First Day of Playgroup

Last week we had our first day of preschool. It was a happy little group of boys! It's just one day a week for four hours--I think this will be a good fit for the next year. Summer has more comings and goings, but come fall, it'll be a group of five little boys ages 3 to 3 1/2 (Elijah will be the oldest). As an added plus, it keeps me accountable to put together activities that Elijah and I can repeat/explore further throughout the week.

Painting an ocean
I tried homemade watercolors for the first time for this activity--it ending up drying funny 

Block building made with S

Free play: cooking!
They all played so well together

Examining sea shells

Just for the summer, Elijah is also attending a weekly playgroup co-op of all girls (we rotate hosting/teaching responsibilities)--we're going for the gender segregated approach apparently. I'm excited for more same-age playmate time for Elijah.

To the Park

Tricycling is great!

We've been loving the pleasant evening daylight. It's nice to be able to get the boys up from naptime and still have plenty of time to head to the park. Elijah has recently been interested in his tricycle and scooter. He is so slow, but thinks it is lots of fun!

Look, no hands!

Concentrating

We made it to the park!

Josiah loves going to parks. He has mastered stairs and bridges, so he likes his loop of climbing the stairs, crossing the bridges (he carefully scoots on his bottom for the downward slope, and then crawls away), and going down the slide. He'll do it over and over again.

Digging is also fun.

If only Josiah could walk, I think his toddle pace would match Elijah's triking pace. But since the sidewalks aren't great for crawling, he gets to explore the flowers while we wait for Elijah to catch up, giving up plenty of time to stop and smell the flowers.

Memorial Day Outing

For Memorial Day, we decided to try out the new expo line and head to the Natural History Museum. This meant that we got to take three trains, which is always a popular decision around here. Elijah struggled with the real, but not alive concept--a bit tricky for a three year old. But he was fascinated by the dioramas and dinosaur bones.

The Butterfly Pavilion was Josiah's favorite activity--there were tons of beautiful butterflies flitting around as well as some caterpillars and chrysalises to observe.

A Monarch

Zebra Longwings

Josiah watched birds while eating lunch

Dinosaurs!

My family with the T-Rex family: adult, juvenile, and baby

All tired out; once he was done with the museum, he just wanted to snuggle with his blanket in the wrap--like a little koala

Waiting for the train to take us home