Whew!

As moms, sometimes it's hard to keep up with the changes our kids are going through. Just when we become accustomed to what's going on, one of them goes and grows into something else! Darn kids.
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I've always had to be able to switch gears on a moment's notice because, being so spread out in age, my boys are always in very different stages in life. I dealt with potty training and driver's ed. at the same time; I was pregnant while my oldest son was going through his first sex ed. class (great timing). And now I've got several milestones in my midst.
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My oldest son starts his last year of school while my youngest starts his first. Now to be fair, Seth has been in two years of Early Childhood at the same school due to his autism, so I'm not having those oh-my-baby-is-going-to-school feelings since he's already been there. But still - it's kindergarten. My last baby is going to kindergarten!
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Alexx is attending a new school this year after being homeschooled last year, and Joel is also starting a new school today - the Intermediate School. So it's change, change, change all around the Anderson family this week.
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I am bracing myself for the inevitable ups and downs that come with trying to make new friends, adjusting to a new environment, giving it all a chance to work out before we freak out about some small thing (that seems to be how my boys handle things - I wonder where they get it?). I am praying that we have smooth transitions,that routines are established soon, and that we can keep things to a dull roar around here.
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A tall order, indeed.
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Here's to a new school year - for all of us! I can't wait for my own things to start back up again - a new year with my TeenMOPS girls and their kids, my weekly Bible study group, an actual two-hour time span every day when all three boys will be out of the house ...

The first thing I'm going to do with some of that time? Freeze corn! Yep - I'm an Indiana gal through and through.