First Week of Ruth Washburn!!!

Last weekend was a busy weekend spent doing more projects that the landlords have neglected to get done as promised… staining the deck and putting in a walk way off the deck to reduce mud… and watching college football! This week was my first week back at work and Sierra's first week of preschool! It was a busy week coming off of the four day holiday weekend and we were all tired last night. I enjoyed my first week back at Ruth Washburn as a Teacher's Assistant. It can be hard to be second in line and follow the lead of another teacher, but is also so wonderful to arrive just a few minutes before class and be able to leave when it's over! … No Prep-work! While I'm TAing Sierra goes to Afternoon Explorers, which is a free play program in one of the classrooms. She joins friends for lunch, some play time, and then a rest. She took a nap each afternoon except for Wednesday when she was a tornado at the end of the day! Luckily she fell asleep for a short nap on the way home and woke up a happy camper! With time she'll adjust to her new schedule and is loving the time spent with other children at the school!

Thursday morning was Sierra's first day of her preschool class with Brenda! Brenda is her head teacher and she's wonderful!!! She has been at Ruth Washburn for about 20+ years!!! And her TA, Lauren, is a kick in the pants. Cole was able to go with us to drop Sierra off for her first day and Sierra enjoyed showing daddy around the playground before school started. So far she has had a blast and had a fabulous week (aside from biting another little boy Friday!) What a horrible sinking feeling it is to be on the other side of the fence now and be the parent of a bitter!!! URGH… made me want to cry!!! We're working on using her words when she's frustrated…

In the meantime Cole has been very busy completing his change of command inventories for taking over a company command at the end of the month. This entails him going through every piece of equipment assigned to the company or anyone in the company… what a daunting task! And in the end he will sign for $64,000,000+ equipment under his responsibility! So he's a little stressed! Our lives are picking up a bit but I think it will be great in the long run as Sierra and I will have our place of belonging at Ruth Washburn outside of the Army for a while… and that will keep us busy while Cole is busy in Command!

Hope you enjoy the pictures of last week's adventures!