welcome to september!

wow, it has been a crazy 2 weeks! so much going on. i don't even know where to start! i guess we'll go by child...

lili:

miss lili started preschool last week! she is registered in french-immersion preschool - we did this only because the school was down the street, but as it turned out, the preschool had to move. so, instead of a 2 minute walk, it's now a 5 minute drive. not a huge deal, but definitely not as convenient as I had planned. although i love the french immersion, i fully intend to send lili to the arts academy, not french immersion... but i figure one year of french pre-school won't hurt her.

so far, she loves it.

she also started ballet class yesterday, and her comment was "it's HARD". but she said it with a smile, so that's good i guess!

last week was her kodaly music class, and violin lesson as well. she loved music class, as usual (if she wasn't already in a billion activities, i would put her in a girls choir, she loves singing SO much), and it was pretty adorable to see her in violin class. less adorable was me getting asked to leave the class because luci was fussing. frustrating for everyone... since she's in suzuki, it's really important that the parents participate and take notes during class, so i can only hope that luci adjusts and keeps calm in the future. my favourite part of class was when the teacher asked lili if she knew which hand was her right hand. "uh huh" lili said. "it's the one near the door". i laughed so hard i cried - and finally explained to the teacher that at home, when i'm teaching her piano, her right had IS indeed near the door.

in the coming weeks, she also starts art class and skating. i know. busy girl - but she handles it really well, so until that changes, i'm ok with it.

cohen:
cohen is now finished his 3rd week of grade 1. it's going really well - he is always very happy when i pick him up. of course, he forgets about that first thing in the morning every day, when he whines about having to go. i haven't yet had the heart to tell him that he has at least 12 more years of school to go...

because he's busy in school, we don't have cohen is as many activities as lili. he has kodaly (he's reluctant about it, says he doesn't like it, but try as he might, he cannot hide is smile during class and i usually get a rare hug at the end of class), and hockey starts in a week. gasp. hockey is such a huge commitment - even at the Timbit level, it's still 2 hours per week. the first week is 5 nights in a row. craziness. but it's what he loves more than anything, so, we do it.

we're also looking at putting him into some martial arts. probably aikido. because he is at times insecure and he has a temper, we both feel that it's really important that he learn a martial art to help him gain confidence but also learn discipline and respect. the problem is, it's something that we feel that ian should do with him (the boy is surrounded by women, he needs some man-time with daddy!)... and ian's schedule is so crazy. it's hard to figure out.

as for miss luci:
she's 4 months old! incredible how fast it's going. i'm trying so hard to soak it all up, but i'm admittedly freaking out a bit. for instance - i keep staring at her smile every day, knowing that this is the last toothless grin in the family. at least, until ian and i are old, haha! she actually has a molar that has almost broken through (how fair is that), but i'm not counting that one cause i can't see it! but she's gnawing at everything these days, so i know her bottom teeth are on their way.

she's so amazing.

such an amazing smile, and ian and i would do anything to hear her giggle. she's starting to sit up on her own, and rolling over is only days away, i suspect.

by christmas, she'll be crawling, most likely.

it's such an amazing experience, raising children. more than once in the last few months, ian and i have discussed the possibility of having another baby. yes, you heard me. however, unless we win the lottery, we just can't do it. it breaks my heart, but that's reality.

all right - i've used up all of my luci-sleeping time on this post! yikes! pictures to come later today... i know i've been awful at it lately!

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