April has flown by and it has been a month that signifies that big changes are coming our way. Changes that let me know you’re not the baby I brought home from the hospital, anymore. Leo you are growing up, it’s plain to see. From the sheer height of you these days, to how you conduct yourself to the world and everybody around you. I can’t call you a toddler anymore because you outgrew that title quite a while ago. Mummy has to face facts that you are now a little boy, a little boy who will be starting school in a matter of months.
Just the other week we received news of your school place, and
were over joyed that you got into the school we had dreamed of for you. We have
been talking to you about school for months, we wanted you to be aware of the
changes that were coming, but we didn't want to over load you. You have been
worried, you know that it’s going to be very different, but you know that
different isn't bad. It just means that there are new adventures ahead of you,
and when has an adventure ever been anything less than exciting!?
Your Nursery being in the grounds of your new school really
helps and they are doing a grand job of helping transition you ready for
September. Nursery have started to take you and the other school leavers into
the school on a Wednesday for a school lunch. I remember filling out the menu
selection just before Easter, and with you being such a fussy eater I was
worried that you wouldn’t eat any of the selections over the coming weeks and
months. On that first Wednesday they took you over you seemed worried. You said
you didn't want to go to big school, and that you wanted to stay at nursery. I
thought of you more than usual on that day, and knowing it was a double whammy
of things that you didn't want to do (Forest School) I thought it may be a less
than great day for you. I was so pleased to get home from work that evening to
discover that you had had the BEST DAY! You had loved Forest School for the
first time ever, and even put your own trousers on (You’re a little bit lazy
and refuse to do these things!) and you had enjoyed the activities. I think
even Nursery were surprised and pleased with you!
Then of course it was time to head into School for your
lunch, which was Tuna Wrap. I didn't think the Tuna would go down well, in fact
I thought that meant that you wouldn't eat at all. Instead you picked the Tuna
out declaring ‘I hate fish!’ and devoured the wrap on its own. You did so well
and didn’t let the Tuna put you off, and I cannot fault you for that. You saw
children that you already knew from the school and got very excited. When I saw
you that evening you couldn't tell me about your day quickly enough.
The weather has been improving so you and I have been
spending so much more time outside. We have been abandoning the car (Because
Mummy is still on her health kick!) and we have been walking all over town.
What we are really loving at the moment is a cheeky Costa, you have your
Babycino and Mummy has her Cappuccino. In fact you relentlessly flirt with the
poor barista. Each time you have been in recently you have flashed your blue
eyes, lifted up your shoes and announced ‘I have new shoes!’. Of course the
lady looks to admire your new shoes, but those shoes you are describing as new
haven’t been new for the last 5 months. But you try again each time you see
her, just to get her attention.
We take our Costa’s to the park, we sit in the glorious
sunshine and then you’ll run off to play on the tunnel slide while I finish
mine. It’s so peaceful sitting there and watching you run around, it made me
realise that this right here and now, shows me just how grown up you are. I
wonder when I suddenly gave you so much freedom? When I stopped having to
follow you around everywhere you went, when I became content that you were now
big enough to go down the tunnel slide on your own, and climb back to the top
again. Of course I am always there watching you, making sure that you’re ok,
that no one is being mean to you, but that again is something I am going to
have to relent upon when the school days do swing around. For now though I love
the days we get to spend in the park while the sun is shining and everyone else
is at work or school. Those days are my favourite kind of days, so simple and
special all at the same time.
We even took you on your very first camping experience! Ok so it was only in the back garden, and only because Granddad invested in a shiny new tent and couldn't wait to practice putting it up! We very quickly decided to seize the opportunity and make the most of the tent while it was there, we thought it would be a super time to see how you got on with camping, and of course you couldn't have been more excited about the opportunity! We kitted the tent out with your cot mattress and brought out an abundance of blankets so that we would all be toasty during the night. You and I Leo donned layers upon layers, you in PJ's and a Onesie and me in two Onesies! We did look a sight in our Christmas onesies!
We had a camp fire in the garden where you roasted your very first marshmallows with Daddy and then you were more than ready to go to sleep. You went straight off and slept until morning, so excited with your new experience and I know that it won't be long before you want to camp again! But let my back get back to normal first please!
We even took you on your very first camping experience! Ok so it was only in the back garden, and only because Granddad invested in a shiny new tent and couldn't wait to practice putting it up! We very quickly decided to seize the opportunity and make the most of the tent while it was there, we thought it would be a super time to see how you got on with camping, and of course you couldn't have been more excited about the opportunity! We kitted the tent out with your cot mattress and brought out an abundance of blankets so that we would all be toasty during the night. You and I Leo donned layers upon layers, you in PJ's and a Onesie and me in two Onesies! We did look a sight in our Christmas onesies!
We had a camp fire in the garden where you roasted your very first marshmallows with Daddy and then you were more than ready to go to sleep. You went straight off and slept until morning, so excited with your new experience and I know that it won't be long before you want to camp again! But let my back get back to normal first please!
Time isn’t slowing down little boy, and in 2 months’ time
you will be turning 4. My head is a mash of all things Mario at the moment,
because that is now your theme of choice. For a while you were set on Thomas.
Now however…It’s all things Mario! I don’t know how I am going to pull this one
off yet, but somehow, someway I’ll make it happen.
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