Baby Talk

No photo, just a note about Helen today. Her daycare teachers are teaching spanish to the babies. They learn the colors, numbers, simple words etc. Miss. Jeannette says that today Helen sat by Miss Letti (the teacher who is teaching spanish) and counted to three IN SPANISH. She doesn't talk yet but I believe it. She tries to mimic words and uses a bit of her basic sign language. Maybe she'll be a spanish speaker before she leaves the daycare.

First Day of School

Carys had a big day today, her first day of pre-school. We packed her lunch the night before and she had a good breakfast but she was still super tired when I came to pick her up and she even took a nap! She found two new friends, one of whom she tells me is a girl named Ostrich. I'm not sure about this but I'll find out during new parent orientation. When I ask her about her favorite activity, she says she loves them all. The pre-school is based on the montessori method and they have tons of fun "work" for children. I'll be sharing it on the blog as we learn together about her new school.

Her teachers said she adjusted well and Carys seems happy to return tomorrow. I'm glad she seems to be settling into this new program so well.

Bedtime Tent

Carys has always been a great sleeper up until a couple of months ago (hmm, right around the time my posting became spotty...coincidence?) Luckily we did not suffer too long because I have to get sleep so we quickly found a solution. The bedtime tent. I'm not saying it always works but it really has helped her feel safe and secure and she does go to sleep easier (most nights:)