Today Dhillon started going to daycare with Laela. Of course, he goes to the baby room, and Laela goes to the big girl class. (Laela thinks she has to tell people that, so people know they are not in the same class. It is too funny!)
Before I forget, here is a picture of Laela before her first school day back when she was a baby. Laela started school at 7 weeks old whereas Dhillon started at 12 weeks old.
Anyway, we had an hour earlier start this morning. D woke up at 4:00 instead of his usual 5:00. Ro fed him, put him back to bed, got ready and ended up having to wake him back up to put him in the carseat. He was not a happy camper about that.
Ro dropped both kiddos off to school this morning. He said it went great! Laela wanted to help with Dhillon and make sure she knew where he was at, so she went in and checked out the baby room too. Ro said she was a great helper! The teachers are all super nice. The lead teacher has been in this baby room the past 13 years, so she practically owns the joint and is like a baby whisperer! :)
At pickup, of course the ladies said he had a great day. There were times of crying and lots of no sleep time, but he did drink all of his bottles and had several wet diapers. I guess that makes for a successful day in baby world! He does miss his Aunt Karri holding him and loving on him during the day, but he will grow to love these ladies at daycare too. I know they will quickly fall for his calm personality, loving hazel eyes, and sweet, cuddly hug!
Laela has been so funny lately. She is loving school and coming home to tell us everything she does during the day. This last week they were learning about outer space and patterns. WOW! She is so into patterns every where we go. Funny stuff from a 3 year old! Oh. This week we took Allie to doggie school so she could get some exercise and because it was supposed to rain. WOW! I got good sleep while she was gone. No clawing at me while the thunder and lightning was going on. Woohoo. But...we did start to miss her after three days. When she got home on Friday, Laela was missing in action. This is where I found her...
She was loving on Allie. Just hanging out, talking and smiling (both Allie and Laela). Notice the sleeveless summer dress and sandals too! This girl insists on wearing SHORT sleeves, dresses, and/or sandals EVERYDAY. It does not matter if it is 25 degrees. She does not care. Well, of course that is not going to fly with me, so needless to say...we have witnessed a few crazy fits. One way we have solved the problem. She changes into a dress and/or short sleeves and/or sandles the minute we get home. More laundry for us, but WAY less harsh on the ears and nervous system! 
Also from school, Laela LOVES pretending to play school or anything that she can think of that has to do with school. Here, she read us the book book before bed time. Notice her finger position (which she just taught daddy how to properly hold a book tonight) and her very serious storytelling face. This makes my heart happy. I LOVE IT! :)
Ro and Laela made this contraption the other morning before I woke up. Not sure what it is? It is a stadium, of course! There is a REAL stadium being built by us and they check it out every morning. They have been tracking the progress and Laela can not wait to go sit on the seats inside the stadium! Ro just can't wait for football, but I know they will have a blast together when it opens!
