First Day of School!

Eleanor had her first day of "school" today!  It's really more of a Mom's Morning Out type of program, but they do have a theme each week and they have a little story time and craft time every day.  This is at our church, and last year the program started up and you could just choose random days to leave your kid.  That was nice, and I used it several times and scheduled doctor's appointments during that time or ran other errands.  I was going to wait until Eleanor was at least 3 to start preschool, but when I found out they were turning MMO into a class, I decided this was probably a good way for me to get a little bit of alone time with Arthur once he arrives.  For now though, it feels pretty weird to have 3 hours twice a week all to myself!  I am using this time to cross things off of my massive to-do-before-baby-arrives list.  Like today, I thoroughly cleaned our master bathroom including washing the baseboards, reorganizing the cabinets, etc.  Fun times.  And yes, that was on my to do list, as is cleaning every other room in the house and finishing about a million craft projects.

All ready to go! 

Showing off her giant backpack!  They were supposed to have one big enough to hold a folder.  She doesn't mind wearing it as long as it just has her diapers and change of clothes inside.

She was a little uncertain when I left her, but she had a good time!