Landscaping With Children

We decided to build a path from the new deck to the fence gate. We had made the deck bigger and it's been an amazing outdoor space. We decided to make this path to put an end to mud. The grass didn't grow well in this area and we had just completed some landscaping around the deck and on the back side of the house. A path would be nice.

Except building a path with kids, well, it takes a little longer and involves a lot more dirt and sand management. The kids were great helpers and in less than 2 weekends we finished the path. It looks great and I love walking on it. Roo loves to try to dig up the sand on it. I think it'll be the last path we build for a while. But I'm glad we did it ourselves and the results were worth the effort!

That's Logical

Grandma and grandpa came over for dinner last night after spending the day doing things for their new house. I was supposed to have Roo call Grandpa on the first day of school to tell him about his day but Roo doesn't really like talking about what he did at preschool (I'm told this is very normal and I'll be lucky to ever get anyting out of him!).

Grandpa asked Roo why he hadn't called him to tell him about preschool. Roo said "because there isn't a phone at preschool."

Can't argue with that logic :)

Good Words, Bad Words

Roo is picking up every word we use in our speech now. There's a part in Toy Story where Woody says the word "stupid." I wish the movie didn't have that word in it because it's really hard to miss and Roo picked right up on it. So we are working with him when he picks up words like this to not say them. So we went for a walk after dinner tonight and Daddy said something was "stupid" to which Roo said to daddy, "no daddy, we don't say that word."

First Day of Preschool

Today was Roo's first day of preschool. I was so excited that I woke up super early. He was great about getting ready this morning and putting his nice shirt on (just like Daddy's) and making sure his shoes were clean for school. He smiled great for his first day of school pictures too. We ended up leaving the house later than we anticipated so instead of dropping him off at the sitter and then going back to get him, we took him out for a first day of school breakfast. He kept asking if it was time for school yet and then pointed down the road that his preschool is on and said that it is down that road. We asked him if he was excited and he said yes and if he was scared and he blurted out that he wasn't. When we got to the school he was so excited to go in, in fact he was so excited that he didn't even say goodbye! We didn't follow him in to make him say goodbye, he seemed like he was in really good hands with the teacher.

I called the sitter later in the day to see how he was doing after preschool and she said that all three of the kids were tired and napping! And the mommy who drove them home from preschool said that all three of the kiddos were silent on the way back to the sitters. Guess preschool is tiring!

We're so excited for Roo and can't wait to see all the things he makes and brings home. Today we put the bird he made at orientation on the fridge. Tomorrow is show and tell. Hopefully he continues to enjoy preschool!

Preschool Orientation

Last night was preschool orientation for Roo. I was so excited to take him that when he woke up that morning I told him all about where he would be going that evening. Sure enough, in classic Roo form, he completely rejected the idea of preschool when we picked him up from the sitter that afternoon. It was a battle on the way home and a battle once we got home. Then it occurred to me that maybe he just didn't want me to take him, he's got to fixate on something, that's his MO so I asked if he wanted Daddy to take him. All of a sudden he perked up and was ready to go to preschool. He took a shower and changed into a cute little polo shirt and was dressed and ready to go. He was super excited and even took his Toy Story lunch box with him.

He and Daddy stopped and got dinner on the way there. Once they got him Daddy and Roo told me all about the orientation. Evidentially Roo loves glue! Daddy said he put gobs and gobs of glue on his Birthday Crown. In addition to making a Birthday Crown, he also got to do handprints and make a bird! I love doing crafts and can't wait to see these when I drop him off for his first day of preschool. Daddy told me that he even has a cubby. So cute!

Roo is super excited about school and we're so excited to watch him learn new things and enjoy a great educational experience. He's already got 2 friends in the class; two other little girls that go to the same sitter as him which is good as he talks about how they're all going to school together.

I'll make sure we take pictures of him on his first day. Hopefully he'll have a great school year and learn a lot of new things and make a lot of new friends.