George has started preschool this year and the experience has changed him. It's given him a new confidence . An "I'm important" confidence. He wears his book bag proudly, fiddles through his take home papers as if they were "bills," talking to himself about each one. Demands that he wear socks, because after all, that is what grownups do. Or so he tells me. I think he had started contemplating coming out from under Joshys wing, but is only now discovering how to do that. I LOVE watching it. And so because George has started preschool 3 mornings a week, that leaves just me and Riley. I love her in a new way now. She is my sidekick. She talks constantly, practicing all of the new words she's learned in correct context. "Oh dear mommy, what is that?" or my favorite "Goodnight, I love you too mommy." The most frequent question "Where Dosh, Dorge and Daddy go?" She likes to do everything and anything that I do. What a gift and yet a huge responsibility that I've not experienced with the others. My mommy stuff was and is that to the boys..mommy stuff. Now with Ri, she listens more to how I talk with friends or watches how I interact with Jamie and non-stop asks questions about what I'm doing. It's great. Everyone is growing up so fast. I'm getting glimpses of the thousands of times I've heard enjoy them, it goes by quickly. Man, it does. I'm reminded to slow down and not take these fast paced moments for granted.
Here are a few recent pics of Georgy starting preschool and Riley down at the water. Words cant express how much I adore these two. Pictures capture why I do.
