(23 Months) Julia loves blankets. I have tried several times without success to get a photo of her carring her blanket around like Linus from the Peanuts carton. She knew I had the camera out. Today, she humored me with photos of her on her new Mommy made blanket. She loves to touch the fabric and it makes for a fun blanket to sit on and play.

Julia’s blanket is the same pattern as Emily’s blanket with a color shift so that they wouldn’t be identical. I also bound the edge of Julia’s quilt which was a successful first for me. It is a soft and cozy blanket and will be nice for winter to bundle under or just soft to play on like we are today.

We had a double baby shower in Orlando for Sabah & Doug and Jennifer & Gary over the Labor Day holiday. It was a short visit, but a good time just to catch up. We don’t all get together that often, so it is great when it does happen. The new parents got lots of fun and useful things. So, for the next two months this is the official photo of the Edward’s family. After the new baby comes we will have to find another excuse to get together for an updated one.

The girls enjoyed a princess cupcake party. We celebrated the joy of eating cupcakes and dressing up as princesses. The girls were really excited to play and eat their cupcakes. What could be better than cupcakes with pink icing. Our current lesson is that playing princess is fun, but what makes a princess is someone who is kind and good.

Thanks Ashley for the idea!

Today is the first day of Thursday School. Emily woke up talking about it. She was quite excited. Julia looks a little apprehensive about the idea. It will be her first day going. Don’t let her face fool you she was excited too. She cried when she didn’t get to wear her backpack out the door to the car.

Drop-off went well. Emily is in a class of all girls. She will be making all new friends because none of the girls were in her class last year. After hanging her backpack she sat right down and started playing with a barn set. Julia is in a class with all boys, at least at this point. She helped me hang her backpack and then sat down to play with play-dough. She didn’t have any tears as I said goodbye, so I have high hopes that she will adjust to her new class well.

Pick-up came a little too soon for the mama. I had decided to get Emily first and then take her to get Julia. This way Emily could see her old teacher Ms. Melanie. When I got to Emily’s room, Julia was there. During lunch time Julia spotted Emily and was sad that she couldn’t be with her. So, they allowed Julia to hang in the room with Emily after lunch. Too sweet! Emily had a blast and was quietly playing with puzzles when I came to get her. We did our visiting on the way out and Emily enjoyed telling me of her day. Julia did great in her class and participated with the other kids. We will see what she thinks of it next week.

As a side note, Mama loved her three hours too.

This reading spot makes me laugh every time Julia does it. First step, she takes the bin off the shelf and empties it. Then, she climbs in the bin, but doesn’t sit down until she has selected a book. Lastly, she sits and reads the book. If she wants to read another book, she just stands up and picks one off the shelf. I don’t know if it is intentional or accidental that she puts the bin right next to the book shelf.

Julia has been interested in getting in Emily’s booster seat lately. She can climb in all by herself. This particular day she climbed in and asked to play with the puzzle she saw Emily playing with last. She is studding it so seriously. She is growing up quick these days.