this is how we roll... ;)

fun w silly putty...

Who knew that silly putty and a garlic press could be so much fun! :) 

From Jan. 18th...

day 2 of school! :)

He is so excited about school!  I'm thrilled too! Woo hoo for our both having made it through this big step. I'm so so proud of him and all his hard work. 

He has "show and tell" tomorrow.  He's taking in a tiny traffic sign from one of his lego sets bc it's a triangle and that's one of their topics this week.  Cutie pie!  Wish I could hear him share about it.  Hope they'll understand him... 

First day of (Nursery) School !!

does this say confidence, or what?!

his faux bashful face...  

such enthusiasm!!!  he was so excited! :)

he wanted me to take his photo in front of every door...

ready to go.

Doesn't he actually look older here!?!?  This is when we had just arrived home from his first day at school.  He seems more grown up somehow...  Wow!

playing school last week -

prepping for starting (nursery) school this week.  he was so adorable and asked to play school, after one of our school visits.  he wanted me to be the teacher and then he wanted to be the teacher.  we had his animals all lined up to be the students. he was reading to them and asking them questions.  giving them lots of praise like "thank you, giraffe!"  and "good job, monkey!" complete with smiles and thumbs up signals.  such a cutie!  :)

a big "first" for us tomorrow morning

Eli starts "school" tomorrow.  He'll be going 3 mornings a week to nursery school. He's delighted about it and can't wait to start.  I'm excited too AND nervous.  I'm sure he'll love it and learn so much.  I just hope I don't cry when I say good bye to him.  He does okay with my leaving him for Sunday School time each week.  I'm hoping this goes as smoothly. We'll see.  We did spend a day together at the school last week, to walk through the routines and see what his time there will be like.  He really enjoyed it and came home and promptly asked to play school.  :)

Biting my nails and hoping I can sleep tonight....

(People keep asking me what I'm going to do with my time when he's there.  I plan to grocery shop, clean, and start writing thank you notes that are very very late. The time will fly by, I'm sure.)

Saturday morning

I was reading and he was playing games on the iPad.  

Good times snuggled up in our big chair.  :)