Another month of kindergarten done. Seth seems to like it, but he doesn't tell me very much. He comes home and is off ... he loves to ride his bike around and go to friend's houses and play. He spends a lot of time playing with the kids at the houses next door and the next door over. But he also likes to ride his bike down the next street and play with kids. A boy a few houses done is in his class (though the kids at that house kind of run wild ... the 2 year old runs around unsupervised and often in the street) and they like to play together. He really likes to play with his friend from preschool last year and also just found out one of his soccer team mates also lives in the same col-de-sac as that friend. But I have to be careful, because I can make an off hand remark and Seth will think that means he can play and he will just leave. Or he will go and wait for his friend to get home ... he really LOVES to play with his friends and nothing at home can compare.
Seth started homework this month. He finds it pretty exciting. I wish they would send home books for him to read, but it's mostly practicing writing. He zips it out in a few minutes and doesn't want to hear my commentary about what he did right or wrong.
Seth is still loving doing the walking school bus. He likes to tell the other kindergarteners how it works and what they are doing wrong.
Seth still insists on matching clothes with Andrew every single day. His fleece from Ridgewood finally came, so now their jackets can match, too. I had to change how I keep their clothes so it's easy for them to find matching clothes. Seth tends to just pull out every single article of clothing until he finds what he wants and then leave them all on the floor. It drives me nuts! He does that with everything ... just leaving everything everywhere and then he can't find anything. He is always leaving his bike helmet everywhere and then we can't find it. One day he left it at a friend's house and his mom found it in the kitchen sink!
Seth is still a little hysterical at times (like today, he was positively nuts!). Every time it is time to clean up, he starts crying, sometimes hysterical and moaning and groaning and thrashing around on the floor. It is all a little ridiculous. Even if everything is almost clean and there is just a bit to do, it is the same theatrics every time. Also whenever he wants to play video games. Or watch TV. Or look at a screen. Drives me crazy!!!
Also, every night at dinner, he starts the same moaning and groaning about "I hate it". It doesn't matter what it is - he will hate it. Or on the off chance that I make something he likes, he will be upset that he doesn't like the side dishes. He always moans "Why do you always make something I hate" which is always answered with "because you hate almost everything". It usually is met with some more rolling around on the floor and maybe a tantrum, though he usually ends up eating a bit at least. He always eats during the prayer and just can't sit still during dinner.
Lately he has started to be trouble at church ... I don't know if he is just getting the short end of the stick lately, but he seems to always want whatever Logan wants and they are fighting more than usual. At church, he wants whatever Logan is looking at. Then he will try to touch Noah when he isn't supposed to or otherwise cause trouble until he finally gives up and lies on the ground looking bored out of his mind.
Seth had his last soccer game of the season yesterday. He played well as usual, though not quite as fancy footwork since it was so cold. He got 2 goals, about typical for him. I think he probably has some of the best footwork of any of the kids we saw on the league. He just really gets soccer, much better than most of the other kids. He seems to reflexively know where to run and what to do. Even the other parents notice that Seth is a natural - of course, he loves to practice all the time, too. I just hope he never wants to do travel soccer - parks and rec is already exhausting enough for me! He got a little trophy. We just brought it into the house this evening and it already had its head knowcked off within an hour. Ahhh ... life in a house full of boys. Seth is already excited for the next sport - basketball which starts in a few weeks. He wants to do every sport as he is constantly telling me. New sports are always being added ... he says he needs to do gymnastics now! We'll see about that.
Seth really enjoyed hiking the mountain with Katsu. He is not a really great traveler, but I think all-in-all he enjoyed the trip. He is always in such a hurry that he practically ran up the mountain. Hopefully, it will be good memories for the two of them.
Seth went to his first play this month. He went and saw the Little Prince with Katsu and Andrew. I tried to read them it but we only got through a few chapters. It's hard to get in novel reading with a baby around. I did pick up the graphic novelization of it at the library and the boys read/looked through most of it. He really enjoyed it. They went up to shake hands with the characters at the end. Their next play is on Friday.
We also went and helped feed the homeless one Saturday in October. I hope to keep being able to do service days and find service I can do with the kids. Seth was great at handing out water and making friends with the other little boy there helping.
Fun Things This Month:
- lots of soccer games. Seth made lots of goals.
- general conference. We had candy for the key words.
- Trip to Asheville.
- Flu mist
- Greenville fall festival ... kind of a bust since everything cost money and I didn't bring any cash, but they got cotton candy and got to get fire hats and go on a bus.
- making Halloween cookies at home.
- first play - Little Prince.
- help feed the homeless at the park. We are going to start going each month.
- trunk or treat at church
- trick or treating at library
- fall fest
- halloween festivities at school - making cookies, counting and sorting candy ... sounded fun.
- neighborhood halloween party
- Halloween!!!!
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