Harrison the Snaggletooth

Harrison lost his 3rd tooth on Wednesday, which also happened to be Ian's birthday! He lost his first top tooth. His bottom two are out, and the two permanent teeth are already in place, or trying to squeeze into place. He doesn't like us to pull them, but instead waits until they fall out on their own and then he has bragging rights for "pulling" them.

Alex's First Day of School

We started off the morning with a little Dora on the couch and some breakfast. He was up and ready really early! Then we packed up our "Go Cars Pack Pack" and lunchbox and headed to school. He was very excited and when we walked into the room imediately dropped everything and went to the carpet where the teachers had "staged" the cars. I went and gave him a kiss, told him I'd be back to get him in a little while and he said, "Bye Bye, Mommy." By the way, he did take Do-Do to school, but he slept in his cubby most of the day.







In front of school



There couldn't have been a more perfect activity out and ready to go.

Ian walking!

I tried and tried to upload video, but it kept crashing. So, I give up and you'll have to settle for a still picture. Still pretty cute. This past weekend he mastered standing up on his own and taking off. He's now a full time walker! He likes to chase the boys around and for some reason picks up things that are WAY too big for him and likes to carry them around.





I caught him after he swiped this apple from Alex. He was hiding from me with it and munching away. He also had his first tantrum when I tried to take it away!

Funny!

The other day Harrison was talking again about what he wants to do when he grows up. He told me, "Mom, I know what I want to be when I grow up. A bond trader."

I said, "Really? And what do they do?"

"They just push papers around all day," he responded. Then, "Actually, that might give me a paper-cut, so it's probably not a very good idea."

We have a kindergartener!

Well, we are two weeks into kindergarten as so far all is well. Harrison really likes his teacher, Ms. Ellis and we like her too! He's meeting friends, likes P.E. and recess and this week had a big week with a teddy bear picnic at the end. I think the hardest adjustment has been the early morning routine. He wakes up around 6:30 or 6:40 and eats and gets dressed. Kevin has been taking him to school every morning and it's a nice short walk from our house. I think Harrison likes having the Daddy time and Kevin is enjoying it too. The little guys and I walk to pick him up at 2:45 and we're home for the afternoon! It's been HOT in the afternoons, so usually after sweating a ton on the walk we jump in the pool right when we get home.






On the walk to school



Ms. Ellis



Harrison's table



Walking out the door. Bye Mom!


He did have one bad day this week. He had his fingers caught in one of the exterior doors and he fell down the stairs! Poor kid! All in one day. He told me about it when I picked him up, but he said, "I don't want to talk about school anymore." His teacher called to check on him that night to make sure he was ok, which made him feel special.

Alex started school this week, too! I need to get the pictures off of the camera, and will give him his own post in a little while. He had a GREAT first day and loved it!