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Wedseday is work from home day and with it I got to walk my boy to school. Walking down with Jacob and Violet was fun. Our little guy really gets excited by school. Though the cutest thing is how Violet reacts when the bell rings. She lines up with Jacob’s class. Today she worked her way to the front of the line, it was so cute. Melissa tells me she does it every day. Its so adorable.
In honour of meet the teacher night at Jacob’s school I’ve decided to use a picture of Jacob headding off to school. It was weird client scheduling of today that let me get home in the middle of the day and take such a cute picture of our little school boy.
Today Violet turned 20 months. She celebrated it with the sniffles. I snapped this picture while Violet played in her room before bed. I had hopped to get a better shot but with the first illnesses of the fall sweeping through our house It just didn’t work out. Tomorrow I hope to post my letter to my little angle, so stay tuned.
Today Melissa and I picked up new gates to keep our children out of mischief. While at toys-r-us we looked over some possible presents for the kids, I found one of me but Melissa wouldn’t let me get it.
Today the family packed up a lunch and headed out to Chudleighs for some apple picking. It was a great day, for my picture tonight I thought I’d change it up, usually I’d choose a cute on with the kids, but not today. Today we have a picture of an apple tree with its apples spread around its base.
Today Melissa posted on Facebook that Jacob was reading the paper work for a fun fair they are having at his school (I’m still not used to thinking that Jacob has a school, but that’s a post for another day). So tonight when we sat down for computer time and he asked to go to starfalls.com I thought it would make a perfect picture of the day. It’s amazing watching as he sounds out letters and tries to form words.
Today was Jacobs first official day of kindergarten. To celebrate Melissa and I (mostly Melissa) made Jacob a Schultüte. It was a big hit with our little guy. Violet was really interested it, but she’ll have to wait 3 years before she can get her own.
I’m writing this letter to you while you are off at your first day of Kindergarten. I was lucky enough to be working from home today, so that I could walk you to school with Mommy and Violet. It has been a very special day, you spent all morning excited to be heading off to school. As I sit here writing this, I wonder how your day is going. Are you listening to the teacher? Are you behaving? Did you enjoy your snack? Are you making new friends?
I know that school can be fun, but it can also be hard. I had my difficulties with school over the years and I want you to know that no matter what problems you have you can come to your mother and me. We’ll work together to make it better. I want you to succeed Jacob and I know with some hard work you will.
You’ll soon be starting your fall Swimming and Skating lessons. I’m sure you are going to do great at swimming. It was amazing to watch how much more comfortable you became in the water over the summer. Watching you in nana’s pool was great. As long as you keep working at it and listen to your teacher I’m sure we’ll be signing you up for Pre-school 3 in January. The skating is going to be a little more difficult. You’ll be starting to ware hockey equipment, not all at once, but every few weeks we’ll be giving you more of the equipment to ware, so that in the new year you can start a hockey skills class.
At times I can’t be believe you are 4 and now that you are going to school it just seems unreal. It feels like yesterday that I was standing in the NICU watching as they hooked you up to the machines to make sure that you were going to be all right. The years have gone by so fast. There are times when I want them to slow down, to let me catch my breath, but I guess that’s not really an option. So I’ll be here for you, to pick you up when you fall and nudge you back on track when you stray.
Most of all Jacob I want you to remember that I’ll always be here for you.
Love Daddy
Tonight I decided to share a picture of my sleeping angle. All snug in her crib with her Bunny and her Baby. She’s growing up so fast, before I know it we’ll be taking the crib down for a big girl bed.
This evening I stopped by my mom’s to check in on her and snapped this picture of my niece working away on the computer. It seems to early in the school for her to be working on home work, so I assume she working away on one of her stories.