No one told me having a child in school would make time fly so fast. I feel like Lennox started last week and now it’s almost Thanksgiving. The weeks are gone before I even realize they were here. Since the last time I wrote (sadly) so much has happened. We had a great time bowling for Lennox’s birthday. His 6th birthday will be one he remembers! Then we celebrated the girls 2nd birthday with a trip to Build a Bear. Cora chose a bunny we named LaLa and Cuba chose a kitty we named LuLu. Evan helped them pick out the cutest fairy costumes for the new friends. Couldn’t have had two happier little ladies. Then Aidan started preschool. He goes 3 times a week for 2&1/2 hours. He’s really blossomed, made lots of friends and is starting to have play dates. It’s amazing the difference school makes! Or I guess organized activities really.
We also had our first organized sports experience¸ Lennox just finished his first soccer season. We all really enjoyed it, and Lennox made a lot of progress and ended the season one of the best players on the team (not at all biased). It was such a great experience that we signed him up for T-ball. We wouldn’t have known anything about it if our soccer couches weren’t also going to couch T-ball. The couches are pretty awesome, so I’m stoked.

We also had our first parent teacher conference. It went wonderfully, left chest high feeling extremely proud of my oldest boy! And if I may…Lennox also got his first (of many I’m sure) school award. It was for team work. If you know Lennox at all the only award better suited to him would be empathy towards others. He is a great team player.

Halloween came up fast. We enjoyed trick or treating in our new neighborhood, with another family from church. The kids wore out quick, but had so much fun. Lennox and Aidan were both storm troopers this year. The girls lucked out with handmade Grandma Cindy originals. Possibly the cutest costumes in the history of the world. The girls are obsessed with Tinkerbell (would watch the movies all day every day if they could) so Grandma made them flower fairy costumes. They are so beautiful that instead of letting them play with them now that Halloween is over I’m putting them away as keepsakes-that beautiful!

Soon it will be Thanksgiving and for the first time everyone is coming to us. I’m excited. This year has brought many visits with Eckard clan, and I really enjoy it when every one’s here. The kids have a great time with their cousins and I hope they grow up feeling close. We’ve got lots of good food planned and I’m looking forward to the Macy’s parade, and a house full of family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CUBA HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORA!

Today is Lennox’s 6th birthday! It is also his first full day at school. With all the learning they have to do these days there is no longer time for a party during class. Instead he gets to bring a special snack and I get to come in at the end of the day and read a book that we will donate to the classroom in his honor. He also gets to wear a birthday crown and all the kids will sing happy birthday to him at the end of the day. No parties but I think the alternative is pretty awesome. He is over the moon excited, I think more for his first lunch time at school than anything else. The fact that it’s his birthday and his mom is coming in to read is just added bonuses. It’s funny the things that get them excited…lunch at school-weeehaaa! But I guess my memories are from a little bit later in life when lunch time maybe wasn’t always fun. I’m glad that he gets to have such an exciting birthday though; it’s going to go by fast. Especially since right after school we’re going to pick up his best friend and hit up a fancy new bowling alley. This bowling alley is so fancy it has a restaurant…which we will be having dinner at. Lennox doesn’t know it yet but instead of a birthday cake he’s getting an uber ice cream sundae. I don’t think he’ll miss the cake!

The last 6 years have passed in the blink of an eye. One minute I’m a new mom with a sweet little baby boy and then I’m dropping that sweet baby off at kindergarten the next. Lennox is still the sweet baby boy I carried everywhere strapped to my chest in a Bjorn. Although he’s too big to strap to my chest these days but I still manage to hug him super tight every chance I get. I am always amazed with how big and independent his is, and how fast it happened. He used to need me for everything, and now it is him who chooses when I can help. He is an amazing big brother and very good helper. He takes his role in stride and has unending patience with his brother and sisters. I ask a lot of him and he never fails to rise to the challenge. I’m blessed and lucky because of him. Ok now I have to go figure out how to slow down the next 12 years!

I got to take Lennox to his first day of kindergarten this morning! He was amazing, brave and excited. I will write more later…for now here’s us before we walked over.