Kindergarten Graduation

My big girls graduated from Kindergarten last week. It's crazy how fast this school year went by. They are looking forward to their summer vacation and spending lots of time soaking up the sun at our favorite swimming spots!

From L to R: Makena, Riley, Alyssa

Mommy and Daddy with our big girls!


The girls with their Kindergarten teacher



And we can't forget Baby girl #4 can we? I had my detailed ultrasound a couple of weeks ago (at 19 weeks) and was lucky enough to get a 3-D picture of her sweet little face. She is growing well and everything is progressing as it should. So far, no complications and we hope to keep it that way! I can feel her all the time now and enjoy all the thumps and bumps throughout the day.

Until next time....hopefully some summer fun pics will be included!

Future Cheerleader?

Time is just flying by and the old blog has gotten neglected. Since the girls have started kindergarten I find myself buried in homework packets, sight words, Rah-Rah books and making lunches in my free time.

Rest assured, the girls are really enjoying school and it's fun to see the growth they have made in just one month. When they get in the car everyday, I rarely get much info out of them when I ask them how their day went. But if I just keep my ears open, little bits of their day slip out when I least expect it. I caught Alyssa showing off her cheer for T-H-E that she learned the first week of school. I can see some pom-poms in her future!

Kindergarten

Sooooooo the girls started kindergarten today. Although we've been preparing for this day, it is still a little bit hard to believe that we have reached this milestone! A little part of me is sad that I wasn't making our drive into preschool today...we will miss the teachers and staff there so much and the sheltered preschool life. Mama has to put her big girl pants on and adjust to making lunches x 3 every night, getting out the door on time every morning, and of course homework.

The girls are all in the same class and I am hopeful that we will have a great year.

My big girls outside their classroom.

Makena, my first born.

Alyssa, my mini-me...she's going to love school as much as I did.

Riley....she was so over mamarazzi taking pictures of her this morning!


Mommy and daddy are so proud of you girls! We can't wait to see how much you grow this year. We love you to the moon and back!

Wordful Wednesday and Kindergarten Prep

Kindergarten is right around the corner for the girls. CRAZY how fast time has flown by! Our local elementary school has a kindergarten orientation program that allows the kids to come in an hour a week over a 6-week period for "mini-kindergarten" classes. This has been a great way to introduce the girls to the elementary school campus, the kindergarten classroom and a few of the teachers.

This has also given me a little taste of what is to come....in the form of homework! Yep, each week we have gone home with a little packet for the girls to work on and return. Sheesh...not sure I'm ready for this! Of course the girls have done lots of worksheets and activities at home, but I've never had the pressure of having to turn them in to a teacher. Juggling homework x 3 is going to be interesting next year! Mommy needs to get a refill of her chill pills pronto :)

Miss Alyssa couldn't be MORE thrilled to have homework. She can sit and do school activities for HOURS! She totally gets this from me. When I was little, nothing made me happier than going to Gemco and buying one of those jumbo-sized activity books or playing school with my chalkboard. I printed out 100+ pages of preschool worksheets last weekend for each of the girls and Alyssa is already done with her binder. She totally wants to steral her sister's binders and do the work all over again. She cracks me up!

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