1ST DAY OF PRESCHOOL

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Yep, Elliott has started preschool. Today was his first day and of course I took some "1st day" pictures.  He was beyond excited. As you can see. He really loved going to "his school". According to him they "saw boys, saw girls, colored an orange path, made triangles and sat on the rug." It's only two hours, two days per week, but I think it is going to be great for him. We can only hope anyway! I know I will enjoy having a few hours every week to work on things kiddo free, but I think Ruby (the pup) will enjoy some Elliott free time as well.
This was some kind of "first day of school" jig he kept doing. Pretty great.
Would you look at that cheesy face? 

ELLIOTT 3.5

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Last week was Elliott's half birthday. Yes, half. We had a grand day of story time, the park and of course, yummy food. He was so excited this time around! It's never as big of a deal as a real birthday, but we still like to spoil a little bit so we gave him a few gifts we thought he would like. More on those coming up soon! It's hard for me to restrain sometimes, to not throw a party or go overboard. Sometimes simpler is better, yes?

I can't believe how quickly Elliott is growing up. He's preschool aged! Yikes! I'm just thankful he still lets us see the toddler in him every now and then. Happy half birthday my boy! We love you so.

CAR WASH + HAPPY WEEKEND

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With having a car again comes the needed and oh so fun car wash! It's such a great warm weather activity and Elliott absolutely loved helping. And of course, I'm game for any activity that involves my boy in his swim shorts :)

I hope you have a great weekend, friends. We have some plans I'm pretty excited about. Fun and relaxing. Doesn't get much better than that! Happy weekend! Here are my favorite links for the week, enjoy!

Grilled peaches just might go with everything.

Beautiful DIY shelving.

Drum box!

Haha!

Pretty, pretty curtain rods.

Awww.

Love these cubes.

WE LOVE: POTTY TRAINING

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Yep, we finally did it! I read the book and went to work. It was actually kind of fun! Extremely frustrating at times, but less than a week and more than a few accidents later, he's waking up dry and doing almost everything on his own. I know what you're thinking. "Kersey, why on earth would you potty train your child right before moving across the country?" To that I say, it just had to be done. He asked for his diapers for the first few days, but now he loves his big boy underwear.

If you are needing to potty train soon, I highly recommend two things. One, this book. Once I read the first part of it, I was good to go. The book suggests you to use a wetting doll to show your child and have them teach the doll how to use the toilet. We didn't want to buy a $60 doll for a boy for potty training, so we used Panda and added a pair of underwear. It was perfect!  The second thing we recommend is this seat. We only have one bathroom, and it's very small so a separate potty for him was out of the question. He knows how to put the seat on himself, and takes it off after he's finished using the toilet. It's the perfect solution! I also think it will make the transition from his training seat to a regular toilet seat easier down the road. We really do love potty training. Well, we love being potty trained. The diaper bag is lighter, the boy is happier and mama has more time in her day! It's a beautiful thing.