Last Day of School

Grant has already been out of Mother's Day Out for two weeks now! He learned so many things this year......he's such a different little boy now. I look back at pictures from September and can't believe how little he was! Here he is on the first day of school, in late August:
And here are some pictures from the last day:

Waiting for Mommy at the gate (he was always standing here waiting for me, and would start jumping when he saw me.....which always made me smile!):Grant and his friends Avery Rhea and Leah:
He loved his teacher, Ms. Lisa:

I'm really glad we did MDO this year; I think the routine and social interaction were wonderful for Grant. His teachers always wrote that he loved song time and playing outside, and he was always proud of the art projects that he brought home (even though I'm not sure how much of them were actually done by him!). Now he definitely understands the concept of cleaning up and sharing a lot more than he did before. Every day when he got to school, Ms. Lisa or Ms. Lynne would always tell him, "I'm so glad you're here!" Now he'll randomly give me hugs and say the same thing to me!

Some songs that he learned at school and can sing himself:
- The clean up song: "Clean up, clean up, everbody clean up"
- Circle time song: "Circle time, circle time, it's a very special time. So come along and have some fun, circle time for everyone!" (we're still not certain what the tune of this song is....he doesn't change pitch when he sings!)
- Jesus Loves Me- this one is his favorite and he always wants to sing it at night before bed.

That morning, I took Drew for pictures at JCPenney. He did okay, but he was tired (even though he took a nap in the car on the way over), hungry, and not very smiley. We still got a few cute ones, though. Here Drew is posing with his toothbrush after we all got home that afternoon.
It's hard going outside with Drew now, because immediately when I lay him down, he crawls over to our flower pot and starts picking flowers and eating them. He is fast.....as soon as he stands up, he's got a flower (or leaf) in his mouth. Here Grant is telling him not to eat the flowers! He likes to watch out for his little brother (that is, when he's not pushing him or telling him to get away from his toys!).