Lydia started back to preschool this past Thursday morning. She is at a new school this year, the same as Maggie (her classroom is just around the corner from Maggie's actually!). So far the transition has been seamless for her and she seems to enjoy her teachers, Ms. Mary Francis and Ms. Donna. Last night Lydia was pretending she was Ms. Mary Francis and insisted that she needed to teach Brian to "sign in" when he came home from work and that she needed to help him practice writing his "o's". Adorable.
Lydia's imagination has really been taking off the past few weeks- lots of imaginative play! Just yesterday she filled her shopping cart with her Webkinz toys and invited me to go to the zoo with her and her "kids". We had just been to the zoo on Sunday morning so this was all still fresh in her mind. She guided me through the house and pointed out all sorts of animals to me- a cow eating grass, a scary snake, and a little brown bear. It's a lot of fun for me to have a few days a week to spend some one on one time with her and give her the attention she needs- sometimes I worry that as our middle child she gets a little lost in the day to day shuffle.
Maggie continues to do well in Kindergarten. She adores her teacher, Ms. Margaret, and has made lots of new friends. She has homework each evening- usually nothing more than a worksheet or two to practice writing her name or numbers/ letters. I can tell she feels like such a big kid getting to do big kid things. She really enjoys eating lunch in the cafeteria; we check the lunch menu each evening to see if it is something she might like to try and go from there. I must say I have been quite impressed with the things she has been willing to try. For those of you who don't know, Maggie can be quite the picky eater. She has gotten better... Brian and I make it a priority to encourage her to try new things. I am so proud of her for so many things! She is so gentle and loving with Lydia and Jack since starting school. I have really noticed a new level of maturity in her that I haven't seen before. She and Lydia can still get into it and fight only the way siblings do, but for the most part they have been getting along great as of late. I think Maggie might actually miss her little sister when she is away at school. :)
And Mr. Jack- so fun, so happy, and so busy! He is just a ton of fun to have around. He is cruising now, really fast I might add. His sleep patterns are becoming a bit more consistent- longer naps during the day and longer stretches during the night. Now that we are into more of a daily schedule with the girls and school I have been able to make his schedule a bit more stable. I get 2 days alone with him while Lydia is at preschool and I have been enjoying that. Jack is really interested in the dog right now and I am quite pleased at how tolerant Dublin has been of him. He was great with Maggie when she was a baby, but he was never really all that interested in Lydia when she tried to get to know him. Not only do they look a lot alike, but Jack and Maggie are nearly identical personality wise- perhaps that has something to do with it? I don't know...
I think that is it for now! I have about 30 minutes before I need to get going to pick up Lydia from preschool. I do have pictures of the kids from our zoo trip this weekend that I will post later on.
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