Elijah Mark

Elijah at nursery with his teacher, who he calls "Blomquist."

"Hi, Blomquist!"

-Elijah went from hating nursery to loving it basically overnight. No idea what triggered the change. But now he seeks out his teacher during sacrament meeting so he knows where to run to as soon as the meeting ends. He's also often the only kid in nursery, which means all the toys and snacks are his. 

First day as a Mini Mustang!

Emma Knox insisted that we sign Elijah up for the preschool program at the local high school since she would be one of his teachers. Sadly things didn't quite work out that way, but Elijah still headed to preschool in October! He went three days a week for 2.5 hours. He had a rotating cast of teachers (all the kids who were juniors and seniors in the child development track at the high school), but Miss Kathy was the head teacher. He was often confused and called her "Grandma Kathy," which she thought was a hoot. His class is pretty small (7-8 kids). Hoping he has a great experience!

My son, Darth Vader

Our Halloween costumes this year required that Elijah acquire a powder-blue suit. Thanks to eBay, I got one for super cheap. And we just had to try it on to make sure it fit okay. Prepare to die of cuteness overload:

Little boys should dress like this ALL. THE. TIME.

Complete with the suitcoat this time.

Complete with the Elise this time.

-When Elijah needs to go potty, instead of just going to the bathroom, he'll start running in circles around the house. We'll have to stop him and ask if he needs to go potty before he recognizes what's going on. Makes zero sense to me. 

-I had the craziest dream this month. I was visiting my friends who (in my dream) lived in this beautiful old house with a fantastic library and a collection of various animals and insects from around the world. One of their collected items was an egg. I picked it up and it began to hatch. A baby pterodactyl emerged from the shell and immediately started flying around the house and destroying everything. As we were running around the house trying to catch the pterodactyl, it suddenly morphed into Elijah. Dreaming Megan thought, "Ah, that explains SO MUCH." Awake Megan somehow agrees.