Ready to Play!!

Whew! I can tell that summer is upon us because there are so many more things to pack into our week.

About three weeks ago my sweet husband finally agreed to the one thing I have been trying to convince him to get over the past two years. (My dear friends know what it is I am sure.) If you guessed the Sam's swing set then you are exactly right! We spent one weekend working on the swing set together and got most of the fort side built then it was time to call for some reinforcement. Papa came to the rescue to help this past weekend.As you can see they are hard at work:)

While the men were working the girls went to get Kaylee a Haircut, eat at a Tea Room in town, shop at Target, and attended a Cowboy Birthday Party. We all had so much fun!! Lunch was delicious and the girls were so good!! Target is always fun and Kaylee's summer cut turned out so cute. At the Birthday Party there was a hay ride, horse rides, a pinata, stick horse race, and yummy cake. Kaylee had fun participating in all of it. Campbell on the other hand was happy to chill out at the picnic table with her juice box. She did participate once in hitting the pinata though.

When we arrived home from the party this is what we found!! The girls were so excited they could hardly stand it. (I am including myself in that statement.) Kaylee immediately ran for the fort on top and Campbell was soon to follow. The first thing Campbell said when she got to the top was "Whoa". The reaction of our two angels made all the hard work worth it. I can already tell we are going to be enjoying our backyard a lot over the next several months. It is so nice to have a mini park in the backyard with big shade trees.

Bring on the Fun!!

We've Come Full Circle

We have now come full circle....this was the last week of school.

On Tuesday night Kaylee had her end of the year program. The 4's & 5's had the theme of space. All their songs had been modified to do with stars, planets, or spaceships. The most exciting part for Kaylee was that her shirt would glow in the dark and that Papa, Nana, and Great Papaw made the trip to see her final performance. She was a little bashful on the stage but very excited to see us in the audience. There were other children in front of her but I had to show you how exact she was with her spacing on the risers. I thought it was hilarious:) They really did a super job. I was sad this would be her last pre-school performance but excited about the future at the same time. Of course, next year will be Campbell's turn to perform and we can only imagine how that will go:)

On the way to school Thursday Kaylee did a lot of talking about Mrs. Becky. She has been such a light and blessing to all three of us over the past year. We truly do love her like family. Kaylee is sad to not get to see her each day. There are a lot of people who will come into her life over the next several years but I know that Mrs. Becky will always be remembered with great love and admiration from all of us.

Here is Kaylee on the first day of Pre-K this school year with Teacher Caren. She had a super time this year. Caren was wonderful with Kaylee, always showering her with love. If you know my daughter at all you know she thrives on this. Caren was the perfect fit for Kaylee. I am so excited that she and I got to be good friends and will be for many years to come.

Here they are on the last day of school. I did not realize how much growing -up Kaylee had done until I saw this picture. It must have happened when I was not looking:)

Here is Campbell on the first day of school. It is amazing to think back to all the things she has learned over the past year. (It helps that she started talking in January and has not stopped.) It was so hard to leave her in the class that first week. Her wonderful teachers, Mrs. Tiffani and Mrs. Lauren, were just the absolute best though. They were patient and understanding with the children as well as the parents and showered us all with love:) They both really have a gift for what they do each day.

Here is the best picture of Campbell I could get on the last day of school. She did not want to look at the camera for some reason. You can still see all the hair that she has gotten over the year and the way her face has changed into a toddler look. Her favorite thing right now is to say, "Where did ________ go?". Insert in the blank anyone's name or an object. It is really cute most of the time:)

Well as you can see we all survived the year and are looking forward to an incredible summer:)

Catching Up

Well, it has been so long that I do not even know where to begin. We have been so busy over the past few weeks. Last week was by far the busiest though. My sweet husband left town for 5 days to help his Mom and go to a conference in Irving so the girls and I were solo. It was fun to just hang out with my sweet daughters and have a little bonding time.

On Monday we went to a MOPS brunch. I have agreed to be a table leader next year so it was a little kick off for next year. I am really excited and know that it will be a lot of fun!

On Tuesday the girls and I had school as usual. As we were leaving for school I reminded Kaylee that today was Kindergarden Round-up. She quickly responded with, "Is it going to be lame?" That girl, I just never know what she is going to say next. I do not even know where she heard that word.

After school we came home and sweet Heather, the babysitter, came over to watch Campbell so that Kaylee and I could go to Kindergarden Round-up. It was a little surreal being there and realizing that in a few short months Kaylee will be starting big girl school. It was fun to see all the children she will be in school with, many of them are familiar faces from pre-K or church. The kindergarden teachers even tok the new students back to the back for a skills test to make sure they were ready for school. Kaylee was so excited that she passed with flying colors. After turning all the paperwork in we took a trip to the teachers' lounge to look at cheerleader outfits. Evidently at her new school all the girls wear a cheerleader outfit on Fridays during football season to show their school spirit. I think that is going to be really cute:)

Once we were done spending money at school she and I went to Red Robin for a little celebration dinner. It was so fun just to have a little time alone with Kaylee. We had the best conversations. I pray that we are always able to talk to one another.

On Thursday night it was my turn to host the Bunko Babes at my house. There are 16 of us so it makes for a great time. My friend Julie and I teamed up together so I did the cleaning and she did the cooking. We made a great team. Julie even thought of doing a Grey's Anatomy theme since it was Thursday night. Since her husband is a pharmacist he even printed special labels on medicine bottles which we put candy in and placed on the tables. We had so much fun!! Somehow we even finished in time to watch Grey's Anatomy on the DVR while we ate some delicious cake.

I will have to post about the weekend another day. Hope you enjoyed my mini novel.