A day of excitement...

Even though the picture does not convey much excitement -- ha! I'll get to the picture in a minute.

My oldest has his first field trip today and he was so looking forward to it. At his old school they never took any and I think he gets to go on three or four this year. I am so anxious to hear all about it.

Our other big news of the day -- my daughter lost her first tooth last night and was excited out of her mind! It's all she can talk about. She could not WAIT to get out the door to show her teacher and friends at school the gap between her teeth. It was just the cutest thing.

Speaking of my daughter, we are well into the school schedule now and the poor thing is still not quite adjusted to her new sleeping pattern. She is my one child who loves to sleep in. We are putting her to bed earlier than we used to, but she still is SO tired in the morning. Luckily, she's not grumpy. The other day though, she wanted to play in her room after school. I walked in to find her like this. She has a book that opens up into a farm corral -- she hasn't played with it in months! But for some reason, she pulled it out on this particular day, set it up -- invited her stuffed animals in and then curled up and fell asleep. (And for some unknown reason she also had arranged her dress up shoes around the outside -- you can kind of see them -- ). She looked so cute. Poor thing. I feel bad for her when she's so tuckered out at the end of her school day.

And since I'm rambling about the kids...yesterday my oldest told me something that made me so sad. As most of you know, I transferred my kids to a new school this year. My oldest is in third grade and it took a little while, but after a couple of weeks, he seemed to be making a little group of new friends. Yesterday I asked him about a couple of the boys and if he still enjoyed playing with them. He said he didn't really play with them much anymore. He said the two he played with most often had kind of paired up as best friends and are playing without him now. So I asked who he plays with now and he said no one really -- just by himself. Can I tell you how much that breaks my heart??? I get a lump in my throat typing it. He seemed a little down in the dumps and he told me he wishes he had a best friend. But thankfully, he said the boys aren't mean to him or anything -- he's just feeling a little alone. It really makes me sad for him. I told him to try and be flexible and see what the other kids are playing and to just try to join in and have fun with what they are playing if they don't mind. It seems to be a trend -- last year, his best friend at his old school transferred out after being punched in the nose by another child and he has felt a little lost ever since then. The other boys in his class last year for the most part were either in trouble all the time or would tease my son, so he never had any boys that he "bonded" with so to speak. And now this year, he's struggling. It's so hard to see as a parent. I was never the most popular girl in school, but I always had my core group of friends and pretty much always had a best friend throughout the years. I'm hoping he can work things out soon so he doesn't feel rejected or lonely.

Ah well -- enough of my rambling for today. I have so much to do and yet here I sit typing away.

Hope you all are having a good week.