So much has happened since my last post.  School started for the kids… Marathon training began… Family wedding season is in full bloom… K2’s soccer season started… My 4th year of coaching Girls on the Run started… I often don’t know how we do it!  But we take things one day at a time and live by a schedule!  

I guess the first and easiet place to start is getting you caught up on each of us.  Let’s start with the little diva KMM.  She started Kindergarten this year and is in the Spanish Immersion program.  This means she has Spanish for half of the day and English the other half.  All of her new lessons begin in Spanish and then they are reinforced in English.  Although she was petrified at first by the thought of homework she has handled things very well.  Last night she sang the days of the week to is in Spanish.  She even counted out 10 candles for her brother’s cake in Spanish.  Even though she asks me almost every night if she has to go to school tomorrow I know she’s enjoying it.  Maybe some days too much because she tells me during recess she has to walk the perimeter of the basketball court.  That’s the teachers’ method of timeout or a consequence.  Will it shock any of you that she’s getting timeouts for talking?

KEM adjusted well to starting fourth grade with the NG tube, calorie counting and drinking his daily 2.5 cans of formula.  We are so proud of him for his perseverance and strength.  He is now able to enjoy 900 calories a day along with his formula.  Most days he doesn’t even take in 900 and that’s ok.  He’s just happy he doesn’t need the tube right now! He is very careful about asking if he can try different foods and sucking it up when he has told no. So far the staff at his school have been amazing.  His second week at school the principal sent me a text message along with a photo of the ingredients of something he had asked to eat. Unfortunately he couldn’t eat it but I was thrilled that she reached out to me to be sure.   KEM just celebrated his 10th birthday last night and thoroughly enjoyed the cake made by his favorite “nanny” SB.  He was so excited to try the cake!  I am happy to report that he loved it.  We are all so blessed to have SB in our lives. She truly loves K2 and the love her right back. 

KAM has a major calf/foot injury that has sidelined him and made him pretty uncomfortable. It’s a chore to walk some days.  He was able to make it down the aisle for my brother’s wedding thankfully.  But I know he’s miserable most of the time.  Doctor appointment made for next week. Hopefully he will get some relief soon.  He also is back at helping KEM’s soccer team by assistant coaching.  

Me… I’ve got a lot going on too. Girls on the Run just started the week after Labor Day and goes until November.  The class I teach is full (over the regular seat limit) and I feel like every time I turn around I have more and more to grade.  I’ve been very busy with weddings, showers and bachelorette parties too.  So so busy that I decided to defer my Marathon in October to next year. I  feel like a quitter but I just can’t do everything… hard lesson to learn but I learned it.  I am learning that sometimes the best thing to do is take it one day at a time!