Riley and Avery

So today was little Riley's first day of school at Golden Mountain Montessori. Drop-off and pick-up apparently occur in the playground, which helps with departure. That way they can "network" and become occupied with the other children. Riley just gave me a hug and a kiss, told me that she didn't want me to go to work, I said that I wasn't going to work, and that was that. I just left and she didn't cry at all. The teachers said that she had a really good day, only crying once when she fell down. They said that she played with a girl named Aspen and had fun painting and playing. Riley absolutely didn't want to go home. I'm not sure that Thursday will go as well, since as I was trying (unsuccessfully) to put her down for a nap, she told me that I was never going to go home without her again. So we'll have to see. Wouldn't you know, though, when I get out the camera to document Riley's first day of school, the batteries were absolutely dead. After dropping her off I went to Walgreens to get a one-time use camera, so the pictures aren't that great.



Grandma sent Riley a song in honor of her first day of school, the Dixie Chicks "Lullaby." Riley has listened to it about a dozen times. It's funny because she sits in the chair and watches the computer monitor while listening to the song.

Riley and I made some absolutely delicious vegan strawberry-coconut scones yesterday. Working at Starbucks and looking at pastries that I can't eat, made me try this recipe out (http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/index.php?RecipeID=300). Riley had a ton of fun mashing up the strawberries and sprinkling the scones with sugar and coconut. I used soy yogurt and soy creamer, and no eggs at all. The dough was extremely sticky, so I had to put flour all over it to cut the pieces. I know that I'm supposed to add extra flour since we're at a high altitude, so I'll do that next time. Maybe that's why it was so sticky. No matter, they were delicious.














I tried to take some portraits of Avery in her leg warmers today. I should have known better than to even try with a disposable camera, but here they are anyway. I'll try again once we get batteries for our camera. A big kudos to Amy T. for the idea on how to make these leg warmers! They sure make diaper changes extra easy, and look snazzy enough to take her out in public wirh just a onesie and the leg warmers. Sure beats buying the same exact thing online for $12.