Life With All Four Kids In gamma blue 11s School

All four of my kids are in full time school now. Exie, my youngest, started Kindergarten last week and they go full days. For the last 12 years of my life I have had kids home with me now much of my day will be spent with them in school. I am sure this will allow ample time to stay caught up on my housework so when they do come home from school I can concentrate solely on them and not worry about my "chores". I am also sure this extra time will allow me to knit more, paint the kids bedrooms, and get stuff done that I want to get done before I HOPEFULLY start the nursing program in January. I turned in my third application and hope that this time I make it in.

This is really a new time in my life. My kids are all in school and I am no longer in the mode of taking care of "babies" or "toddlers". I finally have time to think about other things like decorating better, painting the kids rooms, organizing, and moving on with school so I can start a career of my own. I really feel like I have a lot to look forward to.

Even my kids lives are changing and that is exciting. My oldest is in 7th grade and she is blossoming into an "almost" teenager. It is fun taking part in her life at this age as they become social, have crushes on boys, and learn more exciting things in school. I also have to deal with more attitude, constant texting, and the scary idea that boys actually like my daughter! I always thought the baby and toddler years would be the fun years but I think it is also fun watching your kids when they are older as their minds open up, they start to figure things out about the world around them, and they are excited about life.

As you can tell, having all my kids in school now has really made me think about many things. Here are some pictures of my three youngest gamma blue 11s 2013 on their first day I can help but show them. Camille started a couple weeks ago.

Exie going to Kindergarten (and pouting because her shoes bother her), Sophie going into 2nd grade, and Davis going into jordan 11 gamma blue 5th.

I have to show this picture. Exie shoes are still bothering her. She now has new ones that feel good on her feet!

Now she is happy! She is a funny girl.

Scott and I tend to sit out on our deck a lot in the evenings. He BBQ the kids play and I knit. Scott started to take his book outside with him to read while he is tending the BBQ. There is a huge problem with this I can talk while I knit and it disturbs his reading. I had the perfect solution: TEACH THE MAN TO KNIT! And so I did. He picked it up rather quickly. His shoulders were hurting him because his tension was so tight but we worked we on that it is getting better. He is working on Sophie knitting right now for practice. So last night as we were sitting outside he asked where Sophie knitting was. I asked him why and he said "Because I want to knit with you". I think he has also figured out that if you are going to sit around, you might as well be doing something productive! So he pulled out Sophie knitting and I secretly snapped a picture of him.

he is concentrating. And probably has a bit of his toungue sticking out. I have only seen him do that while concentrating on knitting. Anyway, I think it is cute. And I am glad that he takes an interest in the things I love too.

I have TWO FO to show you! I will get pics today and will post either tonight or tomorrow.

You have wonderful kids! How are you now they are in school? If you are like me, there is always something to do while they are gone, I can actually clean the house and keep it clean until my kids are out of school.

I gave up getting my 11yo to wear shoes. She will wear them to school, as it is a school rule, but the rest of the time it is near impossible. When she was a baby, I let her go barefoot as we lived in a warm climate and I had read it helps her feet develop better. When she started school, it was a problem. I had to compromise and let her wear sandals (which the school allowed). The only time she wears socks is when she is roller skating. As she grew older, she would wear tennis shoes to school, but would pull her shoes and socks off after school and stuff them in her backpack, walking home barefoot (a little under a mile).

Like you, I was concerned about her safety. I would ask her to wear her shoes home, but when I tell her I was concerned she get them cut on glass or get hurt, she tell me she had walked on broken glass before (accidentally) and it doesn hurt her. Once I had her lay down on her bed and I looked over the bottoms of her feet. The skin was thick and her feet were tough. I lost my battle over it. Anyhow I just let her wear flip flops, sandals or tennis shoes depending on her mood and what she wants (or more often, nothing). She 11 years old, in sixth grade in middle school, so I let her decide. She takes gymnastics which is done in her barefeet and she loves it.

My 10yo son on the gamma blue 11s for sale other hand almost always wears shoes outside. After the trouble with Hannah, I decided to start him in shoes a year before he started school.

Best wishes with your kids, enjoy the extra time, summer vacation is approaching!

Your kids look great. I guess you allowed Exie to go barefoot most of her younger days. Mine were the same way, and even now at ages 10 and 12, they hate wearing shoes (wearing them only for school and church). I learned to accept it, over the past few years when I sometimes help them with nail polish on their toenails, I notice their feet have grown tougher and it doesn seem to bother them running down the road or across the parking lot without shoes, I just keep a pair of flip flops for each in the car for hot days when the pavement is too warm.

One suggestion, it fine for Exie to go barefoot, but it may help protect her nails if she wears nail polish, even the clear kind would work. Kids at her age like to kneel down on sidewalks, etc and they can scratch and scrape her nails. My girls always liked making pictures with colored chalk on the sidewalks and someone told me it offers some protection to use nail polish on their toenails.

I don know about yours, but mine also love climbing trees and when they were younger, they would also argue over who would ride in the shopping cart.