Best day ever...

I had the best day today with my little man. I came home from work to a happy little guy who had woken up early by an evil poop deposited in his diaper overnight...I wasn't hopeful for the day as he was up an hour earlier than usual and I hadn't slept all night. We went to visit his new school which was great. He really seemed to like it, the kids really liked him and welcomed him. He thought the automatic faucets in the bathroom were way cool and I could tell he'll be asking for them for the holidays this year! Everyone made us feel very comfortable and he seemed excited to start there next week. I think he can get that concept...when asked about wanting to go to this school and play with these friends, he got a big smile on his face and nodded and said, "new school soon!" So then we went to Walnut street and ran some errands and played in the park. We met Alex for lunch at Continental midtown and he was a dream at lunch, laughing and eating and sitting in a booster seat. He napped well and then he and I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening together. Alex is out with his brother so it was just Charlie and me! We went back to the park and played, we ate dinner at Marathon Grill, we shopped a bit at Loehmans (love this store!), bought me a new cell phone, and then went to Rita's and got ice cream for the boy, and water ice for me. I seriously could live on water ice. I took a really cute pic with the new phone of him with ice cream all over his face and hands, but I cannot figure out how to upload the pic to my computer. We came home, he took a bath, watched a bit of "cats movie" aka: Aristocrats. He's very into this right now and thinks it's quite funny and walks around singing, "everybody wants to be a cat" all day. Too bad he's so terribly allergic! He's now sleeping and I just feel like I had the most amazing day with him. If there was any whining, it mas minor. There were no tantrums, no fighting his stubbornness, no need for compromising...it was just a fantastic day. I really didn't want it to end except that I am soooo tired!

So he's done at his old school. They made him some sweet little cards and the teachers wrote some very sweet things about him. He was really well liked there! It was warming up this week but rather rainy so we spent one morning doing finger paints. He started out dipping a single finger in at a time and ended with full hands and paint all over his smock...What fun! The last picture shows the masterpieces he made. I also brought his slide up from the backyard so he could play on the deck with it. He loves it. He's outgrown several pairs of pants that now make him look like he's waiting for a flood and he wore a hole in the knee of his jeans for the first time this week from playing...he's growing up and getting big and telling me storied and singing me songs...I love having a two year old!