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First Day of School
By Margot | September 8, 2009
The boys on their first day of 1st and 4th grade
Ready to go!
Charlie having a blast flying in the pool – courtesy of Uncle Tom
Sam playing golf
Andy golf
Charlie ping pong
Sam in cooking class
Andy mixing it up
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We dropped the boys off for their first day of school today. I can’t believe it.  They were very excited and a little nervous. Sam couldn’t sleep last night. I’m really happy with both of their teachers this year and think we hit the jackpot with both of them. Sam’s 4th grade class has 32 kids this year. He’s only ever had twenty so we’ll see how it goes.   Tanner is in his class and and a lot of other kids he knows so I think he’s pretty happy. They don’t have his FM system set up yet but his new hearing aids make such a difference in what he can hear that I think he’ll be all right for a few days. We did a hearing test last week and it was amazing how well he did repeating words back, I’m hoping it’ll translate into a much easier time in school.Â
Sam’s been feeling really good the last week. His appetite is back and he’s been up for lots of golf, tennis, soccer and swimming.  On Sunday the boys did their first 18 holes of golf.   Wohoo! Neil’s got them so Sam and Andy are both hitting really well. Charlie mostly just runs up and down the hills. He tees off and then we pick up his ball and drop it on the green and then he loses interest about the 4th hole. Last night we went and played tennis before going to bed since the all day pool party at Monica’s didn’t get out all of their nervous energy.  Sam’s counts are holding. Still good platelets. I took Sam and Andy to a cooking class on Sunday that I bid on for their school auction and they had a blast but don’t think I wasn’t a little weary of the huge cleaver-like knives they gave the kids to cut up the vegetables. Someone at our table said jokingly about the kids and knives, “Well if they get cut, it’ll clot.”  I was thinking, “Well I hope so.” We were still at 151 on Friday. No cuts though and the boys had a great time being chefs for the day. Though when it came time to eat what they made (Mexican food) Andy picked the veggies out of the soup, and pretty much picked apart everything else.  Sam liked most of it though.
VMA last week was 30 (down ten from the previous week) and HVA was 40 (didn’t have it from previous week) LDH was 598 -normal but up about 40 points from the previous week. Best of all though, no pain at all. We had a nice regular fun last week of summer. The boys had a great time at Mack’s birthday party. They went out on the bay on a paddle board and couldn’t stop talking about how much fun it was. I will post the grand total that Mack raised with his birthday party as soon as I have it. I went over to him at the party and thanked him and told him what a great thing it was that he did and he said so sweetly, “And you know what else I did? I went to the orthodontist and told them about it the nurse was so impressed that I asked people to donate for my birthday that she said she would send a donation.”   Pretty special nine year old.Â
Charlie boy starts school next week. Two day a week preschool. He is still steadfastly refusing to be potty-trained though I know he is ready. Luckily, I think we go the only preschool in the country that lets kids start anyway. I’m hoping the peer pressure will get to him because I am out of tricks. I’ve tried everything. Anyway, tomorrow is his back to school picnic where he’ll meet the kids in his class. He was not all that thrilled to meet his teachers last week so it’s going to be interesting. Can’t believe he’s starting school too. Holy cow.
Happy first day of school to everyone.  First soccer games are this Saturday. I’ll post our sports updates on Monday and give you an update on how school is going later this week and how platelets are going.
Margot
Topics: Progress Reports | 8 Comments »
September 8th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
So glad to hear you had a great week of fun and sports and cooking. Love the photos – the boys all look great. Sam looks like a natural on the golf course.
As for potty training, don’t give up hope. Wyatt finally decided he was ready and now we are done with diapers. And he is 6 months older than Charlie. He finally got to move up to the pre-K class.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Thanks for the pictures. The boys are getting so big and all very handsome.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Great to see everyone doing so well!!! Love your family of athletes…
L,
Meryl
September 9th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Happy first day of school to Sam and Andy ! The photos are fantastic ! They all look happy and satisfied !!!
Congrats to Neil for getting them to do 18 holes… impressive!
Love to all,
Colleen
September 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
So glad the boys had a great first day of school and even more happy counts and pain are looking good! Very jealous about hte good first day of school pics…could not get Bronson to take one singe decent picture with his 3rd grade attitude!
Sending you good thoughts, prayer and hope,
Leann
September 9th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Just wanted to say congrats on the first day of school and how much I enjoyed the great pictures of the boys! Love to all there, Shirley & Family
September 10th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Had a bad day at work, read TeamSam, and it brightened my day! Missed you last time in CA! LOVE the progress – it’s inspiring. I assume the boys have inherited their mother’s behavioral demeanor at school – they want to go to school (unlike their father).
September 10th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Music to our ears Margot! Fantastic! Go Sam Go!