This week was a pretty big deal for the Winns. Jarom has
been calling Alixa 30 for a while now, even though she doesn’t actually turn 30
until February. But nothing makes you feel old like sending your kids off to
school. So last Monday Jarom took a work from home day so he could make the
long walk to Rogers Elementary with Lix, Emmy, and Bo. He wasn’t worried about
Jenna. No, Jenna was always going to be just fine. She was going to run into
her class and meet new friends and do assignments and projects and learn things
and mutter under her breath at the other kids that weren’t doing the things
they were supposed to. Jarom never had any concerns about how little Jenna
would handle her big transition.
Waving bye to mom on Day 1
Alixa, on the other hand, she was going to have a tough day.
There had been some tears in the days and weeks leading up to this as they went
through school shopping and meet the teacher and all that jazz. But I guess
there just isn’t anything that can prepare a momma bear to let go. She did an
amazing job with all the logistics, making lunches and snacks for Jarom and
Jenna, prepping the backpack and making sure she had all the needed stuff,
laying out clothes the night before and figuring out a good morning routine to
help Jenna be ready to go on time. She had to figure out the best way to take
Bo and Emmy with her every morning, and she has done great. But it makes her
sad to let Jenna go every morning, and the fact that Jenna is making the
transition as easily as she is probably makes it worse. Would it kill a child
to just once be unable to leave their mother?! That’s really all they want.
So the daily routine is getting some serious shakeups. The
morning starts earlier, which nobody is really a fan of. After Jenna is off to
school Lix takes the other kids to the gym, comes home for Emmy’s nap and plays
with Bo, which he thinks is awesome. Starting this week Bo will have his own
school a few days a week, and he is pretty stoked about that. Around 3 they
head back over to retrieve Jenna and walk home, trying not to evaporate in the
100 degree heat. Every day Jenna has to tell Mom 3 things about her school day.
Bo and his preschool teacher
I also got in on the school action by volunteering to be a
guest speaker at reptile day with a bunch of church kids. It was fun to have a
field trip and everyone was pretty excited to meet me. They were all quite
brave and got to hold me and have their picture taken with me.
Jarom has spent most of his recent free time smashing things
in the master bathroom. Alixa has been requesting new tile on the floor and in
the shower for a long time, and she finally got her way. So the demo is afoot.
Demolition is one of those things that is fun in theory, and is pretty cool to
do for about 2 minutes, but then the exhilaration of smashing stuff starts to
wear off and your back starts to hurt and you start developing blisters on your
hands and you remember why you went to college and got a degree so you could
sit in an office and type on a keyboard. Much of the previous stuff is gone, so
now the fun part can get started. Hopefully it won’t be too long before it is
all finished and we have lots of gorgeous pictures to post here. Happy Labor
Day!
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