This week....

On Sunday, we tried going to the Birmingham Barron's baseball game. This is their first season in their new stadium downtown, which is soooooooo nice. Robbie's been before, but this was mine & Jake's first time at the new stadium.  Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate and the game was rained out. We are going to try it again this Sunday though!

Jake was so sad about the game being rained out

So we decided to go out the eat to a fun dinner Sunday night. 

Daddy & Jake watching the waterfall from our table at dinner

On Monday, Jake started his new school for summer. (His regular Mother's Day Out program is off in the summer,  so we have to find a summer school/daycare/program for him.) Last year he attended a place that was close by, offered part-time & was pretty affordable. Jake hated it though. He would cry when we dropped off and when we would pick him up he would say he didn't want to go back. He never gave us a reason, he just said that he wanted to go to his regular school. I figured it was just because it was a new school with new teachers & friends, but he just never found his groove at the school. There were a few things that I wasn't pleased with either, so we just rode it out until our regular school started back up in September. So we prayed about what we would do this summer. A new school/daycare opened in the fall not far from our house. The facility is beautiful, they are Christian based and I've heard great things about their other campuses in Birmingham. So Jake & I stopped by to check it out. Jake loved it, which had me sold. And I of course fell for everything they were saying hook, line & sinker. They are heavily curriculum based, so he has a schedule and set times that he has to be there (which is an adjustment for us!). I do think they go a "wee bit" overboard with it, but hey, he is learning a lot more than if he was home with me watching TV! We just finished up week 1 and Jake had a great time. He is learning a lot and having a lot of fun. And he is happy. Which is all that matters to me. 

First Day at Summer School

Things that happened his first week at summer school: This week was storybook week, so on Wednesday, the kids got to dress up like their favorite character or hero. Jake choose to wear his Batman shirt. On Thursday, the snow cone mobile stopped by and all the kids got snow cones. Then today they had splash pad day. They got to bring their swimsuits and play on the splash pad. What a fun week!

 

Okay, I don't expect anyone to really care about these videos other than the grandparents, but I wanted them to see what Jake learned to do! Jake finished up his last swim lesson on Thursday. We didn't expect him to learn to completely swim on his own in 5 lessons. We just wanted him to learn the basics and get more comfortable in the water. He did so good and I was very excited to watch him do this...

 

 

 

Now we just have to work on getting his arms out of the water and for him to kick higher. But we are so proud of what all he has learned so far!