I've been busy, busy getting ready for Nolan's 1st birthday party coming up this Sunday. He is going to have a sunshine birthday party at a local park with a huge water fountain! I have prepped this party to hopefully have a picnic-esque type atmosphere with minimal but cute decorations. I'll take lots of pictures! I have also been preparing for Alivia's preschool- learning time- that will begin the 4th week of August. Hard to believe I will have a 1 year old tomorrow and a 2 1/2 year that is ready to start official learning time. I decided to start her in preschool this year as she is eager to learn and is already asking when she is going to go to school. We are not willing to pay for her to go to preschool, nor was I emotionally ready to let her go. Therefore, I am going to teach her myself. Someone I know told me about a FREE preschool program called ABC Jesus Loves Me, and I have been working on getting that program ready, but it is taking a lot of time to prepare. The good thing is that once I have everything ready, printed, and prepared, I will not have to do much prep-work in the following weeks. I will only have get a few things ready the night before for crafts and such and make sure I have the book of the week ordered (for the following week) checked out (for the current week) from the library. I will be doing learning time on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and leaving Wednesdays and Fridays for errands, play-groups, small groups, library time, appointments, etc. We will be staying home 3 out 5 days a week and implementing a daily schedule. Schedules are not me- I parent in a spontaneous, free-flowing, granola"y" type style, so I am excited and a bit apprehensive to start a schedule with the kids. I think that it is going to be a great thing, and I am hopeful that the kids adapt to it well. The only scheduled thing that I have for the kids at the moment is quiet time/nap time, yet that is rarely at the same time everyday. All the kids know is that is after lunch time! :) We shall see how are school year will go and how the kids do with a schedule. I will also start blogging on a more regular schedule as it is important to me but sometimes gets pushed back due to other things that are usually not as important, but takes up too of my time. :) I follow a few blogs and have seen a trend in a weekly update sort of post, so at the very least, I plan on trying to do one of those- maybe on Fridays.
Looking forward to celebrating Nolan, becoming a teacher, Alivia's excitement in learning, and starting some new things this fall!
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