In Which Jackson Goes to School

Jackson had his first week of preschool. When we were on our way for his first day he was very disappointed to find out that I had to walk him to his classroom—he just wanted me to drop him at the curb. Apparently, he’s ready to be away from me. He seems to be doing very well. I can’t get him to tell me very much about it, but he comes home exhausted and his teachers have had nothing but good things to say. Grant takes a nap at the same time Jackson’s gone, so I have loved my afternoons to myself.

Grant keeps asking to use the potty, so we decided that since we would be home most of the weekend due to conference (which was wonderful), we would try to potty train him. This afternoon Grant came running into the living room wearing only a shirt excitedly telling me that he peed on his bedroom floor. Unfortunately for me, he was telling the truth. I was glad that he recognized he shouldn’t go in his underwear but it wasn’t that much fun cleaning it up. Luckily the next time he went was on the potty. Baby steps.

Brian and Jackson have graduated from UNO, and now they play a baseball game with the cards. Any number card is an out, the Skips and Reverses are singles, the Wilds are homeruns, etc. Brian says he used to play games like this all time when he was younger, and it’s tough to say who’s had more fun with it—him or Jackson.