A day for play!

This morning Ally had a playdate with her friends while Molly was at school. Waverley and Jenna came over to play (and Mommy's talked) for a while. The girls had a good time as well as the moms.




After school Molly and Ally hung out looking at recipes in a Cooking for Kid's cookbook.

Molly had a playdate with friends from school at The Bounce (sorry no pics), she had fun running around and burning some energy. We left Ally at home with her sitter...so a good time was had by both of us;)

On another note, Molly has her first test tomorrow at school. Her memory verse. She has done super memorizing it!
Psalm 47:2 "How awesome is the Lord most High, the great King over all the Earth"
I videoed her saying it, but I can't get it to upload. I'm asking for a new camcorder for my b-day next month, so let's cross our fingers:)

Bye-bye Perfect Attendance

On the third day of school (today) Miss Molly woke up with lovely Pink Eye. So our perfect attendance is out the window on day #3. We are just hoping that this ickinesss won't spread to the rest of us. Maybe her glasses will act as a barrier.

Have a great Friday!!

Portraits from PreK

Today was the day. Molly started PreK. I know it's not official Kindergarten but it was emotional for me. She will go Monday-Friday (8-3), I am picking her up early a couple of days a week.

She is going to the greatest Christian school. It is right across the street from our neighborhood. Geoff will take her to school on his way to work everyday and then Ally and I will do pick up in the afternoons. She has wonderful teachers and is very excited -- especially about the playground.

She got up this morning eager to begin school. My tears had already been flowing from the night before. I don't know why. It's not much different from her preschool last year (3 days a week). It's just the thought that she's another year older...so grown up ...so independent. She didn't really even want us to walk her to her class this morning.

She tells me she is shy around new people. She is not, she got her daddy's outgoing personality. Hopefully she will never be persecuted for shyness like her mother was (long story--I was labeled a snob before I even knew what that meant, I was severely shy when I was younger).

We dropped her off at 8:00 only to be called at 8:30...she'd had an "accident",needed a change of clothes! GREAT. Back to school (thankfully right across the road). When I went in it turned out to be really nothing at all and we didn't even need to change her clothes...but she was the line leader for today and her class was walking down the hall. She was surprised to see me and a little ticked that I pulled her out of Line Leader duty. But in the confines of that hall restroom, I hugged my little girl close, as her face beamed from her excitement of the first 30 minutes of her school career. Then I watched her hurriedly return to her spot as the line leader. As I pulled out of the school parking lot her class was walking outside (touring the school I suppose) and I watched so proudly my precious firstborn-- the one who made me a mom, smiling as she listened to her teacher. I'm so proud!

You can call me Mom!

You can call me Mom. I drive a Volvo. A Volvo SUV!
I drove to Dallas yesterday and got my new ride this morning! I downsized from my Expedition (remember the one that didn't fit in our garage!). I love the new car. I feel like a Sporty Mom!

And growing up, my good friend Allison's mom always drove a Volvo, so I hope that I can be a cool mom like Nelda:)

Hallelujah

Edouard brought us some rain...maybe Daddy will stop complaining:)

Loving Life at Lost Pines

We took the girls to the Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop. We had a great time. We only stayed for one night...which was perfect for us. If you haven't been and you live in BCS or anywhere for that matter and have kids it is a must!!

They are so family oriented. Great pool, slide, lazy river.
Great spa...facial was awesome, put me right to sleep.
Good food and ice cream (we had 4 desserts after dinner!!)
Activities...smores, pony rides, bike riding, playground, movies, etc.

Going on vacation means you get to:

Watch Finding Nemo in your swimsuit while waiting on (ah hem) Daddy to finish eating!


Float down the lazy river and go super fast!!!



Wear a matching hat like your sister and enjoy an ice cold beverage...(daddy had an adult beverage...notice right!)


Gallop in the open plains...only pretending of course!


Rock in a rocking chair while one sister looks astonished, the other looks annoyed!


Stand next to a ginormous tree and bask in it's hugeness!


Roast smores with your daddy!


Eat the smores and make a mess!


Looking out at the Colorado River.


Practice our front rolls


Run, Run and Run some more


And Fall!


Not a Kodak moment:
-Ally waking up and screaming at 2:55 a.m. ...solution move to bed with Daddy.
-Daddy making us evacuate Lost Pines at 8:30 am due to Tropical Storm Edouard.

All in all...a FUN trip.

New Look

Thanks Shauna for making my blog look pretty:)

If you would like a blog makeover...Shauna's link is on the right!