Emilie: First Day of School, being at home and her fanciful self

Emilie is our little fairy- she jumps and skips everywhere she goes.... and does it in such a quiet, floaty way. Since Maddie has gone to school, it has been such a great time for me to focus and get to know Emilie every day- I thinks he has liked being the big one in the house- not to mention being able to play without getting things taken away from her. She loves to color and bike right now. All the time. Almost every M,W,F, we color and color and color. And, we bike and bike and bike. We bought her a very fancy bike, and had a real hard time riding it at first, so we are doing our best to get the hang of it.

 Two weeks ago, she started preschool at PELC (presbyterian early learning center). This was her being very serious before we went.

 And, then she started to warm up. Or- as my friend Kelly Ripa likes to describe her son Michael- whenever you introduce him, he turns into a human croissant and looks down. This would be Emilie.

 When we got there, she was very quite. And, her eyes were very big. But, she was a trooper, and didn't cry at all! I was so happy!!

 PELC is amazing- I don't have enough space/time to describe how great it is. I am so happy with my decision to go here- the teachers are amazing, the teacher/kid ratio is great, they have tons of programs, singing people who come in, extra curriculars, the parents are so nice...

 When we got in the classroom, she was immediately attracted to this little house set- FYI, she LOVES little things- little houses, little people, and will spend hours creating stories with all of them. I LOVE this about her.

 As I left, this is the big smile she gave me. I knew we were in the right place!!

 On our non school days, this is what we have been practicing. And, she is awesome! We don't go around the block, but we go up and down the street about 9 times !!

And have fun the rest of the time!!!