Terrible two's?

Nope! Not me. I have never had a child that I would consider a terrible two. They are always sweet and quick to do everything that I ask in a moments notice. And if I did have a breakdown moment I would never document it with pictures! Nope...not me!

First Smiles!

I just love the moments when I begin to see personality start coming out of my children. Mayla began showing me a hint of how much she is going to like to laugh yesterday. We were having a conversation about how cute she is and she quickly agreed by giving me a big smile. I missed getting a picture of that one but thankfully she has given me a few today and I had the camera ready.

And it begins...

2 children in school!

Emma had her first day of Preschool today. She had a really hard time waiting until 12:30 for school to start and we finally left the house early just so we could wait in the parking lot. She got a little nervous about me leaving her there so I told her that I would stay as long as she needed me. I only had to stay about 15 minutes before she was ready to fly solo.

Boots

I bought these boots for Kadin yesterday. He has been wearing them for 24 hours now, yep, that includes sleeping in them. Good thing he has socks on or they would be really stinky right now!

Preschool orientation

Emma has been asking to start school for a full 2 years now and she was so excited to finally get to go into her class room and meet her teacher(s). She has 2 teachers this year, Ms. Sheri and Ms. Merilou. Austin had them both for his teacher's while he was in preschool at Joyful Noise. They both remembered Emma from a couple of years ago when she was a bouncy little 2 year old with cute curly hair. Ms. Merilou especially remembered how excited Austin and Emma were to see each other every day after school. They would jump up and down with excitement as they met at the door each day and Austin would say "Oh Emma! I missed you SO much!!"

Emma and I are both excited that Juliana would be in her class this year. They had such a great time in dance class together that I know that preschool will be a blast. I also get the pleasure of seeing Denise every day...bonus!

Second Grade!

Since we have been so busy having fun at the ocean, Austin missed his meet the teacher night last week. So yesterday we went to the school to find out who his teacher will be and where his class is. He was thrilled to find out that his new class is right across the hall from last year with Mrs. Fisher. His new teacher (Mrs. Clark) wasn't there for him to talk to but Mrs. Fisher was! We were able to show off his new little sister and catch up on all the summer news. He found out that a couple of his friends from last year will be in his class again this year and he couldn't wait for school to start.

Austin has been waiting to wear these clothes for over a month now. He is all decked out in his new Tony Hawk gear...all the way down to his shoes. He loves everything about the first day of school...daddy going to work late, seeing everyone at the bus stop, getting on the bus, going to class, lunch, recess and most of all NO HOME WORK!