Easton-6th grade (middle school) at STEMM
He has to wear a uniform
Blair-4th grade
Dyer-2nd grade
group pic
This wasn't Blakely's first day of school but she still wanted her picture taken!
Blakely-preschool
She has to wear a uniform too!
McKinley home all alone!
3rd day of school!
In all honesty though I think this was probably the best day that Nathan could have left. Don't get me wrong I would have preferred that he didn't go but because he HAD to, I was glad that it happened the way it did. The kids were distracted/excited that school was starting back up and since it was the first day of school/first week of sports, a whole new schedule was already starting for everyone. Yes, I had to figure everything out myself from the beginning, but I didn't have to start a routine and then reconfigure everything out a while later. Everything happened at once and we were so busy from the get go that it has helped with my sanity. Plus, with a lot of PRAYERS everything went rather smoothly. I was truly blessed with the way our schedule fit perfectly. I wasn't sure how everything was going to work out but for the most part it did! I had four kids at three different schools. I had to drive Easton to and from his bus stop which is about 2 miles away from my house every school day and drive Blakely to and from preschool three times a week. I had four kids playing sports (the boys flag football and the girls soccer), three kids playing instruments (lessons once a week), and two kids in church activities (Easton scouts once a week and Blair activity days every other week). That's a lot for one person to juggle!
Once games started this was generally our weekly schedule after the kids got dismissed from school:
- Monday: boys football games. If we were lucky they played one right after the other. If not then we would have to stick around for a game between their games.
-Tuesday: Easton football practice from 5:30-6:30 (sometimes 7:00) and Blair soccer practice from 6:00-7:00. It worked out nicely because their practice fields were down the street from each other- like two blocks.
-Wednesday: Scouts for Easton every week and Blair activity days every other week. Luckily they were usually at the same time and same place!
-Thursday: Easton guitar at 3 before Blair and Dyer got home from school. Practice for the boys at 5:30-6:30/7:00. Both of them were at the same field! Practice for the girls from 6:00-7:00. Both girls were at the same complex but at different fields! Sometimes this day would get tricky if the boys went until 7 but I was never more than 10 minutes late picking them up-which I think only happened twice!
-Friday: Blair piano at 4:15 and Dyer drums at 5:30.
-Saturday: Soccer games for the girls.
It's also a blessing that I have just enough time to get Blair and Dyer on the bus about 5 minutes before I have to leave to bring Blakely to preschool. Also, I have just enough time to grab Easton from the bus stop at 2:10ish every preschool day before I have to grab Blakely from preschool at 2:30. Everything just seems to fit just perfectly! So blessed!
Once games started this was generally our weekly schedule after the kids got dismissed from school:
- Monday: boys football games. If we were lucky they played one right after the other. If not then we would have to stick around for a game between their games.
-Tuesday: Easton football practice from 5:30-6:30 (sometimes 7:00) and Blair soccer practice from 6:00-7:00. It worked out nicely because their practice fields were down the street from each other- like two blocks.
-Wednesday: Scouts for Easton every week and Blair activity days every other week. Luckily they were usually at the same time and same place!
-Thursday: Easton guitar at 3 before Blair and Dyer got home from school. Practice for the boys at 5:30-6:30/7:00. Both of them were at the same field! Practice for the girls from 6:00-7:00. Both girls were at the same complex but at different fields! Sometimes this day would get tricky if the boys went until 7 but I was never more than 10 minutes late picking them up-which I think only happened twice!
-Friday: Blair piano at 4:15 and Dyer drums at 5:30.
-Saturday: Soccer games for the girls.
It's also a blessing that I have just enough time to get Blair and Dyer on the bus about 5 minutes before I have to leave to bring Blakely to preschool. Also, I have just enough time to grab Easton from the bus stop at 2:10ish every preschool day before I have to grab Blakely from preschool at 2:30. Everything just seems to fit just perfectly! So blessed!
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