The Final Weekend & 1st Day Back to School

The boys went back to daycare today.  It was pretty surreal and they did fine but today definitely didn't go the way that we expected it to go. 

We woke the boys up a little earlier than we had been getting them up and fed them breakfast.  Stephanie left a while before us boys did so she could swing by their school and drop off all of their extra outfits and stuff that they need to have.  Kai had been pretty excited about going back to school and Eli was a tough read but you could tell he knew something was about to change as he became a little extra cuddly and whiny as today got closer and closer.

When we got to school Eli was pretty relaxed but Kai wasn't doing nearly as well.  Kai had a death grip on my legs and wouldn't let go for anything.  He wouldn't talk to anyone, even his old teachers that were so glad to see him. Eli cried when I handed him off to his teacher but stopped crying after about a minute and started playing.  When I left Kai he wanted several hugs, then a couple of boys came and asked him to play Avengers with them, he said no.  I left him in the middle of the playground and when I drove away he was still standing in the same place with his fingers in his mouth (his "go to" stance when he is uncomfortable / scared / nervous).  Daddy was sad.

Our final weekend before sending the boys back to daycare was pretty awesome except Steph had to work all day on Saturday.  Although the Lesnet family was down one, we still had a good time.  Us boys went up to Forrest Park where we played on the playground(s), rode the casserole, and played mini golf.  After the park, the boys went to lunch at Chipotle.  We came home after that and the boys took a nap / quiet time while I made a side dish for a get together with the McGriffs that evening.  I made a super simple rice and beans dish on our rice cooker, it was posted online by a college dude (yes, I used a recipe from a college boy that lives in a dorm) who makes it in his dorm room...so its easy (and delicious), check it out here.

Sunday we went to the last ever service at Genesis Church while it was still 1 church in 1 location.  Next Sunday, the Carmel campus has its "soft launch" so we kind of officially become 1 church in 2 locations.  For the 1st service, Stephanie and I assembled food bags for Kids Against Hunger, which is super fun so if you get a chance to do it, you will have a blast.  Genesis filled over 31k bags of food to feed the hungry here in the US and in Haiti...cool!

After church, I took Kai to the golf course while Eli took a nap.  I have been thinking of getting Kai some golf lessons and asked one of the assistant golf pros at Pebble Brook Golf Course (where we are members) if he had some time to spend with Kai.  Jake is a lefty like Kai is a lefty so I thought he would be the perfect pro to give Kai some pointers.  Jake agreed and gave Kai a great lesson where Kai did everything that Jake asked him to do.  Kai added about 20 yards to his driver and about 15 yards to his irons in the 20 minute lesson.  Then the 3 of us took it to the course where Jake continued to coach Kai in both the long game and the short game.  Kai had so much fun playing golf with Jake and getting better.  We will most definitely be getting some more lessons with Jake this year.

After golf we took the boys to the shoe store because their shoes seemed small.  Both of them have been in the same sized shoes for a long time (Kai about 9 months and Eli about 6 months), we have had them measured from time to time but those feet just weren't growing.  The rest of them were sure growing though...amazing how big they are now!  Anyway, Kai's feet grew 2 full sizes from an 11.5 to a 13.5 and Eli's feet grew a size and a half from 5.5 to 7...whoa!

There you have it, the last weekend of The Daddy Experiment and a recap of their first day back to school. 

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. - Matthew 7:24