1st Day of Kindergarten!!!

Well that thing I have been dreading for 33 months finally happened. Blakeslie is officially in school. She is so excited and happy - it is mom who is dragging her feet. I'm not sad about her going to school necessarily, she LOVES to learn and thrives on any new knowledge. I'm just dreading the schedule. Do you understand what this will do to my traveling?!!!

We had so much fun leading up to the big day. We went on a lot of mother daughter dates for new clothes and supplies. We took advantage of being able to stay up late and the day before we went to Kangaroo Zoo.

Blakes had her Kindergarten assessment where she got to meet her new teacher. She is absolutely in love with her and her class pets Pepper and Paprika.

The first day was very exciting. She couldn't wait to get there and loved every second. Afterward, I got a sitter for Mayzie so I could take Bean to ice cream. We had a great time and I loved hearing about every detail.

Mayzie's 2nd B-day

Mayzie loved her Mickey Mouse Birthday Party! She loved getting dressed for the occasion and the kids were all really cute and fun. We colored and made mouse stamps. Then we entered "The Clubhouse" using the magic words. We played find Pluto's bones, Pin the dot on Minnie's Bow, and Mouse- Mouse- Mickey! It was a great time! The highlight was the gift Lynna gave her which was a jewelry box full of all kinds of jewelry. Mayzie has inherited my Mom's gene for loving jewelry - so this was the most perfect gift for her and she has loved it more than I can explain. Mayzie's cute cousins decorated her room before we got home from Boise - she thought that was the coolest thing ever!

Boise

We spent the last 2 weeks of our summer vacation in Boise. Chip joined us on the weekends and flew to Chicago in between. We had so much fun playing in the pool and just hanging out with Nana and Papa.

We went to the Water Park twice. Blakeslie was in HEAVEN playing with her little friend Cody. Mayzie wasn't loving it quite as much and only made it a couple of hours before Papa came and rescued her.

We celebrated Mayzie's birthday while we were there. She loved all the attention and presents. After she opened the My Little Pony Baby she didn't want to open anything else.

Mayzie finally made friends with Nana's dragon - she even invited it to her party.

Big News!

First there was The Bean.....

Then there was Corn.........

Now it is time to pick a new veggie for our family!

We are thrilled that we are expecting a baby in February. I am 12 weeks and haven't been nearly as sick as I was with Blakeslie or Mayzie. The girls are very excited. Blakeslie can't figure out where the baby is because my "tummy isn't fat." Mayzie is obsessed with anything Baby so she just walks around saying, "tiny baby" anytime the subject comes up.

T-ball

I can’t believe I almost forgot to post about Blakeslie’s T-ball Début. I got so behind and did the Mega July post that I forgot to put T-ball in there because she actually finished her season in June.

She loved playing! I’m not sure I would say she was a star athlete, but she really had fun. She had a cute little friend on the team and they were inseparable. They would play the same position in the outfield. The coach would be assigning where the kids were going out to play and he would say, “Ok, where are we going to put the twins?” as they stood there holding hands all ready to go. She was a pretty good hitter and connected most of the time when the coach would pitch to them (I’m not sure why he insisted on doing this – we did sign up for T-ball, but I guess it was good for her.) Her fielding was a little lacking considering she preferred to play in the dirt, practice cartwheels, and visit with Haley than catch and throw the ball. It was a great season – looking forward to many more!