Happy Birthday to You . . .

Drew turned 2 years old on Saturday - I cannot believe it! I woke up that morning to hear him over the baby monitor counting from 1 to 10. How can this be??? It's like he was annnouncing to me - you don't have a baby anymore, Mommy, I am a big boy!

Several weeks ago when we were in Illinois, we had a birthday party for Drew. In Drew's eyes, this was the 'official' party because from that day forward, he told everyone he was two years old. (And, amazingly enough, a few 2-year old temper tantrums came right along with it). His favorite part of the party was the cake. We went to Disneyworld last spring with Grandma & Grandpa. At the close of this trip, he chose a Nemo stuffed toy as his treat. He sleeps with it everynight, so a Nemo cake seemed to be appropriate. This birthday proved to be very much about 'boy' things - balls, cars, trains, dinosaurs, etc. were all great gifts!

But, we couldn't let his actual birthday pass without a little more fun - and another NEMO cake. So, we celebrated again this weekend.

Happy Birthday, Little Man! We love you!

First Days of School

Where has the time gone? How can Ansley be starting Kindergarten this year? Well, two days of school are down - Ansley has done great! No tears from Ansley or Mom! She really seems to like it - her favorites of the day being recess and the bus ride home! (No, she didn't mention snack time - I know everyone is shocked!) Speaking of riding the bus . . . Yesterday, she was put on the wrong bus and didn't get off the bus that stops on our corner. Thankfully, I remembered there was another stop about 20 minutes later a little ways down our street. So, I went down there to wait - she hopped off the bus with our neighbor friend - smiling, not even knowing she wasn't where she was supposed to be. Today - they fixed it and she arrived right on time at the corner by our house! Talk about a little anxiety for mom on the first day.

Day #1 - Matt, Drew, and I walked her into the classroom. Day #2 - I dropped her off in the car line and she walked to her classroom alone! Very proud of her - as it is a little bit of a walk (with a few turns) from the front door of the building to her room.

Interesting side note . . . there are 2 Ansleys in her classroom. Who knew when we named her that she would ever have to go by 'Ansley D!' Let alone her first year in school!