Simon's first day of PreSchool

Simon is going to Hamilton Elementary for preschool. They teach PreK-8 so if all goes as planned he will be at the school across the street for eleven years. Pretty amazing to think about. Today he was awesome. Jenn and Colleen came to see him off and we all took pictures on the front steps. On the walk to school he told everyone we passed that it was his first day, he was so proud! When we got into the classroom we dropped his clothes off in his cubby, put a picture of the family on the window sill and then hung his back pack up on a hook (that he chose!). The whole time we did all the getting ready tasks I had to keep pulling him away from playing. When I finally stopped restraining him he was off to the sand table! I went over to say goodbye and while he definitely knew I left he was much too interested in the sand to be sad. He will have a great day!

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Labor Day Baseball Game

On Labor Day Simon and I went to the baseball game. For all we've got season tickets, we really haven't been to many games. That kid loves his baseball and he barely took his eyes off the game the entire time. The Cubs won so we heard Go Cubbies Go for the first time (usually we leave before the end of the game).

We arrived during the 1st inning, so I never got him to look at the camera.

The batter broke his bat!

Breanne and Matt were also at the game and we went up to see them.
Note that he is still watching the game.

Family Photos Fall 2014

Simon starts preschool tomorrow and one of the things he needs to bring is a family photo. Unfortunately we haven't actually taken a picture with all four of us and just all four of us since March (!). So we set up the new camera from Kiki and practiced the timer photos. They came out pretty well! I let Simon choose which of the best six that he wanted for his class photo. He never wavered - he wanted the one where Lillian is crying.

Almost her first word

Lillian makes the p noise for up. We don't count it as her first word quite yet but she is getting close!

New Nanny: Hello Jessie!

Today Jessie started with us as our new full time nanny. She will be spending this week with both kids and then watching Lillian full time while Simon is in preschool. 

Welcome to the family, Jessie!

Lillian signed more

My Irish girl signed more for potatoes today.

Last Day in Boston - Aug 22nd

On our last day in Boston we took the family out to Moody's Deli in Waltham for an amazing breakfast sandwich. Lillian is at the point where she shares our eggs and fruit, but we normally bring something for her so she doesn't feel left out while we eat. Gaga and Papa handled feeding our littlest bottomless pit while Simon ate his own serving of eggs. When that was all wrapped up we hopped in the car and headed to Gigi's to see her one more time before we headed home. Simon was so tired after his long week that he passed out in the car. He woke up surprisingly well and just needed a few minutes to come back to himself before we went in to have lunch with Gigi.  Then we headed home for Lillian to nap and Simon to take one last boat ride, and started packing up for our flight home early the next day.

A rolling stone gathers no moss - and we were certainly rolling! 

Papa feeding Lillian, while his own sandwich waits!

Simon is drinking water in a to-go coffee cup. He was quite excited about it.

Lillian was totally entranced by the measuring cups until she realized that she could listen to the book too!