Big Boy

Yesterday it seemed my little boy was suddenly so big! After 2 weeks of keeping dry at daycare, he went off to school for the first time in underwear, not diapers or pull-ups.  He chatted all morning in complete sentences.  He politely asked for some of my protein shake and cleaned up after his breakfast without my asking.  It was hard to get him to slow down enough for a picture. 

At daycare they gave me the paperwork for him to finally move up to the next room, for 2.5-3 year olds (although he'll already be 33 months).  Even though it's more expensive, I haven't complained too much about his being in the 2-2.5yr old room because the staffing ratios are better, and I really like his current teachers.  However, I was disappointed in reading the extensive classroom goals sheet of this new room--he's already mastered virtually all of them, some as much as a year ago!  It's a shame having all those teaching resources, yet a overly slow curriculum.  Maybe he'll just spend a few months there then move up when he turns 3.  His teacher also made it a point of saying how good he was doing for potty training and other classroom activities, and being so "grown up."

Last night we stayed up late for a visit with family!  Cousin J and her 3 kids (5, 3, & 1yr) drove 12+ hrs for a weekend visit!  The kids immediately got along splendidly, and were at full tilt the next 3-some hours.  Elias, E. & L. are all about the same height (with Elias substantially outweighing them), so they're quite the playgroup.  It felt like an ocean of kids, constantly swirling and crashing around us.  When Elias gets excited he tends to either twirl around my legs or run into me from a full run, which he did pretty much the whole time.  We didn't get to bed til after 11pm, but of course Elias was up ready to go again before 5am (I was able to convince him to stay put for another 1.5 hr).