Sophia's fun without her brother around

Since Sam started school it's been an adjustment for us all. Sophia has adapted well though and is enjoying her new found freedom of getting to play with whatever toy she wants to play with instead of the one brother gives her to play with.

It's been fun watching her play with toys that Sam normally stays away from (and doesn't like others to play with because of the noise they make). She loves playing with the barn and also playing with her ball popper.

Most of all though she is loving this new time alone with mommy which means lots of laughing and dancing and being silly. Sophia now likes to pick up her toy cell phone and say "hello hello mommy" lol. She's also taken to carrying around her dolly and saying "ok" as she pats it's back. Most of all she's loving that she gets to go on errands with mommy that allow her to go shopping (grocrey and whatnot). I must admit I'm liking it too. I forgot how easy it was to do things when you only have one kid in hand and not two underfoot.

Sam's first day of school

Sam's backpack complete with George tag that mommy made for him so he could pick out his own bag and and wouldn't miss his George too much (since he can't take him to school with him)

Daddy is helping Sam finish getting ready for school

Sam reads his book about going to school and riding the bus that his teachers made for him and brought over to the house the day before he started classes.

He waits patiently for the bus to arrive.

Getting home from school.

On Tuesday Sam started Preschool. We were all very excited for the news that he was going to be able to go. It had been a long process of evaluations and paperwork to determine if he was eligable to go since he is younger than the normal age that the school system takes. We are blessed that he is going to the Jessamine Early Learning Village and has amazing teachers to help him develop his skills. He goes to school from Tuesday-Friday in the afternoon. He's also riding the bus and loving it.

His first day taking hime out to the bus was hard. He was excited but at the same time I think he was a little scared about riding the bus and mommy not going with him. He cried and so did I. In the end though he did great on the bus and at school and I've not gotten any phone calls or notes about how poor his behavior has been. In fact on his second day he waved goodbye to me as he got on the bus and his teacher wrote a note that he was all smiles when he got to school.

My little man is growing up. Since he started school on Tuesday his whole attitude has been different. He seems very happy and he talks non-stop about his teachers, his new friends, and the things they have been doing in school. I'm so glad to see him happy and I know it was the right decision for him to start school now. :)

Thanksgiving

Yesterday Todd and I decided to have our own Thanksgiving instead of going to both our familes. We decided to make our own turkey and fixings and watched the Macy's parade and worked on decorating our home for Christmas. All in all it turned out to be a great day and it was nice to start our own family traditions. Most of all I was impressed that we were able to make a turkey without it being a disaster. lol.

So I went on vacation....

Last week I flew out to CA to hang out with some friends, see the New Moon movie, and just have a little fun without worrying about kids or housework. I had a blast. I had so much fun. We did so much that's its really impossible to tell you all about everything but here are a few highlights:

--Meeting the hilarious guy who does the Twilight Saga spoofs

--Eating at Hugo's. Celeb spottings and running into an old friend from high school who I haven't seen in like 10 years or more only an hour after getting into LA

--Seeing New Moon (3 times) and getting to see my friends and making new ones while we waited in line for the movies

--Meeting the guys of the band The Absoulte (go check out their music on myspace!)

--Seeing the beach (it was beautiful I could have spent all day there)

--laughing until I cried

--Baking a cake a midnight

--Wearing flip flops and tshirts in November

--and getting to spend quality time with the people who I've talked to on a regular basis for over a year now.

The only downfall was that I slept very little. We did so much and I was completley messed up with the time change that I was only getting about 3 to 4 hours of sleep each night. It's taken a couple of days to catch up and feel like a normal person again, but it was totally worth it. I recommend that everyone take a personal vacation from time to time without kids/husbands etc. and recharge your batteries. Even though I was exhausted after getting home I felt more like myself than I had in a long time.

More Twilight goodies

Check out this site:

http://olivebites.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaway-sherry-truitt-twilight-new.html

Sherry was featured in People magazine for her Twilight Jewlery.

Right now she is running a contest and will be giving away a pair of her now famous Twilight Earrings. Go check it out :)