Grateful again.......

A couple of days ago I was complaining about Jacob tearing holes in every single pair of jeans I buy him. That was my biggest concern of the day, can you believe it? What an incredibly blessed life I am living right now. Some people in my life have been the recipients of some not so fun and very difficult trials this week. Some of them I know better than others, but they are all facing challenges that I am not sure I could handle very well. So today, I am counting my blessings and being reminded yet again how good I really have it. I am grateful my three year old wears his pants out because it means he plays hard and loves life. I am grateful my 3 month old took short naps yesterday because it meant more time for me to cuddle her and make her smile and giggle. I am grateful that my husband helped me make it a priority to go to the temple last night. And I am grateful that I got up to eat breakfast with him this morning. I should do that more often. I think I will.

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Feel free to comment on how incredibly adorable my baby girl is!

Pictures

I have nothing exciting to blog about but do have some cute pictures. And yes, Jacob always has chocolate on his face. I'm awesome at keeping it clean and so is he :)

Decisions!!!!

In one year from now, I have to make a very difficult decision and it is already giving me stress. It is a decision that will affect the rest of my son's life at least while he is in school. In one year I have to decide if I want to register Jacob for Kindergarten. His birthday is August 29 so if we start him when he's barely 5 he will be the youngest in his class. If we wait a year, he will be the oldest. I'm so torn up about this already. He plays great with the kids that are just younger than him, but he also has a friend who is 10 months older and they play great together. Part of why I'm already thinking about it so much is that I'm trying to decide what to do about preschool for next year. I've already committed to doing a co-op, but most of the kids would be a year younger in school if we start him at 5. I'm concerned that it won't be stimulating enough to get him ready for kindergarten. I try to work with him at home as much as possible, but he fights with me when we do "learning time." Ok, I'm sure he will be fine either way, but is it better emotionally, socially, etc to be the oldest in the class? Especially for boys? I also need new ideas for teaching him at home. Mine just aren't working.