It is crazy up in here

Every 10 days or so we get an update from Jack's teacher about how things are going. They mostly say the same things: Jack stands up all during class, he never sits still, he doesn't pay attention, and he has to be reminded constantly to stay on task. I feel for the boy because none of it is intentional and he really wants to follow the rules but he just has too much energy. He is never bad or rude and luckily his teacher understands this because for his daily behavior chart he gets quite a lot of green stamps which means he hasn't broken any rules, but his inability to control his body, as we call it, is beginning to affect his school work. He skips problems on worksheets because he just doesn't notice them, he forgets to put his name on his paper, and he doesn't read the instructions all the way. As a lady who followed all the instructions/rules in class it is sometimes hard for me to relate to Jack's struggles in class. Pete says as long as Jack knows addition, for example, then just because he doesn't get an A on every worksheet doesn't matter and if he can learn addition while standing up then I need to let go of it. If Jack starts being bad and purposefully not following directions then we have a problem. It doesn't seem to bother Jack and he enjoys school so I am going with it.

Did you hear that I am having a girl?! I mean this is crazy. What am I going to do with a girl? I am so nervous. We have all decided that she is just going to have to be a tomboy. For starters I am not going to buy new baby clothes because it is really expensive to buy a whole new wardrobe for one child. She is going to be wrapped in blue blankets and people will be very confused when they see her. Secondly, Jack says she is going to have to love wrestling, throwing rocks, and riding on the John Deere. No matter what though she will be loved and Pete gets to have a little princess to spoil. She will definitely add a whole other dimension to our clan. It will be amusing to see how the boys react to having a little girl around. Pete has voiced concern about wiping a baby girl's bottom because you actually have to be careful and he wants to make sure she doesn't end up a stripper. I think those are his two main concerns at this point.

In other news we have decided to try and get out of the house and enjoy fall. We went to pick apples, we made apple butter,we rode on the Boilermaker Special, and went to Pappy's (on campus) to drink malts. We still want to go walking in the woods, visit a pumpkin patch, and do a few more fall things.We love fall around here.