Wordless Wednesday

-Bethany

First Haircut

The sweet 'fro has grown to a mullet and I (sadly!) deemed it time to make the trip to the salon for Palmer's first cut.

Note: Rick told me many many times that he was happy to cut Palmer's hair as Rick has been cutting his own hair for almost ten years (true story).  Rick does not understand that the first haircut is an emotional event for the parents mom and for the first occasion, I wanted my very own trusted stylist to do the deed.

The BEFORE sitting at the bar:

Checking out the long golden locks:

Palmer did great during the cut and sat as still as possible for a one and a half year old.  Having a sippy cup of milk at hand was also key.

 

And AFTER the cut...(Sorry for the bad quality of photo.  Hey, honey: I need a new camera please. Specifically, a Canon Rebel t2i, please.)

The big boy with his dad:

-Bethany

Toddler Class

Palmer transitioned from the infant room at school to the "older toddler" room.  Although we were very sad to say good bye to Palmer's dear teachers, Miss Erica and Miss Natalie, we are eager for all of Palmer's new challenges in the new classroom.

Miss Erica:                                            

 Miss Natalie:

Palmer has been the oldest in the infant room for a few months and therefore apparently bored with the "babies".  He is now the youngest of 12 in the new room and I can already tell he is blossoming in his new environment.

Palmer's vocabulary has exploded in the last week and he is starting to string together more sentences and babbling paragraphs.  We are in that difficult stage right now where he has new words that I can't understand.  He will repeat the same sound about 4 times and look at me expectantly.  I just nod my head and say, "Yes, Palmer.  That's interesting," although I haven't a clue what he is telling me.

Another sign of the new class is the lovely word, "Mine!".  I knew that the "mine" stage was quickly upon us when we went to the open house and a little girl quickly told Palmer the chair was, "mine!".  It's called survival of the strongest in the older toddler classroom. Over the weekend I caught Palmer carrying around his new training potty and arguing to no one in particular/telling himself, "Mine!  No, mine. Mine! No, MINE!".

We're excited about all the new things Palmer will learn in this classroom as the structure is more like preschool with centers and monthly learning themes.  The teachers have already told me that "circle time" is a favorite of Palmer's! I think it's going to be a great school year.

-Bethany

Wordless Wednesday

Palmer is not wordless this Wednesday.

-Bethany

Wordless (but not Numberless) Wednesday

1981:

 

2012:

-Bethany

Good Bye, Summer!

How did we do?

I made a summer checklist and take a look...I think we did pretty well.

(Note Palmer's contributions to the summer to-do list at the bottom of the board! Thanks for the scribbles, Palmer.  I'm sure mom is going to have a heck of a time trying to explain that it's okay to write on one wall in the house, but none of the other walls.)

Another sign that summer is over?

Palmer's last day in the infant room at school:

 My, how he's come since his first day in this classroom.  (Rick will be sure to poke fun at me and note that Palmer's sure to know his initials since they are on both outfits! All that silliness just goes in one of my ears and out the other... ha!)

We loved the dear teachers in the infant room and thank them for all of their guidance during the first year.
-Bethany

Wordless Wednesday

-Bethany