School Days

Here is a typical school day for Nathan. He eats a sliced banana on the way to school.

Since starting school, Nathan's imaginative play has really blossomed. He comes up to me and tells me a whole list of places he's going and that he'll see me later. You can see the game going on in his head. He told me he had to go to the grocery store to get some food, then to McDonald's, then to Arby's, then to Taco John's. (Hmmm, maybe that explains why I need to go on a diet.) I asked him if he was getting some food for me, he responded with, "No. I'm not getting food for you, Mommy. I'm getting food for Cameron." I always knew I would lose my top spot in his heart, but I didn't know it would be so soon. When I show up at the playground to pick him up each day, he points and proudly announces to everyone around him, "That's my mommy!" I guess I should enjoy that while it lasts because I know one day soon he's going to be embarrassed just by my very existence.

Here's Cameron.
When I showed up to get Nathan, she saw me before he did and came up to me and told the teacher, "That's Nathan's mommy." I guess kids are listening when Nathan makes the announcement of his mommy's arrival.
On the drive home, he always says, "Mommy, I must be getting hungry." He comes home lists off a ton of food that he wants to eat for lunch.
Kathryn waits patiently for him to be done with school so, of course, he makes time for his biggest fan.