Fall is knocking on our door and brings with it lots of changes. Tyler is wrapping up his position at the Landmark Group and getting ready to jump into a new life working with his parents on starting their farm. T is still adjusting to mornings at school and is definitely experiencing some effects of his new routine. F and I are trying to adjust too to mornings where we have to be out the door earlier.
I love fall, and I love how the dynamics of life seem to change at this time of year. Kids go back to school, and all of a sudden it becomes apparent that the lazy days of summer are gone. Vacationers are home, and everything just seems busier. People are back at the Y working out, and classes are filling up. Some of my exercise classes that only had 3 or 4 people in them during the summer now have closer to 20.
T is still doing well at school. He is excited to go in the mornings and he is enjoying himself while he is there. I am so thankful that he likes it and does not get upset about having to go. I know we are extremely lucky in that respect, as most kids would probably cry during their first week, or even longer. When I drop him off he still goes off to join the other kids happily. He gives me a kiss and off he goes, and when I pick him up he yells "Hi Mommy, you're back!!" I'm so happy that he is enjoying it.
But we are still noticing the effect it is having on him overall. Sleep is still a little tricky, and his sleep window is harder to find. Last night he resisted going to bed for over an hour, something that is unheard of for him. Sometimes his behvaviour is a little off too, and he will do things to get our attention. I know that he just needs more attention from us during this time, and the right kind of attention too. I think I need to pay close attention to his naps as well, it seems to be a fine line between letting him nap enough so that he's not too tired and letting him nap too much and he is not tired enough for bed. He is not ready to drop his nap yet, especially after starting school, but I think that time is getting closer. I'm trying hard not to get discouraged when we have some particularly bad behaviour from him, or when he gives us some trouble at bedtime, because I know that kind of stuff is to be expected after starting school and that overall he is actually doing brilliantly.
F is still very much enjoying his time with me. He is happy and smiley all the time, and he is sleeping well too. This morning was his first morning at the Y childminder's without T with him, and he did well. He was upset and cried as usual, but settled down and was fine when I picked him up. I still wouldn't say he enjoys being there, but he doesn't cry the whole time. He knows I will be back for him and is so happy when I return. After I picked him up we went to active tots and he had so much fun. Again he seems so much more confident now that it is just me and him, and will run around and try new things. He loves kicking and throwing the balls around.
This is Tyler's last week at the Landmark Group before he embarks on new adventures. He is so excited to get out and do something different. I know he is really looking forward to doing some hands on type of work on the farm. He will also work on starting his small free-lance design business as well. After this week it will be interesting to see how our routine changes again, once he starts working elsewhere.
I am still missing having T around, but also enjoying my time with F. It is definitely busier for me having to get them out the door to get T to school, but it means that we have more time in the mornings to do other things before picking him up again. Sometimes F and I go to the Y, other times the EYC. He starts swimming classes this week which will be fun for us. We have been very social, meeting with friends most mornings and some afternoons too.
I have kicked my exercise routine into high gear these past few weeks and am now doing both spinning and yoga twice a week, in addition to cardio on Saturdays. Actually last week I even did yoga 3 times. I have stopped going to pilates though as the time was just too inconvenient. Amazingly Hillary and I have been getting up at 5:30am to do spinning and yoga on Friday mornings. Even though I had a cold all last week I still made it to all my classes, exercise makes me feel so much better. I love it, maybe I can even start going more often.
We also have some fun afternoon stuff planned for T as well. I think this afternoon I am going to take him to all sport at the Y to see what he thinks about it. He needs more physical activity in the afternoons. On Thursday he has something called creating balance, and on Saturday he has rhythmic gymnastics.
I've been hanging out with all my new friends a lot too which has been fantastic for me. It's so great to be social and it sounds like we're developing some really good friendships. We even went out and hit the town on Saturday night which was so much fun. We started at Corrina's house, then we to the Village where we checked out several different bars and had a great time dancing the night away. It felt really good to get out of the house and have fun with the girls.
We've got all sorts of fun stuff planned for September and October. My birthday is in a few weeks and hopefully Tyler has something planned for me. On Thanksgiving weekend we'll visit with all our family, and we also have a birthday party to go to. Later in October we've planned to go to Round's Ranch and get pumpkins with a bunch of other families which should be lots of fun, and then the week after it will be Halloween. I still haven't figured out what to dress the boys up as.
So this has been a bit of an all around catch up post I suppose. We're headed into fall and looking forward to a change of pace. The fall weather seems to have come early, but hopefully that means winter won't be early too, there's still so much we want to do before the snow flies!
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