms will be here soon.... but that's ok.... I always feel better when Aaron's with me... there's something about him that calms me....

 This year has flown by!!! There have been lots of changes and challenges.... but it's been good.... I think this school year will be a good one and I am looking forward to Co-Op... it'll be a good experience for our children.... and our baby will be here soon... wow....more changes to come!

Tosha