Jackson - He won the election and is now serving as President of the SGA for Rodgers Forge Elementary School. Here he is in action for his first virtual meeting. And, dad helped our news crew reporter with another segment on catching a football.
Connor - Connor won his race and is the recording secretary of the SGA for Rodgers Forge Elementary School.
It was what we thought to be mild Saturday in November and with our history obsessed Jackson, we decided to take a trip up to Jackson to explore all that Gettysburg had to offer.
We arrived around lunchtime and despite the burgers being delicious, it was so cold outside and there were complaints before we even arrived to the visitor center. Despite the rumblings, we continued and linked up to the audio tour and had a lovely drive through the battlefields in Gettysburg learning more about the Civil War than Connor and I ever need and I took a history class all about the Civil War in college.
Jackson - he’s always had the pieces but has recently decided to put them together. We call this the birth of Jackson’s admittance into the Buena Vista Social Club.
After the excitement of the final decision on Biden winning the election and the boys’ Celtic team winning the championship, it was a slow week that apparently didn’t have me motivated enough to change out our flowers. The pandemic continues to roll on.
We did have a visitor to our front porch that wasn’t looking to exit. Connor wanted nothing to do with the guest. He/she eventually left.
Jackson and Connor: It was a busy week (yet again) for the boys. We started off Monday with finally getting the boys in to a new dentist, Kids First Pediatric Dentistry. They had appointments when COVID started shutting everything down and we opted to switch practices. Dr. Bowden found a tooth in Connor's mouth that needed a filling so I'm happy that we were finally able to get him in to the dentist. Connor wasn't happy about the switching of dentist because he's not big on change but mainly because of the filling. Overall, it was a great experience.
Jackson: This boys likes his sleep. Connor sleeps on the top bunk and often wakes Jackson up when he descends in the morning for his wake up pee. It's nice that on certain days, Jackson can ignore the descent down the ladder.
Jackson: The boys have always had a love of a good set of pajamas. And, why not celebrate the holidays. Jackson's set glows in the dark. Hopefully, it won't distract him from sleeping.
Jackson: Another week, another book or 2 that he is reading and unable to put down. When Jackson is reading, he is ALL in. You can call his name, try to speak to him but without shouting, he doesn't stop. He's keeping the BCPL staff busy.
Connor: Connor had a busy week. He started the week off with his MPO appointment. They relayed that it was time to do molds at his next visit for both top and bottom. Initially, it was going to be that his bottom braces would come off first and the top would follow but not for a couple of months. Connor picked green and white to represent Celtic.
The boys had off on Friday and we scheduled the delivery of Connor's new bedroom furniture and desk from Pottery Barn Kids. They also delivered Jackson's desk, which was supposed to come at a later time. It was a hectic morning while I tried to monitor everything and make Jackson's room presentable all while walking up the steps way to many times in my walking boot. SO MUCH WALKING! It was finally time for him to move out of the desk area in the newly finished back basement. Next up was to finalize decorations for the room, pick out a mattress and get him happy about moving down there.
Jackson had an all day lacrosse tournament on Saturday in Parkton. After playing 2 games (missed the first for another Celtic victory), we had a late lunch and started taking errands off our list. First up was Menchey Music store to pick up Connor's clarinet. He was over pictures so this is the best we got. His first lesson is next Friday and he's very excited to start.
Jackson: He's really embraced virtual school with lacrosse and having fun with friends at recess to get his socialization in. He often struggles with being by himself upstairs working and on this day despite looking so grown up, he just wants to be close by.
Connor: The boys had off on Monday so I scheduled eye exams for them as it was time for their annual exam. I opted to let the boys get more sleep so they didn't have enough time for breakfast. We should have had them get something for the car. They were both grumpy and not understanding of the need to wait. This boy was all smiles that he was given a couple more years before needing glasses. He was told last year that it probably would be this year. Oh, and after all the whining about being hungry, they were ok to wait in the Dunkin Donuts drive thru line. Donuts make EVERYTHING better.
Jackson and Connor: I try to walk the boys up to join their friends for recess as not all the motorists on Stevenson Lane respect/see the crosswalk and I go up to get them to make sure that they are back in time for Period 3. Jackson has writing and Connor has reading. It's not a lot of time but we want to make sure that they can get home and get a drink of water and go to the bathroom, if needed.
So, I start with 2 and often end up with more. Everett ALWAYS escorts the boys and I back to the house. He has to go past his own house to get to ours. I guess it's his tradition. Benny has been spending some time at his grandparent's house after lunch who live 2 houses up. Their friendship has grown so much.
