Happy Birthday Dad!

Celebrating by going out for a family breakfast...
Hope it was great, Dad! We love you!

Katie Mae's Birthday Party!!

My little girl just started kindergarten and now is about to turn 6!! We planned a party at Sweet and Sassy to celebrate in a very girly fashion with some other little girls in the family...
Presley, Katie and Rylie as we were arriving!

Makenzi will be joining the fun before too long!

After the girls got to choose their dress of choice, they went to the chairs for hair, makeup and nails!

Sloan, all glammed up!

Gabby really put on a show...she knows how to do it!

Blaire's getting all fixed up!

Look at Ms. Presley!!

Presley, Rylie and Katie waiting on the other girls to get finished up!

Sweetie Julia getting the works!

The dancing begins...

Landry Kate was showing us some moves!!

Limbo Time!!

Birthday Princess...Katie Mae!!

Jules was working the runway!!

There they are...so beautiful!!

Cupcake Time!!

Present Time!

Activity Time...while waiting a few minutes for the LIMO...

It arrived and the girls couldn't be more excited!!!

Yes, it was pink and sparkly on the inside too! What fun!!

The music was blaring and they were having a ball!!

Jules looking cute!!

Thanks for all the little girls and big girls who came who helped make this day very special for Katie Mae!!

Katie Starts Kindergarten!!

My little baby is a kindergartener!!

It is very exciting, but also very sad,

there is no turning back! She is now

in school for a very long time.

She's been very excited about kindergarten!

When we went to buy school supplies, bag,

lunch bag, and clothes she just got

beside herself because she was so excited!

She had a terrific first day and week!

Little Sis...Rylie had a cordinating outfit...

Katie's Classroom and Teacher...Mrs. Liles...just the best teacher in the world in Katie's eyes!

This little girl had a great week...she loves kindergarten!!

First Day of School poem
She started school this morning, and she seemed so very small.

As I walked there beside her in the Kindergarten hall.
And as she took her place besidethe others in the class,

I realized how all too soon those first few years can pass.
Remembering, I saw her as she first learned how to walk.

The words that we alone made out when she began to talk.
This little girl so much absorbed in learning how to write.

It seems as though she must have grown to girlhood overnight.
My eyes were blurred but hastilyI brushed the tears away

Lest by some word or sign of mine I mar her first big day.
Oh how I longed to stay with her and keep her by the hand

to lead her through the places that she couldn’t understand.
And something closely kin to fear was mingled with my pride.

I knew she would no longer be a baby by my side.
But she must have her chance to live, to work her problems out,

The privilege to grow and learn what life is all about.
And I must share my little girl with friends and work and play;

She’s not a baby anymore – She’s in Kindergarten today.

Everytime I read this, I sob, as if it is the first time.

I feel as though I'm standing there with her all over again feeling all these exact emotions.

Rylie's First Day of "School"...

Rylie started "school" (her 3 year old class) last Monday when I went back to work... She was very excited about her day and her new teachers and her classmates!

She got her new backpack...

and lunchbox...

and the same nap mat, but a new blanket to match!!

We had a little extra time, since I was only getting one child ready for the day, so we had a little time to swing...

She loves this!! Off to school...

She got a little resistant to it all when we entered the doors...but still gave me a little smile...

Her teachers said she popped out of her nervousness real quick and became the little chatter box we all know and love!!!

Gymnastics

Rylie just loves her class! She already has her cart wheel down and does an excellent bridge and loves all the other activities as well! She tests her teachers a bit with not quite minding right away, but they seem to love her anyway!!
Bubble Fun at the end of practice...she loved that!!