Changes

Lots of changes right now. I have taken on a new, and yet not new, role at work and am feeling rather isolated. I like to be around people, know whats going on.....Will I get used to this?

Speaking of being around people, due to multiple reasons we have transferred daycare of the kids up closer to home. They are now in an actual center for 10.5-11 hours a day. A part of me feels sick at this decision we made since that is a really long day! but.....ont he other hand I have two very social boys who thrive being with other kids and learning from them and their teachers. Yesterday was the first day and a teacher commented that it was like they had been there all along. Just stepped right in and picked up the rules and played games with the kids....

So, my boys will be fine. It means:
- earlier mornings for all of us (I need to be waking the boys by 6)
- Routine with packing lunches and prepping for the next day
- Dad and I commute on our own down to work (about 30-40 mins one way)
- We are constrained to returning to our home area every day in order to get the boys - no more stopping at Nana's, etc.
- It is more expensive so we are tightening our belts and are blessed by family helping us with expenses. My parents really wanted James to have the preschool experience and with this new school they have that.
- When James goes into Kindergarten next year (Yikes!) this daycare has before and after care with shuttles to all the local elementary schools so he could shuttle with them....

We're hoping a few things will happen:
1) Nate will start saying more then 'dat' - love him but I am beyond ready for him to talk!
2) James will learn to sit and pay attention. He fidgets when he is not on the go so hopefully he will learn some patience :)
3) Mommy and daddy will start hitting up the gym at work. This new schedule does open up some time for me to go (didn't go today due to sever back spasms).
4) Organization all around. Yes we'll all be tired in the evenings but hopefully we'll get into healthy routines to make our mornings less hectic.

So, it's a lot at once. Feeling isolated at work and at home (we won't be seeing extended family nearly as much and we're just as busy as before so any friends we could see will be just as hard as before -- meaning it didn't happen very often).

Plus side? My kids will make friends with other kids who do live near home so maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to reach out thru them and meet some more people in situations similar to us. Dan and I both have to work to make ends meet -- no, not paying for daycare wouldn't help -- but I do have a plan to pay down debt.....but other things keep coming up like oh, food for our bellies and shoes for our feet.

Sigh. Tough economy eh? And we are all making the best of it, one day at a time.

Sun and Moon

So every morning we get up, get dressed, put together some sort of breakfast and get on the road down to Nana's, then mom and dad off to work.

Well, with the seasons changing James has noticed it's 'dark' when we leave the house and 'light' when we get to Nana's so I decided to start teaching him about the sun/moon/planet rotation. lol. I need to build him a model so he will really understand but for the moment we came to these conclusions:

1) James would like to go to the moon
2) the moon is a girl
3) the sun is a boy
4) the sun makes the sky very bright :)

He told me the Sun is a boy and the moon a girl...funny.