Friends Come to Visit

Yesterday Emma (and Marie) and Rachel (and Heather) came to visit us. The girls had not been over in a really long time and now everyone was old enough to play with all of Jillian's fun toys. Jillian was not interested in being a hostess. She did interact with her guests but she often played in another room. She would be thrilled one minute to show them something and then distracted by Snow White the next. It was still super fun to have guests. Thanks for coming over!

School!

Various circumstances led to Jillian starting pre-school last week. She started on Tuesday, July 5th. We found a transition center/school that goes through pre-K. She'll be learning letters and numbers and potty training. Yay! Already she loves it! She knows her teachers and has "friends". And she has been initiated! Only one week after her start and she caught a virus! Jason was up all night with her. (Vomit is one thing I cannot do!!!) Poor thing is weak and tired but in remarkably good spirits! Coincidentally we had a doctor's appointment scheduled for her school physical. So she got checked out today.

Jason and I are so hopeful that this regular routine will be good for her. She was beginning to get cranky transitioning from place to place and us armchair detectives thought the uncertainty might have played a factor. Hopefully this will continue to go well!

Summer by the Pool

I purchased this pool that's meant for babies. Last year I bought the crab pool and it lasted for only 2 dips before the top of the crab dipped into the pool and it was unusable. Bummer dude. So this year I spent $5 for this beauty. All she wants to do is stand in it anyways. She hasn't gotten into sitting or submerging.

As daring as she gets! She likes to throw all her Little People animals into the pool. Barbie and Ken have also taken a dip.

Showing her prune-y fingers. She doesn't like that they're different and is very relieved when they go back to normal.