Riley and Avery

This is a photo taken of Avery in Acacia Park in downtown Colorado Springs. Uncle Allan visited last month and brought Grandma's and Grandpa's brand new digital camera. I really enjoyed the camera and went crazy taking pictures. I think I'm ready to join the digital revolution. Riley was too on-the-go to get a good picture of her this day, but I got others of her from different places around town which I will post later. Avery is so "teeny-tiny cute" as Riley says, especially compared to the super-chunk that Riley was at this age. Avery is finally in 6-9 mo clothing by virtue of her new cloth diapers. Still 3-6 mo clothing otherwise. That sure puts to rest our theory that Avery can wear Riley's hand-me-downs just because they were born in the same season. Riley was wearing 18 mo clothing at this age. I guess I'll be buying a lot of clothes this fall. Not that I'm complaining.

Riley had her orientation at Golden Mountain Montessori school today, and she had an absolute blast! She cried when it was time to go home. We'll see how she is when I actually leave her there. I really like the Montessori method of education, better than Waldorf in my humble opinion. It seems to be the closest thing to not going to school at all. They make really ingenious activities out of common materials, so it will be easy for me to make educational toys and games for Riley and Avery to do at home. The director is letting Riley in a year early and will give her two years of preschool, then a year of Kindergarten and then off to first grade a year early if she's ready, and another year of Kindergarten if she's not. I like that approach better than the other schools which wanted her to have three years of preschool, which seems like over-kill to me.