The Gingerbread Man!

Mady's class just finished a unit on the gingerbread man. Together in class they made a gingerbread man and decorated and baked him, he also made an apperance in her class. At home and school Mady read different versions of the story. Her favorite was Gingerbread Baby, I though the Chinese version of the runaway rice cake was funny. She also decorated a gingerbread man to put up on display in the classroom. She chose a ballerina theme and KK started one, but didn't finish! We also made gingerbread man cookies for the class to pass out on the last day!

Holy September!

Our September started off with a bang! Tennis lessons, birthday parties, and Disney on Ice!

The same weekend as the birthday parties we joined our friends for Disney on Ice "Dare to Dream". This was by far our favorite Disney show. It had the stories of Tiana, Cinderella, and Rapunzel. And at the end all the princesses and their prince came out in gold and white ballgowns to celebrate the marriage of Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder. It was amazing! I have never seen all the princesses together and they were beautiful!

Mady got invited to 2 birthday parties over the weekend. She loved both of them and had a blast. One was a Luau for her friend Erin and the other was a Superhero/Pool Party for her friend Tal.

Tennis lessons are in full "swing". Mady took 3 weeks of tennis lessons/camp this summer and is now back for lessons on Thursday afternoons. She loves her instructor and it's the same lady that taught her over the summer!

We Have a Kindergartner!

School has finally arrived and that means we have a kindergartner! On the Friday before school started, Mady attended "Meet Your Teacher". We had already met Mrs. Helms the night before at Open House, but this was Mady's turn to check out the classroom, meet her teacher and her classmates. She has two good friends from VPK in her class and we're excited about having Mrs. Helms!

On the Sunday before school started we had a "blessing of the backpacks" at church. Even KK went up there with her Dora backpack even though she is going to Mimi's. Little sister has to do everything big sister does!

Finally the first day of school arrived and Jacob and I walked Mady into the PLC to her classroom. We got to go in and check out her seat, help her put her lunch in the correct spot, and put her change of clothes in the bathroom. She then sat down and started coloring after we said our good-byes!

She is loving it and after almost completing the first week of school there have been no complaints, except for the early wake-up call! She has brought her lunch, bought her lunch and has continued going to extended day. The first week has been fun for her with visiting music and PE. She has stayed on GREEN all week and I have received so many compliments from her teacher and other staff members about how well behaved and smart she is! We have been practicing our sight words at night before bed and retelling the day's activities. We even brought Mrs. Helms a special gift on Friday to celebrate the end of the first week. Mrs. Helms loves dinner and movies, so we got her a gift card to dinner and a movie!

I have also visited her some and try to catch her on her way to specials since that is during my lunch. I am helping in her classroom on Fridays in the morning when I can during my plan time and am excited for the fall and all the fun activities coming up!

One more party for KK and Amaya Papaya Baby Boogie Bash!

We had one last birthday celebration for KK when we returned from the cruise. We celebrated with Jacob's side of the family and Jacob made her a Tinkerbell cake since that's what she wanted. In all KK had 5 birthday cakes! I am SO glad it is all over with and she is not asking anymore!

Friday night I took the girls to Amaya Papaya's 2nd Birthday Baby Boogie Bash. I actually won tickets so we went. Of course KK thought it was another birthday party for her. It was awesome with face painting, crafts, cupcakes, Cookie Monster, and a candy bar with favor bags. The girls had a blast!

Some Other Random Photos

Here are some random pictures from the cruise that I didn't really know where to put. Or couldn't remember when they were taken! I do have a funny story about when we were waiting in line for the princess gathering. The night before, Ariel had visited the girls and left them treasures and a shell path from the verandah. While we were waiting in line to see Ariel, Emily told a little girl next to her that Ariel visited her room and left her treasures. This girl got so upset and asked her mom why Ariel didn't visit them. Then the mom asked how we arranged it, so we had to secretly tell her what we did! Can't help it that I am creative and an amazing mother, lol!