School for everyone!

These last few weeks have been busy ones for sure! Last Wednesday Aidan started school in Mesa, it just feels so wrong to send a kid to school when it is still 108 degrees outside! We live only a few blocks from his school so he is enjoying the opportunity to be mature and riding his bike to and from school every day. The work is easy for him, he is done with his homework in minutes, but he is doing amazing! He has all intentions of getting straight A's because my sweetie made a deal with him that if Aidan gets straight A's for the first half of 4th grade we will buy him a Nintendo WII.

Today was Adam's first official day of law school.... how awesome is it that he is following his dream!?!? I have so much respect for him and for the huge sacrifice he is making right now! Even though today was his first real day he has been doing homework for a week, and he is doing great! In just 3 years he will have his law degree and all of this will be well worth his time!

I am still working towards my associates degree, I have 5 classes left and can get them done by early November if I push hard... I know an associates degree doesn't give one much status, but it makes me feel great to be accomplishing this, and it can be a stepping stone to get into further education. I am into my core classes which are much more fun and interesting. I will have my degree in healthcare management and hope to go on to be an ultrasound tech. I love pregnant women, and I sure don't want to go there again, so I might as well work with them!

Even little Zander got to start "school" today. I have him enrolled at Tots Unlimited 2 days a week. Leaving him there today was hard I have to admit, after what happened the last time I left him with a babysitter, but it was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. I knew that this place was safe, there would be no drugs for him to find, and that he would benefit from being away from his mama for a while. He did freak out when I said goodbye, but that only lasted for about a half hour. His teacher told me that he was quiet the rest of the day, and did tell people "I'm just sad" when asked how he was doing, and apparently he went on a hunger strike, telling everyone that he "only eats with mama" but he was fine. He came home and downed 2 full bananas and then asked for more, and when Aidan asked how his first day of school went he replied "I don't want to talk about that right now", but when we talked about the fact that he is going back on Thursday he told me he would have fun, but he did slip in there that he WILL cry when I leave him, but then he will get happy again! He has come along way from the day he looked like this:

To the sweet, smart, amazing boy you see here... wow what a difference a year can make, and have I mentioned that I love this little guy more than life itself??

So now we are all back to school, back to a semi-normal routine, and it feels good!