Second half of August:
The biggest thing that happened during the last half of August was that Emmett tried two new foods. He tried string cheese, which he is not eating every day (THANK YOU Fraser), and a gluten-free pizza from Costco.
The GFCF diet is hard, but we are going to keep working at it. It's tricky because I get excited about him eating the GF pizza, but it has cheese on it. But it's a new food. And I want him to try new things! So it's like I can't win with both gluten-free and dairy-free foods. In the end it may be harder for Emmett to give up dairy.
I have noticed Emmett has been much more imaginative with his toys. He has been creating dialog between toys and doing different things with them. It is so fun to listen to him! He says the cutest things and some pretty funny things too.
The biggest thing we worked on at the end of August was prepping for kindergarten. A neighbor gave him some books about kindergarten so we read those a lot. I also took him to the school a few times to play on the playground and walk the halls, just to get familiar with everything. This made him very excited for school. He was getting impatient about it he was so excited!
First half of Sept:
Emmett had an avalanche of newness come down on him. His schedule changed dramatically and got very busy. I waited too long to book a haircut with Kristy. Her schedule was full so I took Emmett to Gent to get his haircut (he totally needed it before school started). I purposely did NOT take him to one of those kids haircut joints because he would be miserable. The colors in there are wild, each station has a TV with a different movie playing, and it's loud in there. Why do kids places always have to look like a circus? I'm even overwhelmed going in there. So I took him to Gent, which is an upscale barbershop, basically. Plus, it's 8 blocks away. Emmett was really nervous and was hesitant to walk in the door. But it turned out to be PERFECT. The colors in there were very soothing, it was quiet, and they gave him a chair in the back corner so it was extra quiet. I had to explain that he wouldn't want his hair washed or the blow dryer turned on. Aside from a couple of confused looks, it went very well and Emmett did awesome. I gave him a cupcake for being so good. :)
I have noticed Emmett has been much more imaginative with his toys. He has been creating dialog between toys and doing different things with them. It is so fun to listen to him! He says the cutest things and some pretty funny things too.
The biggest thing we worked on at the end of August was prepping for kindergarten. A neighbor gave him some books about kindergarten so we read those a lot. I also took him to the school a few times to play on the playground and walk the halls, just to get familiar with everything. This made him very excited for school. He was getting impatient about it he was so excited!
First half of Sept:
Emmett had an avalanche of newness come down on him. His schedule changed dramatically and got very busy. I waited too long to book a haircut with Kristy. Her schedule was full so I took Emmett to Gent to get his haircut (he totally needed it before school started). I purposely did NOT take him to one of those kids haircut joints because he would be miserable. The colors in there are wild, each station has a TV with a different movie playing, and it's loud in there. Why do kids places always have to look like a circus? I'm even overwhelmed going in there. So I took him to Gent, which is an upscale barbershop, basically. Plus, it's 8 blocks away. Emmett was really nervous and was hesitant to walk in the door. But it turned out to be PERFECT. The colors in there were very soothing, it was quiet, and they gave him a chair in the back corner so it was extra quiet. I had to explain that he wouldn't want his hair washed or the blow dryer turned on. Aside from a couple of confused looks, it went very well and Emmett did awesome. I gave him a cupcake for being so good. :)
^^stud
Emmett started kindergarten. This has been a bittersweet experience for me. It is so weird having both kids gone most of the day. I think it's harder for me having Emmett gone because he still seems so little. I was more nervous for him to start school than he was. I don't think he was nervous at all! And he was SO excited to ride on the big yellow bus. :)
^^support from the big sis
On top of being dog tired from school, Emmett started his new social group at Fraser on Tuesday. He will be there each Tuesday from 4:30-6:00. The first day went well and he had fun. He even got to ride the light rail with dad afterward. :)
