First day of school

Day #1 of Pre-K was great! Ms. Brooke personally brought Elliot to my car in the carpool line. She said, 'Oh, he was precious. He was perfect!' Seems he's better at school than at home. Better that way, I guess. He had a great time.

Then he made the day a RED LETTER DAY by pooping on the potty for the first time!

It's been a great day, to say the least!

The water war

Hi. If you want to see some of the water war that went down in our back yard this morning, click here.

Happy Birthday Elliot!

Elliot's 4th birthday was lots of fun, especially if you were a little person who liked to get wet. Elliot got a new airplane from papa, a birthday crown from school, and water balloons with his best friends. Here's Anna Kate enjoying her 2nd piece of cake. Papa got a little wet in the water war, and was the hidden object in a strategic game of hide and seek.

We like 4. 4 is better than 3, so far.

Baby corn

Elliot and I this morning were discussing the planting of a garden in the springtime. This was our conversation:

Elliot: And we can plant some baby corn?

Mama: Sure, buddy. If you want corn, we can plant corn together.

E: And then we can plant some bigger corn?

M: Sure, why?

E: Because if we have baby corn, then we need some mama corn to take care of the baby!

New bowlers

So the cutest thing about bowling was Elliot's shoes. And the fact that I think Bug won the first game. Go Bug! They were both most excited about the machine that would spit the ball back onto the rack.

Big brothers

So on the way home from a faculty dinner tonight (Michael is now teaching logic at the school where I do the bookkeeping - weird) we were singing 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes'. Elliot thought it would be a funny variation to sing, 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Penis' which of course Bug picked up as 'Peanut'. She then sang all the way home, 'peanut peanut peanut peanut' pointing to, of course, her crotch. Nice.

Future scooter driver?

Sweet little boy

So this is how Elliot falls asleep nearly every night. Beneath a pile of books.

Happy Birthday Bug!

Buggie's 2!!!! She absolutely destroyed a cupcake, with great joy. She had a donut for breakfast, also with candles. What's better than a 2 year old birthday?