Pilgrams and Indians and All That Stuff

Much to my dismay, Duncan had his first day of school. They say it is worse on the parent than the kid (don't get me wrong, it is horrible for me too), but I think Duncan would challenge that statement. He started school on 11/16/09, and did not stop crying until 12/10/09. Poor guy would bawl when you dropped him off and grab on like a spider monkey, and at the end of the day, he would burst into tears the instant he saw us. I think he thought we were going to leave him again and he wasn't taking any chances. He is gradually getting the hang of it, and has already came home singing the alphabet song. The other kids in the class seem to like him as they all say, "Hey Duncan" repeatedly when he arrives.

On the up side, Roland seems to do much better knowing that Duncan is at school with him rather than at home. He is no fan of school either. Poor guy says he doesn't like doing all that paperwork, which is pretty sad seeing as he isn't even in kindergarten yet.

The little men got to have Pow Wow at school before Thanksgiving. Roland (3rd Pow Wow) did a great job. He is really a good singer and we got the privilege of hearing him sing "You're a Grand Ole Flag" non-stop through the month of November. All that practice paid off and he had a great performance. I love this picture because he totally looks like he has two pilgram babes. No Puritanism for my guy.

Duncan (1st Pow Wow) didn't cry and didn't run for Shane and I like a lot of the little ones do, so I would say he did a fabulous job. He hadn't really been in school long enough to learn the songs, but I kept hearing him "clicking" (like the language) and I couldn't figure out why he was doing this. I thought maybe he had watched too much Discovery channel. During Pow Wow I realized one of the songs has this clicking in it so I guess he picked up at least a little bit.

One Little Indian

Although we have many things to be thankful for, especially two great boys and our friends and family, we are extremely thankful this year that Roland appears to be in good health. For those of you who didn't know, Roland had a colonoscopy on 12/11/09 in an effort to find out why he has had some intestinal bleeding. He had a polyp removed and we are thinking and hoping that this will cure him. Thanks to all of you who have been checking on him.
The tree is up (minus a few less ornaments than when we started), we have visited Santa (pics to come) and are waiting on the big day. See you all soon!