Back to School

September 9, 2013: Today was a monumental day in our house, all three kids went to school!! Last week Casey returned to GA as a first grader. She made the move up to the main campus, got a locker for the first time, and is eating lunch in the cafeteria. Julia started at GA in pre- Kindergarten, known as PC at GA. On the first day she would not let me walk her in, she wanted to be dropped off and ran right into school. They break the little guys in slowly and for the first two weeks they only have half days. All the reports coming from Julia have been positive. She seems to be loving it so far. She is adorable in her uniform. And today Molly went to her first day at Round Hill Nursery School. I wasn't sure what to expect from her, although she seemed excited. My mom wanted to join us for the drop off so we walked her in and she was walking ahead of us, eagerly searching for her class room. We put her bag in her cubby and she met her teachers and sat down to color. We took a few pictures and said goodbye, the teachers did not want us to linger. I couldn't wait to pick her up at lunch time. She cried because she was not allowed to bring her bag home with her (apparently they only bring them home on Friday). She was mad at the teachers because they wouldn't let her do the monkey bars or the wiggly mushroom steps and as she said "I'm a big girl!". But besides those disappointments she gave a good report of playing with dolls, eating crackers for snack and telling the teacher when she had to pee.

Summer Wrap Up

When we got home from our summer trip we had been on the road for about 6 weeks. We were only home for about four days before we headed off to Martha's Vineyard with the Duvals. The kids had an amazing week with cousins. They are getting so much older and more independent, they just bomb all around together in a pack. We spent lots of time swimming off the dock right at the house and going to the beach. After a week in the Vineyard we headed to Scituate for 3 weeks. We had beautiful weather there, spent many days at the beach and the kids have a new love for riding bikes. Our house is at the end of a quiet cul de sac and they rode bikes all day long. Julia learned to ride a two wheeler and she was zooming around at high speed in no time. It was amazing to see her go from wobbling while we had to run right next to her, to doing it in a controlled way in the matter of two days. Molly is on a bike with training wheels and loving it too. It was a big summer for us in terms of milestones too. Molly learned to swim which is so great. We obviously still need to keep a sharp eye on her but she can really get around the pool on her own now. Casey moved to a booster seat which she is very excited about. I still think she has to be soaking wet to weigh in at 40 pounds but she did not want to go to first grade in a car seat. Julia is on her two wheeler, finally learned to do the monkey bars and is wiping her own bum (sorry if that's too much information), all great news in our house.