Off to Pre-School

                                                                          Sophie

                                                                           Ellen

The girls started pre-school this week! They did really well, terrific actually! I think it must help that they have each other. Their teachers were also their cousin's teachers last year and E & S love knowing that, too. Plus on top of all of that they've been taking C to pre-school for two years, and now to the bus stop every day for kindergarten, so I think they have been comfortable with the idea of school for quite a while now. I'm excited for them and I truly think school is going to be such a fantastic place for them to grow and learn.

Not-so-quiet-time

Naps for Ellen and Sophie are pretty much a distant memory at this point. I've tried all different things this summer and I think we finally landed on "quiet time" in the girls' room...together (because when I separate them they end up in the same room anyway, and I've learned to pick my battles for the sake of sanity). But this is a very familiar scene when I go to get the girls at the end of quiet time. If you're wondering what is littering the floor, it is Ellen and Sophie's (clean!) underpants. They are obsessed with them because they are, of course, princess underpants. They neatly line them all up and they have a very precise system. One row is Sophie's and one row is Ellen's. They of course know this--I do not always know whose are whose all the time. My mom says that keeping your sense of humor while you raise your kids is key. Brett and I have adopted that and try to remind one another on our craziest days! Make that: he reminds me on my craziest days :)