Pre-School Drop out

Nate's last day of school was last week. He had cut back to two days a week a couple of months ago but we recently made the decision to pull him out altogether. The main reason being the expense of the place he was going - for that price we think can find a better part-time school and closer to our new house. But for now....it is him and Daddy...all day every day. I think they are both adjusting...but I need to publicly declare that Michael has been AMAZING!!

I used to use my pictures as my memory jogger of what to blog about each week....I upload my pics each week and was reminded of all the things we did. But the past couple of weeks I have realized that I have made mental notes of funny things Nate has done, or little things he has picked up, but when I sit down to actually blog I don't have pics of any of them so I completely forget! There has been a major shift in my picture taking abilities as of late...mainly because he is so much harder to keep up with that I don't find the camera in my hands as much. I have a few pics from this past week but none of the "blog-worthy events" so I will recap a few little "firsts" Nate had recently.

1) First Kiss - it was adorable. Nate and Amanda were playing on the playground during mine and Susan's tennis match on Sunday and there was a "Little Tykes" house that they were both playing in. Nate walks up to Amanda and kissed her on her cheek (I told you he was a kisser) and then he stood beside her and put his around around her. It was, quite possibly, the cutest thing I have ever witnessed. And not a single parent had a camera on them...

2) First Handyman Project - we went in to Lowe's last Saturday morning to pick up a few things for the house and they just happened to have a Kids Project Class going on so we stopped in to see if he would be interested. He put his smock on and his safety goggles and he and Daddy built a wooden rain catcher/measurer with his little hammer. It was adorable...and no camera (well, MC took some pics with his phone....I will get him to show me how to put those on here). UPDATE - found a pic with him wearing the goggles:

Funny handyman side story....The other day we were in the car and I pulled in the driveway and said "Nate we're Home!" and he responded with "Depot!" (He and daddy spend a lot of time there during the day!)

3) First Skinned Knee - playing in the driveway on Sunday. Nothing major, just a little boo boo...I kinda think it is cute (is that weird?)...such a little boy.

Besides that, Nate is just perfecting his tantrums (he truly has a gift) and adds a word to his vocabulary daily it seems. Right now, his favorite words are "tractor", "no puppy", "apple juice", and "hug"....and he says "careful" when he goes up the stairs on climbs on his playset (I guess I hover more than I think). He can get to "E" singing the Alphabet (and he kinda just grunts the tune for the rest), and if you hold up fingers he can count them to "5". Thank you Sesame Street!

Mom, Nate and I went to Gadsden on Saturday to visit family and we spent a gorgeous day at the Falls and Playground...here are some pics:

Nate with my cousin's Great Dane (puppy)...he wasn't even a little bit scared.

Nate and his 2nd Cousins - Baylor, Langley, & Corbin

Nate and the Waterfall