My Girls

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Preschool Graduation

We had Reese's preschool graduation this week. A few days before school was over she sat down on her own and wrote her teacher a note.

It says "I will miss you when I go to kindergarten. I love you."

So sweet!!

We went into the little kids auditorium to watch the kiddos "graduate." They were all so cute. The part that really struck me was the pastor and director both talking about how quickly this time passes with our children and even on frustrated long days to remember that they are little once. We won't get this time back. Needless to say I cried...maybe more than I'd like to admit. What can I say, I'm emotional like that but it does feel like just yesterday she was born. So wish I had a pause button at times.

Here are some pictures of Reese graduating.

Sweet Reese got very emotional when it was time to say good bye to her teachers. She cried and hugged them tight. It was very surprising to me that she would get so upset but also so so sweet. Ms. Gena gave us her address so we can be pen pals with her over the summer. She cried in the car saying "I don't want to go to kindergarten." But soon was better after a fun dinner.

Saige also had a small party/scrapbook presentation. Saige has made some sweet friends this school year and loved her teachers as well. But not so emotional to say good bye. :)

...On to kindergarten we go!

Ballet pictures

Monday, May 21, 2012

Saige's Preschool Picnic

At the girls preschool they try to do a "special" event for each age group. The two's classes had trike day, the fours and bridge classes went on three field trips and the three's classes get a picnic outside.

They just played with chalk, hulu hoops and bubbles, ate lunch and got an ice cream treat. The mom's were invited to come if they wanted. Saige was glad I came :) Here are a few pictures of her day.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Mother's Day

Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day
With little time to stop and pray
For life's been anything but calm
... Since You called on me to be a mom
Running errands, matching socks
Building dreams with building blocks
Cooking, cleaning, and finding shoes
And other stuff that children lose
Fitting lids on bottled bugs
Wiping tears and giving hugs
A stack of last weeks mail to read
So where's the quiet time I need?
Yet when I steal a minute, Lord
Just at the sink or ironing board
To ask the blessings of Your grace
I see then, in my small one's face
That you have blessed me
All the while
And I stop to kiss
That precious smile"
-Anonymous

We had a lovely mother's day this year. The girls school did a mothers day tea for us to enjoy. I got sweet little homemade gifts from both girls. I love this sort of stuff so much. It's true treasures worth keeping. I'm thinking of framing them.

Saige drew this!!! She doesn't ever really "draw" things yet but apparently she did at school. It looks great. I love it and I'm so proud of her!

This is the SWEETEST bag ever! Her hands, footprints and that little bee is her finger! I'm thinking this needs to be framed somehow because I don't want to use it and risk messing it up. Precious!!

Sweet Reese made a card with her OWN writing (and spelling). I could actually make out most of the answers. Blo= blue, slet= salad etc. I love seeing her try and make out the sounds of words. And that sweet drawing of me is the cutest.

I'm not sure this could capture my child any better. Dressed like an animal :)

Then my sweet, hard working, hubby gave me some flowers, a card and a travel coffee mug (Praise God!) I've been wanting one for a while now.

Then my mom, sister and the girls went down to Moody Gardens to spend the night for Mother's Day and Kara's birthday. We woke up early and got going. We laid y the pool all day. It was heaven. We never even made it to their palm beach with all the busy fun stuff. We had so much fun just hanging out by the pool.

How do 4 people need this much for ONE night?? hahaha....

Later when we decided we had had enough sun we went up to the hotel to get ready for dinner. We chose the historical Gaido's. While we were waiting for our table to be set up we looked around the (very small, crowded) gift shop. Saige had on a fluffy dress and when she turned her dress caught the end of a piece of coral and it fell from the (low) shelf and broke into two pieces. Oops. The lady behind the counter wanted us to pay for it but thankfully the (very busy) manager didn't. Poor Saige was a little nervous about the whole thing. After a great dinner we went to the strand to walk around.

We had a yummy breakfast and headed home. It was a great day! I love being able to share these moments with loved ones but most thankful for these two sweet children the Lord has blessed me with.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Saige's 4th Birthday!

We had Saige's fouth birthday at our neighborhood park. They recently redid it complete with a pavillion and new swing set. Saige picked out a sweet flower, butterfly, garden themed plates. Since it was at a park the only "entertainment" we chose to have was a pinate. Saige also picked out her own cupcakes at Kroger. This girl knows what she wants. :) Everything went great. We had one little cake table where I made some picture flower pots to put out. Saige helped me paint them. It sure was fun looking for baby pictures of her and to see them all side by side. We had family and friends come out to celebrate with us. We are so thankful to have so many wonderful people who care about our sweet girl.