First day of school!
Chocolate chip pancakes help you get through the school day...
Both Sam and Anna had milestones last week. Of course, when you're 3 years old and 5 months old those milestones differ greatly!
Anna had her first taste of anything besides milk...yes the much anticipated first bite of rice cereal! We always get so excited for babies to have their first solid food, and then we feed them something that tastes and has the consistency of glue. How excited should we expect them to be? In any case, she did eat a small bowl of cereal without too much complaint, and has continued to eat for the past week or so. At 6 months we'll move to other, more interesting foods, and then the real fun begins! Cross your fingers for a baby who thinks peas are tasty...
Sam started preschool last week. He has never been in daycare, and the only children he has spent any significant time with have been his cousins, so this was a major change for him! He only goes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, so we are easing into the process. Everyone has asked him over the past week "how was preschool?" and "how did you like preschool?" and they've received answers like "fine" or "I don't know". As his mother, I immediately realized that I couldn't be that open ended. So, I've gotten great answers to questions like, "what kind of food did you pretend to cook in the kitchen?" and "can you sing me the song you learned in class today?" We've had quite long conversations, and I love them! Those who are parents will likely recognize this sentiment, but there was nothing stranger than when I pulled away from school the first day. He was out on the playground, standing next to his teacher and just kind of looking around. My little boy is growing up! How exciting! How sad! What do I do now?
Anna had her first taste of anything besides milk...yes the much anticipated first bite of rice cereal! We always get so excited for babies to have their first solid food, and then we feed them something that tastes and has the consistency of glue. How excited should we expect them to be? In any case, she did eat a small bowl of cereal without too much complaint, and has continued to eat for the past week or so. At 6 months we'll move to other, more interesting foods, and then the real fun begins! Cross your fingers for a baby who thinks peas are tasty...
Sam started preschool last week. He has never been in daycare, and the only children he has spent any significant time with have been his cousins, so this was a major change for him! He only goes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, so we are easing into the process. Everyone has asked him over the past week "how was preschool?" and "how did you like preschool?" and they've received answers like "fine" or "I don't know". As his mother, I immediately realized that I couldn't be that open ended. So, I've gotten great answers to questions like, "what kind of food did you pretend to cook in the kitchen?" and "can you sing me the song you learned in class today?" We've had quite long conversations, and I love them! Those who are parents will likely recognize this sentiment, but there was nothing stranger than when I pulled away from school the first day. He was out on the playground, standing next to his teacher and just kind of looking around. My little boy is growing up! How exciting! How sad! What do I do now?
