While Eli's Away...

While Eli is at school, I have to think up some fun things to do at home until she gets used to him going everyday. So far, we have done bubbles(as seen in the pictures), Play-Doh, Paint and markers. When I bought the paints, she was so excited that she was busting at the seams with giggles. She wanted to paint so bad that she was ordering Eli to go to school in the evening. Who knew something that only cost two-dollars would be such a hit.
We also are using school to motivate potty training. She can go, but she wont do it alone, no matter what we do. We told her that if she wants to go to school, she will have to learn to do it alone. She responded, that it was okay because she could do bubbles.

Eli's First Day of Kindergarten

Today was Eli's first day of Kindergarten.  In El Paso, Kindergarten is not required by law and we put Eli in a private school because they are only half-day and most public schools are full day.  It kind of feels like he is going back to preschool and I wasn't too worried.  The first few weeks took some adjusting, as Eli liked to get up and wander from his seat and he has to do work in school, like coloring, writing and reciting words.  Those aren't really his favorite.  We worked with him to keep him in his seat and he simply told me that I needed to tell the teacher that we need some new rules.  We told him no and he responded "but I am cute and cuddly."
Riley on the other hand, missed Eli terribly and everytime we dropped Eli off, she would cry that she couldn't got to school.  It was ironic that she would run to his classroom and race to his seat and sit down and I had to pull Eli to even get to his classroom.  Next year Riley, we'll get you in school.