Look who is sitting at the big table now!

Her brothers fight to sit next to her, they love her so much!

Max's First Carpool

Today Max was finally old enough to be dropped off at preschool in the carpool line.  While we waited our turn, he was happy and confidant he could do it!

Miss Harriet helped him out of the car and walked him a few steps to the path.

Everyone was so happy to see Max at carpool for the first time!  They even cheered for him.

 Miss Terri, one of his teachers, was at the bottom of the path and was waving him on.

And off he went.  And Mommy lost it, as she does with all these major milestones in her babies' lives.  I thought it would be easier, this being my second child having his first day of carpool.  But it wasn't.  If this makes me so teary, I can't imagine what college will be like.  I'm glad that's a long, long, long way away.

And two hours later when I arrived to pick him up he gave me a big wave.

He had a great day.

Max's First Day of Preschool!

Yesterday was Max's first day back to Preschool, and he was so excited. For a couple of weeks he has been saying goodbye to Grayson in the morning and asking when can I go to school? Finally it was his day, and when Grayson was about to leave he grabbed his green school bag too. Unfortunately his school didn't start for another hour, and I thought he was going to cry when we told him he had to wait for Mommy to take him.


So he said goodbye to Grayson and Daddy.

Waved bye bye as they drove away. And then waited until it was his turn.

Finally it was and we went to his school.

He was so happy to be there.

He headed straight for the train table, which he had been hearing about from me all week. He was so excited to finally get to play with it.




An hour and 15 minutes later when I came to pick him up (they start the kids out s-l-o-w with shortened days for a while) he did not want to leave. In fact, he would hardly look at me. He wanted to keep playing with the mailboxes. It was a great first day!

This baby just takes my breath away

Ella is 6 months old!

Back to the park

We had so much fun at the park, we took Daddy and Grayson there on Saturday for football and a picnic.

Time for a Picnic

Last week Max and I took a picnic lunch to a nearby park. The weather was warm but breezy, and we had a really fun time.



Ella came too. She is the most chillin' baby ever.



After lunch we played tag.






Who needs a lake when you can throw pebbles in a puddle?