Annalee had her first real food last week.  She wasn’t super excited about it, but she definitely was not opposed to opening her mouth for the spoon more than once.

…and, maybe I’m biased, but aren’t those eyes just unreal?

Jack had his first (and sadly, only) field trip yesterday.  We went to a local farm and picked apples, had delicious donuts and cider, learned about pumpkins and other fruits and veggies, rode on a cart behind a tractor, raced some rubber duckies, and went down a really cool big slide.  All three kids were great!  (good thing, too… We were the only ones who brought brothers or sisters, but I think everyone else in his class is the youngest or only child)

I took lots of pictures.

After his first trip down the slide, Cole decided it was a little scary. He still liked hiking up the hill and tried to slide down the dirt path.

Annie was happy or sleeping the whole time!

Jack told me his favorite part was the duck races.  I think they could have played with this all day!  They were cracking me up with how seriously they took it.

These are my favorites.

First Day of Preschool

Jack started school yesterday.  He was excited, but really nervous.  When we asked him if he was a little bit scared he would say, “no, I’m a lot scared!”  This is the picture we took to go on the bulletin board in his classroom.

Here he is getting ready to leave with his backpack.

This is in the parking lot before we walked down to the school.

His school is a little log cabin on 9 acres of mostly wooded land.  It’s awesome!  They go on a nature walk everyday (even all winter) and all their class themes are nature based.

This was an after school shot.  The first thing he told me when I picked him up was, “I can’t wait until I get to come back to school!” He said they had circle time and went for a walk.  He told me there were “lots of leaves and branches and sticks” on the trail.  They ate snack, but didn’t have time to play on the playground.  He also told me all the kids were nice to him, which was something he was worried about.

Cole didn’t much like leaving Jack at school, he was pretty upset with me when we drove away.  He and Annie napped most the time he was gone.

  I put Annie in the chair while I went get something and when I came back Cole had climbed up to sit with her.  He’s getting much better at being gentle with her.  He even lets her chew on his fingers and then acts all grossed out…it’s pretty funny to see.