New Seats

We took the plunge and switched the girls around with new car seats. They have been in their infant seats and needed new car seats for a while now. We had planned on buying them new ones before we even left Utah but couldn't because of finances. We finally reached the point where we needed to get them new ones but it was a struggle trying to find ones that would work in our car with five kids who all have a seat of some sort. The only way to fit two car seats side by side were ones facing forward so the girls are now seeing a whole new world when we drive around. We switched Grant's seat to the back, put Hudson in a booster, and switched Addie to the middle so that she could help us out with the girls and also help with sliding the seat forward for the boys to get to the back. This is also the best way to navigate our new school pickup situation because we need to quickly get three kids into their spots as fast as possible so that the line can move smoothly. So far everyone likes their new arrangements. Hopefully it continues to work out because it felt like solving a complicated puzzle until we got to the layout that we finished on. 

Sick Boy

Poor Hudson has been so sick. He's missed a lot of school this week. He consistently had a fever of 103° and it got scary. He kept crying that he couldn't breathe so we spent a lot of time with running hot water near the shower to try and help his airways clear. His teacher was also concerned and would call home about him. She's the sweetest ever. We took Hudson to urgent care where he was cleared on everything so we still don't know what was going on with him but thankfully he's feeling much better now. I think the worst is behind him. We felt so bad for him though when he was in the thick of it. Hudson boy we love you so much.

First Day of PreK

Grant might be the happiest boy in the world right now. There's a preschool program done at the elementary school and we found out over the weekend that Grant was accepted as a late enrollment. We were so excited to let him know. Well actually I went through waves of excitement. One minute I would be and then the next I would already start missing him. Luckily it's not all day like kindergarten and he got placed into the afternoon class which is awesome because I do not want to wake up three kids that early in the morning and this way he can join Addie and Hudson at pickup like the big kid he really wants to be. He didn't sleep a wink last night which I'm sure was fun for his new teacher Ms. Poole. It's so weird to have more kids outside of home than at home with me during the day and apparently three kids later I still am the mom that tears up when dropping them off on the first day. Actually tearing up is putting it lightly. I full on sobbed. I miss that kid. If only the kids could enjoy the world and still never leave my side . . . that's possible right? 🤟

He looks so big!

He will continue to do his online preschool as well as the in person one. So far the first three kids have all done two forms of PreK at the same time. This wasn't planned but has worked out for us.

This is how I found him in his bed tonight. Tired kid. 

Nursery!

Officially in nursery! If only they liked it. 💛💜

We've been trying for a few weeks now to get them used to nursery and they are not fans of it. We actually started trying back in Utah before we left and they gripped on to me the whole time. It's crazy because we have never had an issue with the first three kids as far as taking them to nursery. They never even looked back at us. It helped that Addie and Hudson both started when they were 14 months old though. Addie was there that early because Danny and I were both called to be nursery leaders so she came along for the ride. Hudson started that early because he simply made it happen. I was teaching a primary class right next door to the nursery and he would spend the whole time trying to sneak into that room that those leaders finally asked if I would be okay if he joined them. He was thrilled. He loved it so much. Grant started at 18 months old and he had zero issues with it but then Covid hit and church was cancelled for over a year so I guess it didn't last long for him but for that short time he did just fine. These two little girls however are a whole new ball game for us. They have huge separation anxiety and never let me or Danny our of their sight. You'd think that since there's two of them and they have each other that it would be so easy but that's not the case at all. Even with our extended family they would not let anyone else hold them. I'm hoping that I can just be a nursery leader in this new ward because I hate the idea of them crying the whole time and honestly I would love to be in there with them. Some people are surrounded by little kids all week that on Sundays they need a mental break from them but I'm the opposite. I do better when I have my kids around me. I think that's why the first day of school is always so bittersweet. I love being with my babies though. All five of them. :)

*That blue dress that Quinn is wearing is the same dress that Addie wore on her first official day in nursery. 💜