First Day of School

I officially have a kid in school! Alex's first day of K4 was today! He did great, too. If he was nervous, we certainly didn't notice. (Other than some crabbiness first thing this morning-- and let me tell you he comes by that honestly. I'm as far from a morning person as you can get and I was a BEAR to get up when I was a kid). And you can tell from the big grin on his face that he was totally excited to be at school. We snapped off a few pictures before dropping him off.

A hug for Daddy

And one for Mommy too.

Showing off the backpack, which is almost as big as he is!

Big smiles for the first day!

I'm sure he's going to have a great year!

No More Pull-ups!

For two weeks now, Alex has been wearing underpants at home and at school. He had a dry week at school, and the teachers requested that we send underwear and extra pants to school so they could do a test-run in underpants. It has been a huge success! After two days with accidents, he is now telling us when he has to go potty. We're not dry at night yet, but he's even had to wake up to go potty a couple of times in the evening (thankfully before Craig and I have gone to bed). So it's going really well. It's like someone flicked a switch and now Alex understands that he needs to go to the bathroom to go potty. Although periodically he still wants a fresh pair of underpants after he goes to the bathroom, even if he hasn't had an accident.

So far, the Cars underpants are his favorites, with Bob the Builder a close second. It's been about 2 weeks since I've had to purchase Pull-ups, so Alex is doing his part to help streamline the family budget! Hooray!