First Day of School

Megan began Kindergarten this year.  Her first day of school was about 2 weeks ago. She has been looking to starting kindergarten since her last day of preschool back in May.  She was a little worried about making new friends, but within about three days she said she had three new friends.  I'm way excited at how well she has been doing with school.  We haven't had any crying fits and refusals to go into the school.  We did have one break down one day after I picked her up from school.  She said it was because she was so tired.  As soon as she was home and had some lunch, she was good as new!

Megan playing on the playground while waiting for the first bell to ring.

The first bell rang and the class has all lined up.

 Megan is blocking the sun from her eyes while waiting for the teacher to come out and bring them into the school.

Daniel began 2nd grade at his new school today.  As nice as it was to have some time with just him while Megan was at school, I was so excited for today to come yesterday.  Daniel needs something to keep him busy.  The things I have asked him to do and that we did together wasn't enough to keep him busy.  I'm excited to see what this new school brings as challenges for him.  I also get a couple hours everyday just for me.........at least for a few months.

Unfortunately, I only have pictures of him from home.  Because of the distance of the school and me needing to get Megan to school immediately after Daniel, I didn't have time to take pictures of him at the school.  I only had enough time to drop him off and get to Megan's school.

Perfectionism is Unhealthy

I saw an article online today about a talk Cecil O. Samuelson gave at a BYU devotional. In it, he says, "(Perfectionism) is corrosive and destructive and is the antithesis of the healthy quest for eventual perfection that the Savior prescribes."

This is so true for me.  We've recently refinished a few rooms in our home to make proper space for the new baby.  I have shirked away from the work not because I was lazy or too busy.  I shirked it because I was afraid that the end product would not meet Julie's expectations--or worse--that it wouldn't meet my expectations.

Now that all the work is done, I see flaws all over the place.  However, there is also a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that I did it.  In retrospect, I think it would have been cheaper to have a pro come and do it for us...but it was a good experience for me...to seek and not achieve perfection.