First Day of School

Garrett started school this week. He is going for a full day on Wednesdays, along with Casey. He did great at drop off. I put him down, standing next to a fellow classmate, put a dump truck in front of him and he was good to go. No crying. He didn't eat lunch, kept pushing the bottle away, and his naps were short, only 30 min and 45 min, but he was happy all day long.

At home he is crawling fast everywhere. Pulling up on everything. Starting to understand the word "NO" and "Do Not Touch" but still likes to test us. He is eating more real food and definitely likes it better than baby food. He ate brown rice couscous, watermelon, bread, bananas, green beans, potatoes and carrots this week.

Garrett has 3 new body languages of the week: arching his back when he doesn't want to get into his high chair, stroller or carseat; straightening his arms in the air, losing his shoulders when he doesn't want us to pick him up; and headbanging, sometimes against furniture, sometimes against my head and sometimes just randomly in the air.

Casey is doing great in swimming. They are working on floating on their backs, feeling comfortable in the deep end and this week, they started working on freestyle. Tumbling is going well too. They got to go on the uneven bars last week which was very exciting for Casey. She ran over and jumped up on the low bar immediately and was first to volunteer for the top bar.

We are working on her listening skills and trying to stop the talking back. The talking back is a bit different then it has been.
Me: "Casey it's bathtime"
Casey: "It's NOT bathtime"
Not that she doesn't want to take a bath...she just wants to say something back.

She has started playing more with Garrett this week. She chases him around and then grabs him and tickles him and he just laughs and laughs.

Not many pix this week, but enjoy!

swinging on the top bar on the uneven bars

what?

Casey taking her brother for a walk

First day of school