Fall Weekend, Part One

In the words of our favorite animated octopus Oswald, "ohmygosh." It was a FULL weekend here at Chez Coyne. 

First of all, let me officially announce that last week, James GOT INTO PRESCHOOL. A real one that he will attend live and in person! Two days a week! In real play clothes - not the pajamas that his current "preschool" requires! I say "got into" because we were 31st on the waiting list (!) so I do feel that we accomplished something. 

Anyhoo, we are all very excited. We toured the school last week. James barged into the classroom (through our legs) and immediately claimed a seat at the art table and began... There are no less than 1,000 pieces of official paperwork to fill out, have notarized, etc so we hope that he will get to start this week!

The preschool is the impetus for one of our events this weekend (stay tuned for Fall Weekend, Part Two), but before that, our weekend started out as usual. A trip to the Old Town farmer's market. Cinnamon pastries were consumed, we danced for the "saxophone man," we chatted with our neighbors. We ended up needing a frame for a print purchased at said farmer's market and headed to Michael's. That's where we had the "brilliant" idea that maybe James would like to try painting.... So we bought the beginner set and talked all about painting. James, of course, wanted to get started right there in the cart, but we told him he could start after his nap. And so began the "can I paint now?" broken record that was our son. He honestly woke up from his nap shouting "CAN I PAINT NOW?!" from his room.

So, a promise is a promise and here are James' first attempts at painting. He loved it so much that we are already out of three colors and one ream of paper.