School in session!

Is it wrong to say "yay!"? So far, so good. He loves his new teacher. It's her first year teaching, just like his kindergarten teacher last year. Unfortunately, he doesn't have any of his good friends in his class with him. There are 2 girls from kindergarten, and that's it. Mr. Social Butterfly will have no trouble making new friends, though. On the first day, I took him in since I had a few bags full of supplies that they required us to bring. I was there maybe 5 minutes, and he motions over to some other parents to the side and says "How about you either go over there with them, or you can leave now." OK. I guess I'll go! He told me that he loves his teacher so much that if she was available, he would love to adopt her.


A few weeks ago our neighbor had his third birthday and was going to have a tethered hot air balloon. Ethan said he would not go up in it, "NO WAY!" The wind was too strong (look at the left side and you can see it indented), so it didn't end up going up, but I think the kids had fun just watching it inflate. It was in the empty lot next door (which was recently sold, so we may have a neighbor sometime soon after all!).


His favorite thing to do lately is play "store". He is the proud owner of "Jedi Toys" (where the force is always with you), and he has a cash register now (instead of the piano) that we got after I took pictures. In the beginning, he took the credit card (courtesy of a million pre-approved Discover Cards) and slid it in the crack of the drawer, and his favorite thing was asking if I wanted cash back. He has his stuff for sale on the desk part of his dresser, and he has a headset in case he has to call another store if something is out of stock (his idea, not mine!). Last time we played, he wanted me to make some receipts. So now he writes the name of the toy and the price.


I guess that's all for now. I have to download the soccer photos, but that's a whole story by itself.