Holy hell, it's almost September.

September has always been a tough month for me.  I get horribly depressed, thinking of the end of summer and arrival of fall/winter, cold weather, long days...  It happens every year, and poor Paul usually doesn't know what to do.  There's really nothing he can do to make it better.  It just is.  I'm trying not to dread it because I know that going in with a more positive attitude will make things easier.  But being the realist that I am, I know it just won't work that way.

We had a great summer!  Jackson learned to swim and that was a HUGE milestone I wanted him to achieve.  He does so well in the water, and it makes it so much more fun to go to Waynee World, the pool, etc.  He took private lessons this summer--just 5 from a high school graduate who taught in her home pool.  She was awesome for those lessons, and I really do think he learned a lot from Courtney.  I don't know if she'll be home from college next summer to teach again, but if she is, we'll be calling her.

We had a couple great weekends away at the lake!  One weekend with my family and another with Paul's sister and her hubs and kids.  Both were so much fun and it was great for Jackson to spend that kind of time with his cousins.  I have that Mom-guilt of only having one child, and him not getting to interact much with other kids his age.  He got a couple good doses of that this summer!

And now, we're embarking on a new adventure--PRESCHOOL!  Jackson started this past week.  He'll go every Tues and Thurs morning from 9-11:30am.  He missed one day this week though--he caught a bug (or it's allergies??!), so I kept him home on Thurs.  But starting next week, he'll go full force.  He seemed to do just fine on his first official day--no tears (at least from him), and he did everything as well as could be expected!  A part of me wants to stand outside the window and watch him all morning, just to see what he does, and if he does ok.  I resisted though.  We took him out to lunch on Tues and tried asking a million questions, but he wasn't giving up the goods.  In time, I'm sure he'll share.

He'll also start back to speech therapy after Labor Day (Friday mornings).  His speech has improved greatly this summer, but there are still some hiccups that therapy will help with.  It's hysterical to hear some of our expressions coming out of his mouth!  The other morning, while laying on his changing table, he asked if he could see a movie.  I gave my standard "We'll see" response, to which he added, "After one more nap, I see a movie.  Ok, deal?"  I nearly wet myself laughing!  My 3.5 year old is negotiating deals with me??!  Help me now.

Hello, September.  Be gentle with me.  We have a lot planned this month--taking Jackson to his first movie in a theater next weekend (Planes), our last weekend at Waynee World, a family wedding...hopefully enough to keep my mind off what's coming up!