Standing, First Day of School, and Poor Dad

I let my son eat paint. Now let's move past that and see him unexpectedly stand up without leaning on me!

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Vivien went back to school on Tuesday. Yay!!! We started the first day back with the normal school day drama. She didn't want to eat or cooperate. I figured it's just par for the course.

When we got there, she found her name to put in the door.

This is her teacher. Vivien loves her teachers! Although she didn't look very enthusiastic here, she was just a little overwhelmed with what she needed to be doing.

After putting her things away, she went right over to the table to start her tablework. They have to finish their tablework before they can play in the centers.

In the meantime, Jim had to stay home because he had some sort of freak muscle spasm. It happened at work on Saturday and then was exacerbated by doing yard work on Monday. He had to miss work and see the chiropractor twice. Our friends who own Park Cities Yoga (shout out) helped him with some stretches he could do so that he could at least get in the car to go to the chiropractor. The poor guy was in so much pain and very much resembled Quasimodo. Of course, didn't stop him from cuddling with the boy. Oh and Vivien was so sweet. She kept checking on him and saying how sorry she was the he was not feeling well. Then she came to me and told me she was sorry he wasn't feeling well because he couldn't take her out to swing. We're working on empathy...

This is the song Vivien learned on her first day of school. I thought I knew all of the kid songs, but this one was new to me. She's so cute!

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Day 2 of school was even better. Vivien got up, ate, and got dressed with no delay or rebellion. When she got home, she thanked me for cleaning her bedroom while she was gone. She then put her shoes on her shoe rack and her socks in her hamper. I was so proud! Normally she just throws them in the middle of the room and takes off. She really is growing up and I think this school year is going to really prepare her for kindergarten.