My Child....Ever Amazing

Here Brad and I are, heartbroken about sending our angel to daycare. On Friday, I took the day off, and we took Ella to "school" to meet her teacher, her new class, and to become slightly acclimated before we drop her off for a full day on Monday. We stayed in the classroom for about 20 minutes, then left her there.

A half an hour later, we went in to get her and she said, "No, go! No, go! Me stay!". We finally convinced her that we would come back next week, and she relented to leave with us. That afternoon, we had planned a swimming adventure with Ella's best friend, Noelle (or Bauble as Ella says) and her mommy. When Ella woke up from her nap I asked her, "What do you want to do this afternoon?" Without hesitation she answered back, "School, me school." She was happy to go to the pool, but obviously she's ready to leave the nest. At least for a little while.

Children are amazing! Okay, maybe just mine :)

Times They are a Changin'

Next week is a big week in our house. For the first time in her life, our 21 month old is going to daycare. In order to make ourselves feel better about taking our child to be cared for by someone else for 40 hours a week, we call it school. Ella got a backpack for school, and she picked one with Elmo on it. Pretty cute.

The next week, Brad will begin school and take his first language exam for his PhD program. We are excited about this fall, but also a little nervous about all that we have to get done. Lots of families have two parents who work full time and make it okay. So will we, right?

Cute Ella story: This evening, Brad and I were in the kitchen talking about the slumping Red Sox and the soaring Yankees. All of a sudden, Ella, who was sitting in her booster seat in the dining room began to say, "Boo, Yankees" and make a thumbs down sign. We had taught her this months before, but we hadn't tried to get it out of her in a while. It was pretty cute, and pretty smart!

I'm about to become a Celtics fan.

For those of you who don't know, I'm a huge sports fan. Mostly just baseball (I'm a proud member of Red Sox Nation) and football (Go World Champion Colts!), but I also watch some basketball. I religiously listen to Boston sports talk radio, WEEI, for news on my beloved Sox and hate for the Colts. Even when we were in Boston, I could care less about the Celtics, they stunk. But today , I open up ESPN and see that my all time favorite basketball player, Reggie Miller "Knick Killer" is considering making a return, and playing for the Celtics. How awesome is that? I love Reggie Miller, and I could listen to news and comments about him on my favorite station, WEEI. Go Celts!