First week of our "new" life...

So as most of you know, we are now on a new family schedule in the Droegemeier house. Amy has decided (her free-will choice) to take a new position at Hallmark in order to acquire an 80% (or part-time) schedule. This means all Fridays off for the foreseeable future. Jacob was pretty happy about this -- until he realized that he has to go to school while Josh and I get to stay home. Poor guy! Josh, on the other hand, is pumped! He said to me tonight that he can't wait to stay home and play Lego Star Wars on the Playstation all day tomorrow. Um, yeah, like I'm going to ruin my new "good mom" status (ha ha!) and let him sit in front of the tube all day... Or maybe I will and not tell anyone... (Oops, just did!) However, I am sure that Josh will most definitely benefit from some house-all-to-himself time while Jacob is at school. Of course, we'll use some of that time to engage in the glamourous tasks of grocery shopping, laundry and toilet-bowl cleaning to break the monotony. :)

Pretty uneventful week here in the Droegemeier house this week. Jacob went back to school on Tuesday and already seems to be back in the swing of things. Josh had fun getting back together with all of his friends at LaPetite. If it wasn't for the toy explosion of new toys all over the house (think "Death Star threw up" and you'd have our Star Wars heaven pictured perfectly!), you'd think the two-week holiday we just came out of never happened. Such is life...

Funniest thing the boys did this week... Jacob figured out last night after church that he was finally big enough to give piggy back rides to smaller kids. Like small as in Josh. So the two of them giggled their way up and down the classroom hallway at church and again around and around the couch at home. Luckily Mom was there to overhear their plotting... "Hey, Josh. Wanna go upstairs?" "Yeah, Jacob! Carry me piggyback!" "OK, let's go!" Keep in mind that there is only about a 20 pound difference between these two and that Josh's legs are way too short to wrap around even Jacob's tiny torso. ACK! Mom stopped that one before it became a not-so-funny story about a trip to the ER. The peals of laughter were enough to carry us through the bickering at the breakfast table and through the rest of the evening... THIS is what it's all about...

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