Emma's First Day of Kindergarten

Wednesday was Emma's official first day with her teacher Mrs. Clayton (who could pass for a sister of my good friend Jen). Emma loves her teacher and the feeling seems to be mutual. Wed. only half the class was there so Mrs. Clayton said it would be a great time to let your child practice buying their lunch since she would eat with them and help them. Emma did just that. Mrs. Clayton told me that Emma chose nachos and got them with every possible topping imaginable. Mrs. Clayton sat next to Emma during lunch and told me that after every bite Emma would say, "This food is delicious...this food is so good." Keep in mind this is the child's first experience with school cafeteria food! She goes again for a 1/2 day tomorrow and then full days starting Monday. She wants to ride the bus with Abby......oh that is going to be hard for me!

Notice in the pictures that Emma has lost her two bottom front teeth! She is very proud of this!

Great News!

Abby is done with her cardiac catheterization! Everything went great and her heart looks wonderful! I am home with Emma and Derreck is with Abby while she is in recovery. She must lie still for 6 hours and then hopefully she can come home tonight. God is so good! Funny story... Abby got to drink some "happy juice" before they took her to surgery. This was to relax her. It worked in about 5 minutes. She was laughing uncontrollably and then she pretended her bed was a race car as she moved her body back and forth and made vroom sounds. She told Derreck and me that she came in second place. When the nurses came to get her to take her to the operation room, she kept staring at the mirrored domes on the ceiling with her mouth opened. As they wheeled her to surgery, Derreck and I said bye. Abby shot up her hand and waved bye. She was feeling very loopy!! I will post more updates later.

First Day of School

Last Year

Abby started fourth grade today. Take a look at last year's first day of school picture compared to this year's. Now I know why I got a little misty taking Abby to school today. Ian had spent the night with Grandmommie

(thanks G'mom!) so this morning went very smoothly. That is until Abby's water bottle leaked in her backpack right before we walked out the door! Abby was a little freaked out but we managed to salvage the backpack and her outfit.

Emma went for Kindergarten testing today and had a blast. She start tomorrow with a 1/2 day. I am not worried about her at all--she is super excited. I, on the other hand, will not fare as well.

Enjoy the pictures of Abby, Emma, Ava and Isaac (my niece and nephew) from Granddaddy's wedding this weekend. The kids were in the wedding and did great!!

Extreme Makeover---Ian Edition

Well the day had finally come. Derreck had been wanting to cut Ian's hair for awhile and I just kept resisting. I couldn't bear to part with the curls. But when I began to realize that my child was bearing a strong resemble to Krusty the Clown, I had to give in to the cut. Derreck did a fabulous job and Abby and Emma kept Ian entertained the whole time by feeding him strawberry Nerds. Check out the before and after.


Abby and Emma start school Monday. Yikes!

Check out my Slide Show!

Check out my Slide Show!

Back From the Beach

We returned from Destin this past Saturday. We all had a wonderful time! Ian loved the ocean and the pool. Emma wanted to move there until it was time to go home---then she changed her mind. The video shows Emma's take on her day at the pool. I have included all our photos in the slide show as well. The photos of all the boats in the water were taken on July 4th as everyone prepared for the fireworks show. Ian watched the fireworks with mouth open and a few oohs and ahhs. He even applauded a few times!