Today's the day

Ellery headed off to daycare with Daddy for the first time this morning!!! We were so worried how she would do. . . . she's never been in a formal daycare setting before and I was SURE there would be tears or SOMETHING.

I have been proven wrong. John called me this morning after drop off to report it went fabulously - she could have cared LOL.

She's unbelievably adaptable. In fact John called at lunch and the person he spoke with told him that she's had a great day - they were SO impressed by her vocabulary and her ability to verbalize her wants/needs (HA!!!). She's been playing and doing crafts (apparently there was flower pot painting today!!) and she made a new little boy friend - Alan. The teachers were sure she'd been in some kind of formalized daycare setting and were just so impressed with how well she acclimated to the environment.

Clearly Mommy and Daddy are the ones with change issues. Not the 2 year old.

So - here we are again!

I've heard some grumbling about the old blog not being updated - well. . for all you rabid Ellery fans. .here we go :)

I was such a good blogger when she was smaller. . . mostly because she was more interesting to others :) I mean, how many times can a Mommy say how cute and smart their child is??! hehehee

anyway - Miss Ellery is BOTH of those things - cute and smart :) and has some big changes coming up - the biggest is her foray into daycare. My mom (her primary caregiver while Mommy and Daddy work hard for the money) is having another pretty big surgery. The last time it was SO much easier. . in the sense that I didn't have a baby LOL. Anyway - we've arranged for Ellery to attend back up daycare across the street from Daddy's office. I'm not thrilled, it's CERTAINLY not ideal - but I"m looking on the positive side - she LOVES other kids . . and now she'll get some exposure to the setting before she goes to preschool in the fall.

Yep. .that's right.. PRESCHOOL!!!! OHMIGOD. my baby's going to school. HOW is that possible.

whew. She'll be going 2 days/week from 8:30-11:30 at the Tiny Tikes Preschool down the street from my parents house. I think it'll be good for her :) and my parents :)

Also we're starting gymnastics on Saturday mornings . ..that starts in April. Busy busy busy.

She's SO smart. . I know. . I know. . . . every parent thinks that their kid is smart - but seriously. . she is :)

I think it just takes me by surprise sometimes. She knows SO much - she was watching the birdies out the window this weekend and I said "Ellery what do birds say" (i knew she knows this one) "tweet tweet" was the response....I said "what do birdies do" "fly. . fly fly. . . " and then "where do birdies live" and she said "nests". I almost fell over -how the HECK does she know that birds live in nests??!!

:)

OH! She also knows her name - when you ask her name she says "Ellery Rose Palmer" :) hehe

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