First Day

Here's Sebastian, with his backpack on, ready for his first drop off visit to preschool. It was only one hour. Next week he starts "for real" - three hours a day!

Hello

Recently Sebastian and I went out to lunch. Outside the cafe, Sebastian climbed into a coin operated ride shaped like a car. Then he started chatting away to the elf figure in the seat next to him.

"Hi. Hi. Hi. Can I drive? Can I drive?"

I had to pretend to be the elf and give him permission to drive before he would touch the steering wheel.

Easter Eggs

Sebastian peeling an Easter Egg with such concentration. An activity he enjoyed almost as much as hiding and finding the eggs. And look at those blue hands! He took a hands on approach to egg dyeing.

Book Worm

Sebastian loves books these days. And so does his new "book worm" his grandparents got for him yesterday.

Aftermath

The aftermath of playing withSebastian this evening. We played Dance Party, which involves throwing all the couch cushions and pillows on the floor and dancing around while lilistening to music. Sebastian picks the music. He has his own CD player and access to our CD collection. Then we played dress up which led to him pulling out all of my scarves for his stuffed animals to wear.

Gruffalo Zebra

"Mamma, I'm a gruffalo AND a zebra!"

This is how Sebastian dressed for Playcentre yesterday. He's been really interested in dress up lately. The shoes are his and he's been insisting on wearing them everywhere lately. The zebra costume belongs to our Playcentre but he got so attached to it in Wednesday that it ended up coming home with us "to be washed and returned!" was the official story but really I just couldn't get him to take the thing off.

On Holiday

Sebastian and Loren playing on the bike racks at Waitangi Park.