New School Year

Kaj is a sophomore this year. We have been out driving a lot. He is kind to everyone at school and is example there constantly. I have been stopped by multiple people commenting about how he goes out of his way to talk to and invite others to be a part of the group. I am very proud of the young man Kaj is. Lily is the sweetest little thing. She is in 1st grade, and growing up so fast. She is in soccer right now and she loves it. She is so fast, and so fun to see out on the field. She is so smart. She is reading like a champ and she is a great friend.

Jonah is in 3rd grade this year. Speaking of soccer, holy moly, Jonah is so good. He is very natural on the field. He weaves in and out of people and such a force out there. At home he is constantly reading, and he still loves math, and has a lot of friends. 

Rowan is in 6th grade this year, and after a lot of wrestling with what to do he is going to Realms. There is a lot that he is learning and needing to manage but he is doing a great job. He is running cross country for Sky view and I think he has really found his groove. He is very happy and very motivated and has done extremely well. I am so thankful for everything he is doing. 

Josh looks like a full grown man here for some reason. Ah! Josh is in 8th grade this year- last year in middle school- no thank you! But, he likes his schedule and is doing well in all his classes. He has a lot of friends and knows stay away from any drama. He is doing football and soccer. The funniest thing about Josh's new schedule he has started to riding his bike to Pine Nursery in the morning and meeting his friend at the field before school begins and then has sometimes come to my house to make eggs or have gone to chik fil a. They started charging buddies a delivery fee to make money friends orders, and there was also a time where they were making milk shakes to put there bottles to sip throughout the day. 

There is also the great subject of one of Rowan's favorite topics- puberty. He loves talking about puberty right now. How tall he thinks he is going to be, when his voice is going to become deeper..He also will talk about tips he has when he is taking girls on dates ( I think this is also deriving from Kaj talking about it a bit more) but his advice is, "don't have bad breath,"  to do that " brush your teeth before your date, then chew gum, and have a tik tac" Sure advice. The other thing he will mention is that he really hopes he does not get pimples, when he was telling me this he said, " you know.. because of this." And then gestured to his whole face. 😂 I mean- he has a point. To which, I completely agreed, he has a very nice face. I love this confidence - we were talking the other day about crushes. Jonah has a girl that creepily stares and him every day on the way home from school. Like- tries to penetrate the car with he stares. Jonah ducks down in his seat. Rowan was saying that that was nice for a girl to like him, and Rowan said, " I mean I know I am everyone's type, but no girl's like me like that." I just said not all girls make it that known who they like. 

Anyways, I do love my kids so much, I wonder sometimes what I would be feeling without them home. I think pretty lonely. I spend a lot of nights staying up later chatting and laughing with the older boys.