Well, school has started!!! In Ontario, kids start school at age 4 or 3 depending on when they have their birthday. So, Riley is in Senior Kindergarten and Brodie is in Junior Kindergarten. The boys did not start on the same day. Riley's first day was September 4th. I drove him to school that day and gave him a big hug. He came home on the bus just like last year. His teacher's name is Mrs. Rutherford.
Brodie started school this past week on September 11th. He has the same teacher that Riley had last year, Mrs. Murphy. For the juniors, they start slowly, so there were only four other kids in his class that day. But, nonetheless, he spent the whole day there. We all drove him to school for his first day, but, he was a super big boy and came home on the bus, with his big brother. Brodie is a lot more shy than Riley, so we thought he would be a lot more anxious. He surprized us greatly and loved it. He even has a new friend from his first day named Alex. Brodie's next day of school is September 23 and his full class will be there that day.
The boys are in different, but adjoining classrooms. So, they don't see eachother that much during the day. However, they do get to spend recess together. Of course, they are joined at the hip and play together, which became evident as we received a phone call from the school on Brodie's first day. The boys had an incident. Riley was chasing Brodie and Brodie ran under a tree. Riley didn't. He cracked his forhead into the limb of the tree and scraped it up a bit. No big cuts or stitches required but maybe a bit of bruised ego.
So, here is Brodie coming of the bus. Yes, his book bag is almost bigger than he is. At least he remembered it. Riley almost forgot his on the bus. I wonder who keeps who in line with those two boys. Anyways, the first day's of school were great.
Well, school has started!!! In Ontario, kids start school at age 4 or 3 depending on when they have their birthday. So, Riley is in Senior Kindergarten and Brodie is in Junior Kindergarten. The boys did not start on the same day. Riley's first day was September 4th. I drove him to school that day and gave him a big hug. He came home on the bus just like last year. His teacher's name is Mrs. Rutherford.
Brodie started school this past week on September 11th. He has the same teacher that Riley had last year, Mrs. Murphy. For the juniors, they start slowly, so there were only four other kids in his class that day. But, nonetheless, he spent the whole day there. We all drove him to school for his first day, but, he was a super big boy and came home on the bus, with his big brother. Brodie is a lot more shy than Riley, so we thought he would be a lot more anxious. He surprized us greatly and loved it. He even has a new friend from his first day named Alex. Brodie's next day of school is September 23 and his full class will be there that day.
The boys are in different, but adjoining classrooms. So, they don't see eachother that much during the day. However, they do get to spend recess together. Of course, they are joined at the hip and play together, which became evident as we received a phone call from the school on Brodie's first day. The boys had an incident. Riley was chasing Brodie and Brodie ran under a tree. Riley didn't. He cracked his forhead into the limb of the tree and scraped it up a bit. No big cuts or stitches required but maybe a bit of bruised ego.
So, here is Brodie coming of the bus. Yes, his book bag is almost bigger than he is. At least he remembered it. Riley almost forgot his on the bus. I wonder who keeps who in line with those two boys. Anyways, the first day's of school were great.
Here are the photos of Fiona and Preston at 8 months old. Finally, our doctor is back from England so she had an appointment with him. She was 19 lbs 11oz and 28 1/2 inches. She is big for her age. Our chubby little cherub has done a lot of new things in the last month. She started crawling on her hands and knees, crawling up to things and pulling herself up and now cruises around everything. She still has her moments where she forgets where she is or the fact that she can't walk yet and crashes.
Our feeding nightmare has pretty much come to an end. She actually is willing to take a bottle now, which is a good thing because I went away on a two day conference to Gagetown. She's not great at the bottle, but she's getting there. She also likes straw cups and sippy cups better too now. Even though I went away, she is still nursing full time when I am around and I manage to work it into my work schedule.
This past month, we also moved Fiona out of the crib in our room and into her own crib in her own room. This move was not so much about breaking the bond and striving for independence as it was about getting some good sleep. Fiona is also getting way easier to put to sleep. She used to require lots of motion, walking and rocking to get her to sleep. Now, when she's tired, we just lay her down and rub her back a bit and she's good to go. 
