My Babies....Are going to Pre-K!

Here they were 4 wks old wearing baby doll clothes!

Eli was just under 6 lbs and Sara was just above 5 lbs.

My have they grown! I can't believe how fast time

has gone by. I still can remember the days I spent

in the hospital trying to keep them from coming too

early! Then the days in the NICU, thank God

it was only for 3 weeks but it was a long time

for us as a family - I had two little boys at

home that need me too!

And now.......

Here they are looking so grown up at their

Aunt Nennie's wedding! Naturally Sara is leading!

Tomorrow they start pre-K. Sure it's only for

3 hours a day but I haven't been apart from

them for that long since they were in the NICU!

Reason I am sending them...

Well for one its a free service here in IL if they

meet the criteria. Which they do! But really

its for them. I have seen how pre-K really helped

Kristofer socially. I believe this will help

Eli and Sara break away from always being

with each other. Not that there is anything wrong

with that! I love that they enjoy being with

each other. But I want them to be independent of

each other to. They have a tendency to rely on each

other so much that I am afraid it may hinder

them when they enter Kindergarten.

Plus this will give Sara a chance to play with

other little girls her age. It's hard for her

to always have just the boys to play with.

We (Sara & I) play dollies and house

but sometimes Mommy is not enough.

Sara told me today, "I can have lots of

girl friends and I don't have to play with Eli."

-Yes Sara- "But Mommy I want Eli to have

friends to but I have to be his best friend."

Eli says in response, "Sara you are my bestest

friend and sister!"

So tomorrow I let my babies go...just for a little while.