One Big Step

My little guy officially started preschool in August.  While it isn't a huge change for him since he's been at this school since he was 10 weeks old, it is still a big step. William has been at this montessorri forever, so he knows the kids and teachers well, but he was just moved into the official preschool class.

He also had to start wearing a uniform, which he doesn't seem to mind.  He really enjoys school so far, which mainly takes place in the mornings. His teacher, Mrs. Preeti is very sweet and works with each child at their own speed. 

I asked William what he wants to be when he grows up.  To date, he's only given me three different answers, but one wins out most of the time........TEACHER.  The other two were astronaut and doctor.  But he loves playing teacher at home to his "friends" (Pooh Bear, Tigger and the other stuffed animals).  He can definitely be bossy. 

So here's wishing my big boy a great year of preschool.  I know next year will be a really big step into public school and kindergarten, but for now we will hope this year prepares him for what is to come!

Wednesday Williamisms

This is the best one yet....

As we are sitting at McDonald's enjoying breakfast one morning (well him, not me, I don't eat their food!), he looks at me and says, "Mommy, I love you." Of course right then a lady was walking by and stopped and just looked at me and said what a great son you have! I know - he's too sweet!

William is obsessed with Monsters Inc. lately.  It is his favorite movie and he watches it over and over. So this morning...."Mommy, the monster comes out of the closet and hides under the bed and then there are screams in a yellow jar to make ecticity."  Yeah, ecticity, not electricity.

Wednesday Williamisms

After a long week working out of town in Vegas, I came home with my "natural" hair, which is very curly.  I don't wear it curly often and now that it is shorter, it is really curly.  I pick up William from day care after not seeing him for a week and first thing he says, "Mommy, why is your hair so silly?"

The bathroom is always interesting with William.  "Mommy, the big poop eats the little poop."  Gross kid!!!

As we are watching the opening ceremonies for the Olympics and commenting how it looks like the shire from Lord of the Rings.....Alan goes on to say that, "This is crap!"
William responds with "No Daddy, this movie isn't called crap!"

Wednesday Williamisms

On Sunday afternoon, someone had a craving for a pink iced donut from Dunkin Donuts.  As we sit there eating our donuts, I hear "Mommy, I want to live here."  Me too, kid, me too!

"Mommy, I am obsessed with signs and trash cans."

"Mommy, my poo-poo really stinks."  I can't disagree.

Summer Fun

Summer isn't much different for William since he still stays in day care (Montessori school), but we try and bring in some fun activities on the weekends, plus his school does something fun each week on Wednesdays.  Here's some of the fun we've had this summer so far!

 Enjoying some rides at Sandy Lake Park for my company picnic!

 Checking out SafetyTown in Frisco, where he got to ride a bike through a small town.  He also had his face painted that day at school! He loved the little town with the stop lights he had to stop at etc.  We will definitely go back to SafetyTown.

 Of course there is also fun in the backyard with the water table....or mud table we should probably call it.

 And fun on the iPad with his cousin.

 Fun at the movies- catching BRAVE!

 He got to the ride the choo choo train at school.

 ....and meet an "astronaut" on the week they learned all the planets and about the solar system.

and made some fun fourth of July hats for their parade at school

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me

 We took our little pirate to the Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival back in mid May. It was pirate weekend, so of course William dressed the part.  He met many fair maidens that really loved his outfit, one sorceress even gave him some special stones for his treasure.

 William got his first lesson in jousting and did pretty well! We also visited the maze, saw the jousting tourney and rode some fun rides, all made of wood and human-powered!

Never Grow Up

We enjoyed a fabulous mother/son date this past Saturday as I took William to his first musical, Peter Pan.  I had not seen Peter Pan on stage (well other than a high school production), so was very excited as well since this is my favorite all time story. 

I even decorated William's nursery in Peter Pan and now his big boy room still has several Peter Pan framed pieces and a pirate feel. He really loves the story now too and the new Jake and the Neverland Pirates show on Disney Jr. has furthered that love.  He really adores Captain Hook and Smee, as featured in Jake.

I splurged and got us front row seats.  There weren't really many great seats left as I bought them the night before.  I really actually wanted further back to get a better view, as too close can be bad.  But we ended up with front row on the end of the center section so we could escape for a potty break if necessary. 

William does not sit well through movies.  The only one he sat quietly through was the Pooh movie last year or year before.  Otherwise, about 30 minutes in, he is asking me when it is going to be over and ends up in my lap.  He just gets tired of sitting there and wants to leave or talk. 

I wasn't sure how we would fare.  He knew he was supposed to be quiet.  It turned out not to be an issue at all.  He was an angel.  We arrived a little early and he wanted to wear his Peter Pan costume from last Halloween.  He was already getting comments and oohs and ahhs the minute we walked in. 

We picked up our tickets and they told us to head back to the Kids area.  Before the show, they had an area roped off with Disney radio there, coloring pages, ice cream to eat etc.  Three of the actors from the show were also signing autographs.  So we got in line for that and had Michael and John, plus John's understudy sign for us.  The Fair Park Music Hall wanted to get pictures of William in his costume next to a few tinkerbells also in costume.

We went and rented our little booster seat for him and found our amazing seats.  William enjoyed checking out the orchestra too, right in front of us (and below).  Finally the show started and I don't think his eyes ever left the stage.  He was completely immersed.

He loves singing songs and they do a lot of singing at his school to remember the days of the week, solar system, how to spell certain words etc.  He just totally loves it.  So I think the whole musical aspect was something he connected to.  He absolutely loved it.  We had such a great time and the show itself was amazing.  Cathy Rigby did a fabulous job as Peter Pan.  She's still got it after all these years.  She actually has grandchildren now and is still flipping and flying in Peter Pan. 

At the end, we took our time and waited for the crowds to clear out first.  As we were exiting, we saw the line for Cathy Rigby's autograph.  William immediately wanted to get in line.  He saw how long it was, but didn't care.  We took a little shortcut by buying a poster which got you into a shorter line.  The longer line was for those having her sign their playbill or something else.  William got his signed poster and we were on our way.  He asked to go see another show again sometime. 

It was a really special mommy/son date and we will remember it forever.  Now to find him some other shows to see!