Monday, June 6, 2016

First day of day care for Lillian

Lillian started her first day of Day Care today. We had a bit of drama in the morning (she is still getting used to the toddler bed so was up at 2am and again at 5:30, moving things about, touching things she should not be and generally waking everyone up). However once she got calmed down a bit she was good to go and there were no tears during drop off. Honestly though, I don't know that she expected to be left as she's never really been dropped off anywhere before.

She's going to Children's Creative Center on Belmont and Damon. It's about a 5 minute drive in the morning to get there from our house (not counting the drama associated with getting into the car). Lillian will be going for the next 2 weeks by herself and then Simon will join her for the rest of the summer. The center is adjacent to a park that has a water feature, grass/trees and of course playground equipment so the kids will spend lots of time outside and having fun. It's a small group right now of about 6 kids in the class so she'll be getting lots of one-on-one time initially and as the group grows she'll be more comfortable with the routine. 


Is that a french fry or chapstick?
Lillian and Miss Jessica waving goodbye!
You can see Alan and Simon waving back in the reflection.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Saturday morning walk

On Saturday we went for a walk around the neghborhood, saw some garage sales and visited the local fire station. 

Doughnuts in the middle of the morning? YES PLEASE!

Sitting in the driver seat!

He was really excited.

The fireman was SO NICE.
He let the kids try on his fireman outfit and explained why everything was in it's place.
Got to see how heavy the shoes and coat were!

Sleepy Lillian. Sleepy Daddy.

New Bike for Simon!

Simon is turning 5 in a couple weeks and for his birthday he got a new bike and helmet! He's very excited and loves riding. We spent hours this weekend riding around the school field (the fake grass) so he could get comfortable stopping and turning. He has figured out how to stop and how to do a tight enough turn to turn around only on the sidewalk, so now he's set for sidewalk riding. Nothing will stop this kid now!



Friday, June 3, 2016

Jessie's last day

Jessie started with us when Lillian was just 10 months old in August of 2014. She and Lillian spent the winter together and last summer it was Simon, Lillian and Jessie playing (usually at the park) every day. This winter Jessie applied to art schools and got accepted to Pratt in New York City. 

Jessie is moving to NYC to start her new life as a masters student in art. And Lillian will be starting her new life at a Children's Creative Center day care. It's a bittersweet moment, but we are all looking forward to the new, great things that will happen as everyone continues to grow. 

August 2014
June 2016
(Notice Lillian's smile is the same as Simon's from 2014)
June 2016
June 2016

Monday, May 30, 2016

Pictures from May 2016

In May we had visits from the Basque Grandparents and Grandpa Bart, we had cold weather and beach weather and Lillian moved to a Toddler Bed!


Blowing bubbles in the front yard.
Checking out the lake.
Swimming and Dinner outside.


Saturday, May 28, 2016

Climbing out of crib

Guess who climbed out of her crib today? We heard knocking from inside her bedroom door. Pretty creepy because I thought she was asleep.


Thursday, May 26, 2016