Unfortunately, we ran into some problems with Josh's bike. Devin was trying so hard to get it all put together last night--even making a few runs over to work to find some sockets. Then, as he was tightening the last bolts onto the rear axle, it cracked!!!! It was heartbreaking! Not only because now Josh has to wait for another 3+ weeks for his bike to be completed, but because Devin had worked so hard to get it together for him. Poor guy. But it is a cool bike! I'll put pics up when we get the new part and have it all together! :)
But, it hasn't been as traumatic as I thought it might turn out to be. Josh is so wrapped up with school, and LOVING it, that he doesn't have too much time to think about the loss of his bike. He comes home looking like he's grown a foot--just glowing from how much fun he's having!! He sits right down and does his homework (which I LOVE that his teacher gives him homework!!!) and Claire and Andrew do the same (Ha ha)--they all sit at the table and draw letters and pictures. Yesterday, every time they drew a letter, everyone would yell, "I did it!! YEA!!!" And we'd all clap. Pretty funny! I've been able to have some great quality time with Andrew and Claire--especially Claire, as we've been learning things and having 'classes' together. It's been nice, and she looks forward to it. We play games, sing songs, do activities and projects, and she helps me to make yummy snacks for everyone. I think she is really benefiting from Josh being at school as well. Andrew wandered around sadly the first day he was gone, but he's adjusting, too. He does some of the games and activities with Claire and me. It's been nice. I've also been teaching my housekeeper how to cook things the way I do. She's been enjoying that! :) So, as worried as I was about the new 'dynamics' of the schedule of our home, so far it seems to be a really happy one! :)
An interesting story about little Joshua's school experience: It seems that pretty much all the kids eat lunch there in the 'Canteen' (cafeteria). I guess it turns out that one of the teacher's helpers in his classroom thought that all the kids ate there, and that Josh was just bringing snacks from home, so she told Josh to get in line and get some food! I was getting really concerned that he would come home and not have eaten anything at all!! He leaves here at 7:15am and doesn't get home until almost 3pm. I know he likes to eat a lot, so I was really starting to worry about his health!! Josh, I think, knew it wasn't right, because he came home from his first day and told me he had a secret and he couldn't tell me. Then, when he got home today, he said the same thing at dinner. We finally got the story out of him, but he was afraid to tell us in case we got mad. Poor boy! We didn't get mad, of course. I sent in a note to his teacher explaining that we decided to send lunch with him instead of buying it because I like to have some control over his diet (due to allergies, etc., besides the fact that I KNOW that what I send with him is healthy as opposed to lots of deep-fried 'goodness'). I also sent him with the money to pay for the two days that he had eaten there without paying. Hopefully he learns a lot of things from this experience: #1-it's ok to tell mom and dad anything. We're not going to get mad at him for telling us the truth!!! #2-to be honest and pay for the things that you have had. #3-mom makes better food! (ha ha) He's a good kid. He helped me pack his whole lunch in tonight, so hopefully with the note explaining the situation to his teacher, a long talk with mom and dad, and having put his own favorite things in his lunch, it should be mostly resolved now. We shall see.
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