Montessori School

On Monday, I thought it might be fun to take Ethan to the Exhibition. So once Scott came home from golf and the kids got up from their naps, we headed into Toronto for a nice family outing. Despite being stuck in traffic on the way their and Scott getting into a minor car accident (two cars backed into each other, minimal damage), we had a great time. Ethan loved feeding the animals and riding on all the rides. In a sign of things to come, Ethan picked up another little cute girl on the car ride. She was sitting by herself and he went right over and asked to sit with her. The two of them proceeded to laugh at each other for the rest of the ride (should have gotten a picture). Ethan also loved watching the fire crackers at the end!

On Tuesday, sadly, I can't remember what we did on Tuesday....

On Wednesday, Ethan started Montessori school. We went to an open house with Lynn and Shelby. The original plan was to have both of them start in the toddler room. After about 2 minutes of us being there, it was clear that they were too big for the toddler room. I think that teachers were a little scared. Instead of going down the little slides, Ethan was jumping off the top of the climbers!!! After the open house, we went to Shelby's for a pizza lunch. They were both pretty tired and had long naps afterwards!

So although they are supposed to be toilet trained before they move to the casse room, they made an exception for Ethan and Shelby. On Thursday, they started in the casse room. They have to wear uniforms, which are kinda geeky (especially the little boy ones). Once Ethan gets his, I will post a picture. Ethan really seemed the enjoy himself and happily told me about his new friends on the way home.

Today Ethan went to school again (they missed Tuesday, so he got to go today instead). That gave Olivia and I a chance to clean up in preparation for Nana Wendy's visit. I have spent most of the day cleaning, but it seems as though I still have a lot to do. The frustrating part of cleaning is that I clean it and five minutes later it's dirty again, I must have cleaned the kitchen counter and kitchen table three times and we haven't even had dinner yet. And don't even get me started on the laundry...