To catch up...we spent all of August & September trying to adjust to our new life as a kindergartener. Homework & soccer practice took all of our time. Braden had to start going to bed @ 8 p.m. instead of 9 or later. In fact some nights he was asleep by 7 p.m. Life without naps was hard at first! K5 has been fun too though. Braden reads so much already and is learning at a lightening fast rate. He's doing wonderful!
October was our on our first school field trip, to McWane Science Center. That was a blast! Running around playing with his friend Hunter most of the day...you can't beat that. Then the very next day we went with our Papaw to Talladega where we watched the cars qualifying and the trucks racing. Since Braden is in love with anything that has an engine, the whole NASCAR experience was wonderful for him. So, it's no surprise that Braden was a racecar driver for Halloween the very next night.
November flew by in a rush. Josh was given the honor of walking with his unit in the nation's oldest Veteran's Day parade! The Birmingham parade is something that has quickly become a family tradition every year and watching my husband march in the parade made me very proud. Of course...the last half of the month was spent thinking of Christmas. Missing Kendall everyday...wishing we could see her again...but that's another long story. We actually missed Thanksgiving with the family because Braden had strep throat. He had it once at the end of August and then again almost the entire week of Thanksgiving! His trip to the doctor with his daddy at the end of August was when we first realized that Braden doesn't get a fever on his forehead. He gets it under his arms and on his scalp. He had a fever and we never realized it since we'd just put our hands on his forehead. Of course, he hadn't been sick in almost 3 years so it was almost a new experience to us anyway.
Now that December is here we are doing an official countdown to Santa Claus! 17 days! We've already seen Santa and told him what we'd like for Christmas and got our picture made. We even got a video from St. Nick. I love Christmas, it's so exciting...especially with a 5 year old!
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