It’s official. Ollie is at school. We got up this morning, made breakfast, got dressed and did the whole routine. Not that we don’t do those things every morning, it was just different today. We grabbed his tote bag and he climbed up into the car. We strapped him in and off we drove to school. Ollie is going to the Montessori equivalent of pre-K this year. As we pulled up to his new school, one of his teachers came out to get him. At Washington Montessori they take the kids out of the car. Ollie waved good-bye and then got busy trying to show his new teacher that how many he is today. He didn’t look back.

Not only was today the first day of Ollie’s educational career, it’s also his fourth birthday. We celebrated over the weekend with a trip to Raleigh to do all kinds of great 4 stuff. I’ll post pictures of that later.

My little boy isn’t so little anymore. He’s taking his first big steps out into the world without Mommy.

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Emmett pee-peed in the potty! Woo-hoo! I know that being completely rid of diapers is still a long way away, but this rocks! He’s definitely got the idea. He wouldn’t let me put a diaper back on him after I changed him this morning. He said, “No, no. Pee pee.”. So off we went to the bathroom. I was ready for more of the same Emmett sitting there, but not doing anything. Today was different. Joy!

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That’s what Ollie calls him when they’re playing “super hero boys”. Well, he’s sure living up to the title. While I was snapping the legs of Emmett’s overalls back together, I counted the snaps as I put them together. I haven’t ever done that for him before, but he’s had a sudden verbal explosion, so I thought it was a good time to start. I said “one” and he replied”two, three”. I said “four” and he replied “five”. Holy Cow! Emmett can count to 5. Now, that’s pretty impressive.

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