Adjusting to school

The title of my post is not really talking about Nate but about me! Surprisingly, Nate has made the transition to big boy school very well. He still likes it every day and isn't having major meltdowns at home like I thought he might (after having spent half the day "holding it all in" at school). The adjustment has really been for me--trying to figure out how to organize my day and week, since everything is different now. I'm getting into a new groove, though, and I like it.

Nate spends time every day talking about things he is looking forward to. Right now those things are riding in a big airplane (for our trip to VA) and riding the school bus. (The school bus thing is slated to start on June 30, when he would be riding just in the mornings, but we might change our minds about this and just keep driving him. I'm sad that this would disappoint him, but we'll see.) To help him understand when fun things are going to happen, I got a calendar with big numbers. He can help me change out the month and the numbers each month, and then on event days, we'll put on a special label. For May, you can see his birthday and our airplane trip:



He also knows a song with the days of the week (just start on Sunday and sing all the days through twice to the tune of "Oh my darlin' Clementine"), and the calendar will help him figure those out too.

Here are a couple of pictures from last night, when he and I were laughing at how his pants looked: