Nora's creative crawling

p.s. That's Lillian in the background.

First day of school

It was officially Elijah's first day of school yesterday.  It ended up being pretty uneventful because of the week leading up to it.  We decided that since there was a full time spot available at the daycare in the school he was attending, we would start him there in the fall instead of when I go back to work in January.  He has voiced his concern about not having friends at school so we thought that going to daycare with some of the same kids might help with the friend making process.

That meant his first day of daycare was last week.  I will admit that there were some tears that first day from two of the four family members that were in attendance.  It is hard to see your child scared/worried/uncomfortable.  But, I think that going for the mornings last week helped yesterday because going down the hall to Kindergarten was just became an extension of daycare.  It wasn't as huge an event as it might have been.

But he has still been silent.  He becomes completely mute in a group setting with kids.  He'll listen and he's obviously paying attention because he'll tell me things afterwards.  But he's silent when he's there.  So, our prayer for him this year is that he would learn to talk.  Not crazy talking but just "comfortable in his skin" talking. 

So here is my little Kindergartener. 

The cops stopped by

My cousin Clint is a Police Officer and was kind enough to stop by with the car so my kids (but mostly Elijah) could check out the car.  He put handcuffs on Elijah and let him sit in the front and back.  Elijah thought it was really neat that they had a computer in the car.  He also really liked the bullets.  They flashed the lights and put on the siren.  Hopefully that didn't cause our neighbours to wonder what was going on in the Holland household.

I cut her hair

I cut Nora's hair this week.  If you take a look at the previous picture you'll notice what is developing into a fine comb-over.  I figured she was too young for that so I cut some of her wispy hair.  There may be a bit more tweeking in the days ahead but a least she looks more like a baby and less like a middle aged man, trying to maintain his youthful appearance.

 

Oh, and on a sidenote, this age is The.  Best.  Age.  I love it.  This is when having a baby starts to get fun.  She's sitting and crawling and laughing and interacting.  I love that.

Nora - 7 months

Crawling

We're in that stage.  This kid is learning to move.  Put something in her line of vision that she wants and she's off.

A week at Auntie Anne's

We headed to the lake at my Aunt Anne's recently.  Trevor couldn't stay the entire time we were gone but I stayed with the kids.  They had a great time in the water and both of them were doing their versions of swimming by the end of the week. 


My aunt with my nieces Isla and Katherine who are two months older than Nora.



Isla and Grandma



Katherine and Mom



Crayola has a website where you can take a kids picture and make a coloring story out of a cartoon of them.  It sounds cooler than it is but it was still fun for the kids to have their very own stories to color.



Lillian wanted to wear her goggles.  She wore them for  quite a while.  This is what she looked like afterward.

In case you wondered if I was there, I was.  I took the pictures. :)