First Day of Fall

Last week Jason shot a groundhog that has just been rotting in the woods. Today the turkey vultures found it and we had as many as five of them at a time fighting over the bones. While I was fixing supper, I noticed that the birds were in the trees. At first we thought it was a fox, but after looking on line, we think it was a coyote that had scared the birds away and was having supper. Of course, Jason couldn't resist taking a shot at it too. He thinks he hit it, but it was with a 22, so probably didn't kill it. A little while later another groundhog came out to see the fuss and 2 deer were in the woods too. It has been a very zoo-like day at the Carmean house.

Josiah's First Day of Preschool

Josiah is attending the 2-day a week preschool at Woodville Grace Brethren Church.

His classes are Wednesday and Friday mornings. We made the final decision that he would attend there when we found out his teacher would be Mrs. Gilbert, a friend of ours. Even though he is 4, he is in the "3-year old class" because he will not go to Kindergarten next year.

Last Thursday we had his orientation, and he was very shy. New building and new faces and he just wasn't so sure about everything. He sat on my lap or very close to me the entire time. I wasn't sure about dropping him off this morning. But...

He did great! Jason and I went to drop him off today. After getting his name tag and putting his back pack in his box, he gave us hugs and kisses and went off to play. That was way easier than I thought it would be.

Jason and I went out for breakfast and celebrated having all our children in school. Then I went to the grocery "all by myself." It was wonderful!

Josiah said on the way home that he loved Mrs. Gilbert and can't wait to go back on Friday, so we are off to a good start.