September in part

September began with a trip to the beach friends for Labor Day:

Preschool started. Happy mornings with happy friends (5 three year olds, 2 five year olds, and baby). When the kids did their montessori-inspired work trays, I'm pretty sure they thought that Claire in her cradle was just another work station---practical life at its finest.

Kindergarten continues to go well. The space obsession continues. George Washington continues to be the super hero---he does everything. He even drives a van sometimes. Lunch and dinner time reading selections are mostly space oriented, and basically only nonfiction, although every once in awhile Josiah chooses a picture book story for me that's not Richard Scarry.

Elijah built the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity; Husband Hill
is represented by the lid in the background; Curiousity is on the floor,
having not yet reached Mars

And Claire is just adorable. She's grown from a scrawny newborn to chubby baby. She "fusses" for a couple hours in the evening, but is happy and calm all the rest of the time. She only wakes up once most nights, except for the occasional night where she likes to nurse for half the night straight. Josiah remarked, "Claire likes it when we smile at her, and we like it when Claire smiles at us."

She loves her mobile. She'll stare and talk to it for
20 minutes at a time.