Welcome to the Neighborhood

After a quiet first week in Indian Hills, our neighbors extended us a warm welcome to the community. First, we received a poinsettia and some cookies from our next-door neighbor. A few days later it was homemade chocolate chip cookies from the neighbors down the street. That's some quality Southern Hospitality. 

Two of a Kind

Graham and Aubrey get plenty of quality time together, and they tend to make the most of it. If it's quiet, something's wrong. Most often, they're loud, spirited, and bordering on out of control. 

It took us a few days to set up Graham's bed. In the meantime, Graham and Aubrey discovered that G's mattress made for a fun makeshift trampoline.

Two things help us to survive grocery store runs: the race car carts and the free samples. 

A Typical Day With Aubrey

Okay, so there's no such thing as a "typical day" with Aubrey. You never really know what you're going to get. However, there are a few safe bets of things that are likely to happen ...

Aubrey LOVES to "drive." She asks if she can drive seemingly every time we get in the car. Sometimes she even makes the request while we're inside the house: "Go outside. Drive." Here she is asking for the keys.

Most often you'll find Aubrey trying on someone's shoes, but occasionally she branches out to other articles of clothing. Here she is trying on Erica's winter vest and putting her neck through the sleeve.

Aubrey still seems to enjoy eating food off of the floor rather than from the table. Naturally, she dumped the food there first. 

Hockey Night

Erica and I wound up with prime seats to the Nashville Predators game the night before we closed on our house. Graham told our realtor he was a big Predators fan during the final walk-through at the house, so our realtor gave us his tickets to that night's game. Unfortunately, it started too late for G to attend; given some of the crowd's colorful cheers, that's probably a good thing. 

Preschool

Graham started preschool on Dec. 4. He attends TOTS Preschool three days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. He's enjoyed his new school and has adapted well to his new surroundings.

Graham covered himself in a blanket as we drove to preschool on the first day. He called it his "African living home." I was concerned he might be scared about school, but there was no hesitation once we arrived.

Graham was a good sport about taking photos outside the school on his first day. On the second day he said "no pictures today" as we walked through the door. 

Aubrey held up her goldfish as a show of support while Graham held up his "First Day of Preschool" sign.

Aubrey made herself at home at Graham's preschool on day one. 

Graham took advantage of her "only child" status while Graham was at preschool, stealing G's blanket and his car seat.

We're fortunate to be able to do a family drop-off at preschool each day. Here's a photo from one of those subsequent drop-offs.