The second day of school...

I'm posting this even though I didn't get a chance to finish what I was going to write. Can you guess why? LOL Anyway, I'm hoping to get back to it sometime soon, but I've caught a bit of a cold and don't feel like doing much of anything that's not absolutely neccessary. So here's my partial post...
>08.28.08
I was going to try to post yesterday. As it was the first day of school for Nile and Noah. But, I never got around to it. I ended up doing some of the housework that gets put off (with four active boys in the house) and just never sat at the computer long enough to write. So, today is the second day of school for Nile and Noah, James and Jonah are napping, and here's how it's been going...
We kinda prepped them last week that school would be starting. And it was really nice when their teacher came by to say "Hi!" and refamiliarize them with her. <--- does that sentence make sense. Anyway, she came by and brought some "homework" for them to color and hang on the wall when school started. So, yesterday, I got up early...actually, James and Jonah got me up early...around 4am. So, I just headed to the kitchen and started making the boys lunches for school. And when I got Nile and Noah up at 7am I thought for sure it would be plenty of time. NOT!!! So I altered their schedule this morning and got them up at 6:45am and things were better. Next week, it will probably have to be 6:30 cause we were still 5 min. late this morning. I hate being late. Anyway, after waking them up yesterday, they were kinda whiney and kept insisting they didn't want to go to school. We kept reminding them that their friend Savannah was going to be there and she would be excited to see them. And they have a brand new classroom and teacher this year. So after a little convincing, they had breakfast and we put their uniforms on and we headed out the door. (There's actually alot more little stuff that goes on with the morning routine, but I don't have time for all that right now. Sorry. I know how important those little details are to you all. :op ) So, we got to school and Nile was ready to go right away. I had to convince Noah to go though. I finally got him out of the truck by telling him it was against the law to leave a 4yr old in the vehicle by themself and I could get a ticket...or worse! Well, we wheeled up the new ramp headed toward the new classroom and Noah stopped half way up. So, Nile and I continued and when Savannah saw Nile she screamed "Nile!" then said, "Nile, where's Noah?" So I headed back towards Noah and told him Savannah was waiting for him. He smiled and headed up the ramp when he heard her yell out the door, "Nooooooaaaaahhhhh! Where are you?" LOL How cute is that?! Noah started running up the ramp and right into the room. So I stuck around a while as they got settled and proceeded to tell the teacher (when she asked about rules at home) that one of mommy's rules was to not put things on the baby's heads. LOL I knew they'd be alright. The day was going pretty good and I got alot of things done around the house. So I had planned on heading over to Kohl's to see if I could find some more uniform shirts for the boys. We ordered some online that had the school logo on them from a uniform company that was advised in the new school handouts. Well, we only received two of them, the other were on backorder. So when I dropped the boys off at school and saw that they were the only one's in the full uniform with (logo) shirts, I decided to cancel the rest of the order and just go get some plain ole blue polos for them to wear. That's what the other kids were wearing so... I was going to head to Kohl's and look for some plain blue polos.

Well, it's 0526 hrs...

...and the little one's and the big one's are still A-S-L-E-E-P. Well, the little one's had a bottle at 0500 and then went back to sleep. Yes, sadly, we refer to our children as the "little one's" and the "big one's". But, whatdayado?
So I thought since I was up, I'd try to blog a little.
Things here on the homefront have been realatively...the norm. Well...the norm for us. A couple of weeks ago, when Dolly hit, we had some family come and stay with us. My sister Daisy and her family were without power and water and running out of food with no fridge. So they headed up this way. My dad and stepmom decided to stick it out, but did send my little sister Lilly with my sister Daisy...is there a flower theme going here. Lilly...Daisy... Anyway, my little sister Karen is in Spain for the summer, so she wasn't home. But Daisy, Lilly and the crew came to stay a while. It was actually pretty fun. Daisy has three boys that are about the same age as ours. Her youngest just turned a year old. So all of our boys had such a blast playing together. I'll have to post some of the pics she took while here. And I have to admit, it was nice to have some extra hands around. Just to be able to run to the store for a little something, and not have to haul all of the kids, was nice. Although, one day we decided to take all seven kids to Walmart. That was an experience. Whew! Then on a couple of days, my cousin Claudia and her family showed up to visit. They are from the Valley also and were staying with their Aunt in Austin. They have three boys also and she is pregnant with their fourth....a GIRL! They were without water or power also and stuck it out for a few days. But with being pregnant and with three kids...you just can't do that for very long. So on a couple of days, we had TEN boys, all under the age of eight, running around the house. It was ... loud! And fun! The kids had a blast and we got to talk for a while. So it was a busy week at the Copeland Compound.
What else...
Noah and Nile will be starting school (K4) in a few weeks. They have to wear uniforms this year and I haven't been able to find anything I need for them. Sigh. I'm kinda excited about them going again this year. They really seemed to enjoy it last year. Plus, it gives me a little break during the day to try to get things done without two extra little one's around.
Ken was notified a few weeks ago that all of the CG Reserves in Corpus Christi are going to be Demobilized. Which means...he's coming home! And going back to his "free-world" job at the PD. It's going to be weird. He's been activated for seven years now. We won't know what to do with him home full time. Gonna take some getting used to again. You know, you kinda get into a "routine" and get used to things being a certain way. But, we adjusted with kids/two sets of twins. Now that was an adjustment! So, October 1st will be his last day on active duty.
I'm getting hungry. This morning will be Banana chocolate chip pancakes. It's pretty much become my Saturday morning routine. Most other days we're running here or there. But Saturday is the Sabbath, Shabbat Shalom, and no where to go so it's pancakes for breakfast. Whoo-hoo!
I can't think of anything else to update on. Family is all doing well and we're just chugging along.

Shalom