Quality time

We were lucky enough to have Grandma Gigi come visit this month; what a treat! We always enjoy her visits but this one was especially great because Will and Grandma got to spend lots of one-on-one time together. Keith and I headed to San Antonio for the wedding of his friend/college roommate Casey to his beautiful bride Kristina. Grandma Gigi to the rescue! She offered to stay with Will over the weekend so we could have a little getaway and spend some quality time together as well. Will and Grandma Gigi had a great time; they played outside, fed the ducks at the pond, baked chocolate chip cookies (Will helped...I can only imagine the mess!), and laughed a lot. Will did suffer a little separation anxiety from Mom but overall he did fine. Grandma is a pro and she definitely knows how to distract and redirect. Grandma Gigi left while Will was still asleep and when he got up that morning, he was asking for her and looking in the guest room to see where she was. And I heard that Grandma scored a free airfare voucher on the way home; this makes us very happy! :) Above is a picture of Will and Grandma Gigi at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk.

Keith and I enjoyed our trip to San Antonio. We stayed at a beautiful hotel right on the Riverwalk and got a great rate thanks to Aunt Frannie (she rocks!) We got to catch up with some of Keith's college friends and see a few sights in downtown SA. Most of all, I think we enjoyed sleeping in above all else. It is the little things! Thanks again, Gigi, for letting us get rested after our long nights out with friends. To the left, we pose at the wedding reception. Below is a picture of the Tulane alum table (with spouses, of course!) They put us in the corner, which was probably a good choice. All we want to know is...when is the next wedding?

School Days

So Will officially started school last week. His first day of preschool for two year olds was Thursday, September 10th. He didn't say much but as far as I can tell, all went well. At least he returned today without any argument or hissy fits so that's a good sign. From now until June, he'll be attending Great Bridge Preschool two mornings a week. That gives me a little time to myself and to possibly get a part time job or volunteer gig. But right now I'm just enjoying my 7 hours of freedom per week (who's counting???)

We got a new backpack (or packback according to Will) with Thomas the Train on it and also a new firetruck lunchbox. He has to walk into the classroom with his "packback" on his back and carrying his lunchbox. It is so funny to see this line of two year olds parading down the hallway with a bag as large as them and a lunchbox that's weighted down by food. If nothing else he'll work on his back and arm muscles. Here he is putting on his new nametag before heading in to class.

Will's teachers both seem very sweet. I can only imagine running a classroom of 15 or so two year olds. Yikes. They obviously have been blessed with an abundance of patience. The class will learn their ABCs, colors, shapes, and many many songs. It will be a fun year for him.

I had grand images of the perfect "first day of school" pictures but instead on that morning, Will was fussy and throwing fits. So I managed to snap only a few (mostly bad) pictures before dropping him off at school. He was a little more agreeable in the afternoon and I also managed to get a few shots on our front steps this morning (second day of school!) I hope to get more as the year goes on.

Bye Bye, Buns!

Oh Will. Some days that is all I can say as I'm laughing at the little things that come out of his mouth. In the past months, as he's become even more verbal and started creating longer sentences, he's really come up with some doozies! While getting ready for bed one night, I must have referred to Will's bottom as his buns. Well something stuck and from then on he's been pointing out his buns. While sitting on the couch, during diaper changes, in the bath. Keith was putting a clean diaper on and when he was all done, Will yells "bye, bye buns!" That's funny. On another day we put him in this car seat and the strap was hurting his neck. Keith fixed it and Will says "all done, hurt the neck!" Ha! Everything is "the"...the neck, the milk. I guess he's learning. One of my other favorites is his use of "alright." He saw our neighbor outside and the neighbor said he had to go and Will goes "Alright then, bye bye." :)


Our good friends Kristin and Brian Manning came to visit and Will took to Brian instantly. As soon as Brian got up on Saturday, Will took him by the hand and showed him all of his toys and didn't stop "entertaining" Brian until they left. It was so cute. Luckily Brian was a very good sport; they did some male bonding over the weekend. We went to the beach and Will never tired of playing in the surf, building sand castles, and flying his new kite. He was sad when we had to leave. Our weather turned more fall like this past week so I guess our beach time is done for a while. I can only imagine how much Will will enjoy the beach next summer. We did sneak out for a little dinner and live music on the Oceanfront while the Mannings were here. It was a blast.