It is the time of year where excitement begins building around the change of seasons. I never wish summer to end, but with a new school year beginning and our grass looking quite brown, I can't help but let my mind drift to all things apple, football, fall coats, halloween costumes, piles of leaves (I love you, Zach). I have already started outlining our weekends...
I am fairly certain I could look back and find a similar post one-year-ago. But how different one year ago was...we were moving into our house one-year-ago, we were anxiously waiting to meet Elly Rose one-year-ago and one-year-ago I wasn't about to send Bennett to preschool for the first time.
But today...today we know Elly Rose. And she likes to play peek-a-boo. Our house is our home. It is the place we un-wind, play imaginative games of trucks and tools. And this Thursday, Bennett will go to a "meet the teacher" morning at his preschool.
And she takes her blanket and her peek-a-boo seriously.
We have slowed down a little over the past couple weekends. Spending more time in our jammies (all day, in fact). The timing is good because this week and the next couple will certainly be an adjustment period as we learn new schedules with my work, Bennett's preschool 2 days/week and our beloved summer nanny returning to school in Bloomington.
We are a little nervous for Bennett to begin preschool. I think he is ready and will soak-up the learning, creative, fun environment. But this will be a new routine for him and that is a little scary. I just can't imagine him "napping" in a classroom with other children.
Elly Rose will be adjusting too. She will be without her brother two days/week. And returning to the routine of drop-off/pick-up at our sitter's house...adjust to napping in her pack-n-play and being with 2 other children. Right now she continues to explore crawling, climbing up stairs, cruising along furniture, eating all types of fruits (NO to bananas) and veggies.
Bennett truly loves his tools. Imaginative play associated with tools and construction equipment makes him so happy. We have been casually looking for a backpack and lunch box for him the past couple weeks and I kind-of figured I would just order one of the adorable Pottery Barn Kids ones because that is what arrives in my mailbox. But nothing jumped out at me, so I googled preschool backpacks and found many I loved. Then, I found one I know Bennett will love. We showed it to him tonight...bulldozers, dump truck, mixer truck, excavater. It is so Bennett. And that makes my heart happy.
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