1st grade to date

First grade is going so well compared to where we were this time last year. The teacher has only called once to talk about some things that have happened during the day. Other than that, no calls from the counselor, the principal, etc. It really is amazing the difference a year makes. Austin's not only grown physically but he's matured as well. We've noticed in the last few weeks and months that he's verbalizing his feelings more instead of impulsively hitting something or someone. This is much improved over last year.

We are so proud of Austin and how far he's come in a year's time!

There's a bird on your head!

Well, not really. This week, Austin's class was reading Don't Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus. Austin's always loved that book and thought it was just hilarious. His class did all sorts of things based on the book. One of which Austin saying that he said to not let his pigeon go on WipeOut. They colored a pigeon, made a "nest" and tied the whole thing to their heads.

Poop in the potty

Andrew pooped in the potty for the first time tonight! We've been working at home and at school on potty training and Andrew was so excited to get into pull-ups. Andrew is doing well with peeing on the potty but was having trouble with pooping. Tonight was the night! So sad that we get so excited about something so simple as going poop in the potty. It's a huge milestone!

1st day of first grade

Austin is officially a 1st grader! We met with Austin's teacher on Friday afternoon. Luckily, Gene, Austin, and I had already met her last fall when her husband took some family pictures of us. From then on, Austin would go by and visit her and give her hugs. We are so thankful that Austin was placed with a teacher he already knew!

On Thursday night, Austin asked me if his new class would go to the library or play outside. I told him that he could ask Mrs. Fehler on Friday. So, when we went to her classroom, he asked his questions, got the answers, and started looking around and playing with Legos and marbles. He did some assessments to see where he was and luckily he was right where he left off from the end of last year.

We went to the official meet the teacher on Monday afternoon. There weren't a ton of people there which was good. Austin played with Legos (again) with another little boy.

Today, Austin was so excited to go to school. He said his favorite part of the day was playing with Legos and his favorite part of after school was snack and lemonade. We read his 2 books and I signed his agenda saying that we read the books.

We have high hopes for this year! We're praying all goes well!

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Well, the Fambrough family will be expanding by 1 in March 2011. Yes, we are expecting #3! We weren't planning on having another baby and it's thrown us for a loop. But we're adjusting to the thought of being a family of 5. We told Austin over the weekend and he's hoping for a girl probably because he thinks that a girl wouldn't play with his stuff like Andrew does.

So far, I'm feeling gross. There's no other way to put it. The first trimester has always been rough for me. I'm waiting on 12 weeks to be here and the sickness to be over!