1st Day of School

Today, Bella went to her first day of preschool at Santa Fe Christian Academy. She is in the Bear Cub class (3-4 year olds), and her teacher is Miss Sujey!

As expected, I was a bit of a wreck, but Bella did great! She gave me a hug and headed straight for the kids on the playground. Holding it together was harder than I though it would be, but it was comforting to know that Bella was so excited. She will be going 2 half days a week, which I know will be good for her.

Luca also, will get the benefits of having Mommy all to himself - something that he hasn't had until now!

I will have more time to post to the blog now - the house seems so quiet with just Luca here!

I'll make sure to give an update after I pick her up today!

Beach Bums

For living so close, we actually don't go to the beach very often, but we decided to give Luca a test run a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure if he would like it - the last time he had been there he was 4 months old!
As it turned out, he loved it! So now we're making it something we do whenever we get the chance. The weather here has been HOT (82 degree-ish) and sunny, and the beach gives us a nice breeze. The water is nice and warm, too (for here - about 70 degrees).
Bella and Luca both love to chase waves and then run from them! It's really a lot of fun to watch. I won't ever be able to get used to watching Luca eat sand, though! Yuck! What is it with this child? His favorite snacks are snails, dirt and sand. I guess you could say that he's definitely all boy!

Whee!

It's been quite a while since I've posted anything, and that's due in part to the fact that we lost our camera! We broke down and bought a new one, because Nonna and Pappy were in town and we didn't want to miss anything!
This is a picture of Bella on her very first roller coaster ride. It was the Coastersaurus at Legoland, and obviously, she LOVED it! Of all the attractions at the park that day, this was her favorite, so we waited in the long line for her to ride it again before we left.
We had a great time watching her have so much fun. No, she may not remember this in 15 years, but we will!