Matthew

My sweet little Matthew has had a hard week. His life has been turned upside down and he is not happy about it! I started back to work on August 9... back to teaching 3rd grade at my old school. People think I am crazy, going back to work.... three little kids, adopting and bringing home our daughter in a few months. But, it was definitely the right decision for our family. There were many reasons why I needed to go back to work this year, and I am confident we made the right decision for our family. BUT- my kids are being put through the ringer, well....Matthew has been put through the ringer. The week before school started, we put Timothy with his babysitter for a few days to help him "transition." We thought Matthew would have NO PROBLEM transitioning because he is such a happy, laid back kid so we did not put him in until this week. Timmy is a mommy's boy- we thought he would be miserable. Well, Timothy did great. He loves Melody (ga-ga as we all call her!) He naps great, eats great, plays great and by the third day he was reaching for her when I was holding him. No issues at all! Matthew has been all tears. We drop him off and the screaming and kicking begins. He holds onto our legs screaming "I don't want to go to school." It is awful. I pick him up and he looks soooooo sad. The first thing he says is "Can we go home now?" He hates it. Thursday night he literally fell asleep screaming from his room "I don't want to go to school tomorrow." It.has.been.painful. I am trying to get out of work early to go get him, but it was the first week of school and I have so much to do. It has just been really hard. We have spent the weekend relaxing at home. I have talked to him a lot about how some days are school days, some are home days.... and that even when he goes to school, mommy will pick him up and we can go home and play. Please pray that next week is better!

Here are some pictures of his second day of school. Yes, I did not say first day of school. That would be because I forgot the camera on his first day (poor second kid).

Matthew finished up his t-ball season and got a trophy. We are looking forward to starting him out in Little League next year so he can have the same experiences that Andrew had with T-ball.