Maggie started kindergarten this week, and absolutely loves
it! I thought she might be nervous on
her first day, and I think she might have been for a few minutes at the
beginning, but came home gushing about how great it was! Her teacher is Mrs. Lampman who we’ve heard is
very strict but in a really good way. It
was so hot for their first day (no air conditioning) that the principal told
the kids they could skip uniforms… so her first uniform picture had to wait a
couple days. I asked her if she was glad
the weekend is here… she responded not really because she really wanted to get
some homework (which starts next week).
I’m sure the novelty will wear off!
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| Sitting at her table |
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| Ready to learn |
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| One of her dear friends |
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| Obligatory first-day photo |
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| ...and another |
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| Proud mom and dad |
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| First day! |
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| Wishing her sister luck |
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| First day in uniforms! So cute! |
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| Buds forever |
Maggie has her bottom two teeth loose, and was desperate for
a visit from the tooth fairy. With some
floss and a little help from Daddy, she popped that first tooth out! She literally said, “my first day of
kindergarten and my first tooth?!? This is
the best day ever!!” So sweet. The tooth fairy wrote a tiny note, scrolled
up with a dollar and left her a new toothbrush… I think the tooth fairy is
setting a high bar… Maggie was beyond thrilled.
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| A little freaked, but mostly happy! |
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| Package ready for pick-up |
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| Our first note from the tooth fairy |
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| Too excited to sleep |
Evie is getting ready to start at preschool this
Tuesday. Earlier in the week we went to
the back-to-school picnic, and then we had a “meet and greet” session with her
preschool teacher this week. Evie has
had such a hard time getting through daycare these past couple weeks while
Jamie went back to work, and I’m so anxious for this new transition. While she seems to like her teacher, and even
gave her a hug, she asked about 10,000 times if we could leave during our 1-hour
visit to the classroom. Say some prayers
for my baby girl!
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| Wild girl! |
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| The tree climbers club |
I took the day off on Wednesday for our visit and then we
had a lunch date at Pieology. On a whim I
decided to go to our local art store to do a painting project together. We worked together to paint a set of ceramic measuring
spoons which will get fired and glazed next week – looking forward to our special
project!
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| An artsy photo of my little artist |
Out of the blue last week, Evie started going through the
night with a dry pull-up! We tried to do
the underwear thing a while back, and it just wasn’t working. Seems like her body might be ready now, woo hoo!
Pregnant life is sooooo much fun. Actually I can’t really complain; I’m in the
second trimester and have a little more energy and no more nausea! The girls really like to say hi to their baby
brother… Evie still thinks he’s in my chest and often touches me
inappropriately in public… still working on that!
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| Tomato soup is sometimes best topless |
Here's some other photos
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| They are very into tower building right now... and no clothes |
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| Lego fun! |
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| Hanging with Dad at the park |
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| Maggie's treasured wax hand from the Ren. Festival |
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| Monkeys |
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| I bought Maggie some new underwear, so naturally... |
