First Day of "School"

Caroline's started the Mother's Day Out program at Immanuel on Monday, August 22.  She will be going 5 days a week, which is very convenient for me.  It may be hard for me not to sneak down and see her during the day, but I guess that's one of the perks of having her at school with me:)

Overall, Caroline is loving school and doing great.  She has already come down with a cold during her first week of school .   That, in combination with teething, made for a couple of not so fun nights.  She is also working on learning to nap in a different environment.  Caroline has always been a good napper, but a very light sleeper.  Adjusting to napping with other kids in the room has been a definite challenge!

Our big girl on her first day of "school!"

Fun Facts!

For those of you who don't see Caroline on a daily basis, her are some fun facts to keep you up-to-date.

Caroline loves giving kisses to her puppy, Cooper, and occasionally to mom and dad as well.

As previously posted, she enjoys wearing necklaces and bracelets.  She is particularly fond of wearing Joe's running watch.  She would take it everywhere with her if she could, but she is smart enough to know that when she gets out of the car, the watch must stay.

Her vocabularly now consists of doggie, daddy, mama, ball, hi, eye, uh-oh, uppie (for wanting to be picked up or if she wants out).  I swear that she has recently said a version of 'no' and 'outside,' but we will have to see if it's consistent.

Caroline can point to her eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and toes. 

Within the past couple of days, she has begun shaking her head no when she doesn't want something.

Caroline keeps us in check!  We close all of the bedroom and bathroom doors each morning.  After I close one door, Caroline will reach for the others, one by one, indicating that they need to be shut as well.  She does something similar when we turn the lamps on in the living room.  If we turn one on, she will run over and point to the other one for us. 

Sometimes she's a little strange.  Caroline has recently started standing on her tip-toes in the middle of walking for no apparent reason.  Maybe she's trying to strengthen those calves!

Sorry if this was boring to some, but it's fun for us to see how much Caroline is changing each day.  This is a way for us to remember these moments and milestones that we might have otherwise forgotten.  Thank you technology!

It's Peach Season

We went peach picking today at Eckert's in Belleville, IL.  This is also where we went last year for the first time (Look back to August 2010 post for a comparision!).  It was quite hot, as can be seen by the bead of sweat falling down the front of Caroline's face in the first photo.  The pictures don't do the heat justice.  Caroline was soaked from head to toe, and she wasn't even moving around that much.  We only lasted about 15 minutes in the orchard before heading back to cool off, but it ended up being plenty of time to find some delicious peaches.  

 

To beat the heat, we finished our trip up with a yummy peach concrete.  We will also be feasting on some peach cobbler tonight and in the coming days!

Testing Out My New Teeth

 

Caroline got her 7th tooth on 8/1/11.  One of her favorite and one of the only vegetables we can seem to get her to eat is corn on the cob.