September has Arrived and School is on the Horizon…

Hello everyone! It’s hard to believe that it is actually September and how quickly time is going. At times, it seems like only a matter of weeks since we returned home. On Friday, Victoria had her last day of Summer Day Camp. She had an absolute blast, so we thought that she might be a bit sad to see it end. Much to our delight, she is so excited about the start of school that she (thus far) does not seem to mind that she will not be going back.

Perhaps it helps that we went to an open house at her elementary school this week. During this event, she saw her classroom for the first time and was able to meet her teacher as well as a number of her classmates. She really seemed to like the classroom, where there were a number of great books to look at and toys to play with. Then, she was able to sit at her desk for the first time (each child’s desk had their name on it) and put all of her school supplies in it. She even made “friends” with the nice Policeman who stopped traffic so we could cross the street to get back our car (which was parked across the street since so many people showed up for the open house).

Later in the week, Victoria helped Mommy make some chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies (the sugar cookies had smiling school buses on them). Knowing how excited Victoria is to ride the school bus, we knew that she would enjoy these...and she really did. The cookies were for company that we were having over the weekend. Some of Daddy’s oldest friends were able to visit. It was so good to see them and Victoria had a blast playing with them and showing them her room, toys, etc.

Also over the weekend, the three of us went to a nice state park in Princeton. The park had some very interesting historic sites from the Revolutionary War. Afterward, Victoria really enjoyed some time at a playground that is just outside the state park. When we got home, we gave her the backpack and lunch bag that she will use for school. She absolutely loved them! How could we tell? She did not take off the backpack for about an hour or so…even after we went out, she put it right back on when we got home…looks like we picked some winners!

Two random funny stories from this week…When Victoria left the office of her speech therapist (whom she adores), the therapist said “See you later alligator”. Of course, Victoria’s response was supposed to be “In a while crocodile.” Instead, she responded “Bye crocodeelee”. It was hysterical and had everyone laughing (well, perhaps you needed to be there…hahaha). On another day this week, Victoria woke up and was interested to see what the weather was for the day (of course, she always hopes that it will be sunny). On this particular day, she got her wish. When she looked out the window and saw that it was sunny, she yelled “Mommy, Daddy, sunny…I love sunny”. This, by itself, was very funny, but she followed it up with a cute song about it being sunny (one which she clearly made up on the spot). She has been doing a lot more singing/humming/dancing lately, which is very cute to see.

Here are some pictures from this week…

Making school bus cookies with Mommy:

About to dig in and enjoy the finished product:
Great pose at the park:
At the state park with Mommy:
Batter Up!
Our little princess in the sandbox sporting her new skirt and monkey shirt:
First pose with the backpack:
Still wearing it about an hour later:
A few hours later…she can’t wait to go to school and may sleep with the backpack on!