Kindergarten

To say that Audrey was excited about school starting would be an understatement.  The kindergarten bus round up got her pumped up and she was asking every morning if it was time to go to Vickery Creek yet.  On Wednesday (kindergarten started on Thursday), her daycare teacher asked me if Audrey was still going to after school there.  I said "Yes... why?"   She said that Audrey told everybody "I won't be here for the rest of the week because I am going to kindergarten."

On Wednesday night, I was a nervous/emotional wreck (I waiting until Andy was in the shower to do my crying because I was already driving him crazy with all of my nervousness!).  Andy told Audrey that he would make her whatever she wanted for breakfast and she chose scrambled eggs, an orange and orange juice.

We went out to the bus stop a little early so I could take some pictures.  The bus ended up being 10 minutes late which gave me more time to stand there freaking out. ;)

As soon as the bus stopped and opened the door, Audrey took off running and didn't even look back!

I got a little teary eyed as the bus pulled away.  When we got back in the house after waving good bye to the bus, Bridget said "So, you wanna watch a movie?"  I guess she thought that she and I were just going to hang out all day, which would have been nice!  The emotions crept back up a little when I walked into the daycare with only one kid.  Even Bridget felt a little nervous because she has never been to school without big sis there.

I tuned into the daycare web cam just as the bus was letting the kids off, so I was so happy to see my smiling little kindergartner make it safely into the daycare!  She had a great time at school and loves her teachers!  She doesn't know anyone in her class but she makes friends so easily that I'm not worried about it.  It looks like the next chapter of our journey has officially begun!

WTF?

This is one of the pictures that Audrey brought home from camp today...

Picture Post

I can't believe that summer is almost over and kindergarten starts on Thursday!  I figured I better update the blog before all of the exciting kindergarten posts begin.  :)

Our school system does a "Kindergarten Round Up" where they sent the bus out to pick up the little ones and their parents and take them to school for a tour so the bus won't be so new and scary.  Audrey and I dropped Bridget off at daycare and then went and stood out at the bus stop (luckily for us, it's at the top of our driveway!).  You can tell by the look on her face that I am embarrassing her already!

When we got to the school, they ended up taking the kids on a separate tour and Audrey loved it.  It got her really excited about starting school.  Every morning she asks if she gets to ride the bus to Vickery Creek yet! I am so nervous about her starting but I don't know why.  I ran out yesterday and bought a golf umbrella to use at the bus stop in case it is raining in the morning and a bunch of stuff to pack for her lunch even though she is only going 2 days next week.  I've been having dreams about lunch boxes and that I forgot to bring my camera to the bus stop on the first day!

Last weekend, we went to the children's salon for hair cuts.  I wanted both much shorter than they ended up, but that's ok.  Bridget looks even more blonde with her hair cut.  It gets lighter and lighter every day!

While the lady was cutting Audrey's hair, Audrey asked her to cut her bangs.  The lady looked at me and I said "If that's what she wants, go for it!"  It turned out pretty cute and Audrey loves them!  She was worried that no one would recognize her, so when she walked into Grandma Mary's house later, she held her hand over her bangs so Grandma would realize it was her. ;)  When I told her that they wouldn't recognize her at daycare, she said "Well, when I walk in with Bridget, they will know it's me."  Good thing Bridget was there!

Here are some cute pictures from my phone.

 I traced Bridget with sidewalk chalk and Audrey colored it in.  It looks just like her!

And here are some funnies:
The girls were dozing off in the car on the way home from Uncle PJ's birthday dinner.  Andy said "Oh good. Once they fall asleep, we can stop and get ourselves some milk shakes and we won't have to share them." Audrey perked up and said "If you get milk shakes without us, I am telling both your mothers to call the police!!"

Audrey to me while watching TV "Was everything in black and white when you were little?"  I'm not that old!

Andy had to drop the girls off at daycare the other morning because I had an early meeting.  Bridget started crying because she didn't want to go to school - "I want to go snow bear hunting with you Daddy!"

Bridget wanted me to take her across the street to talk to the neighbors one evening.  I told her no because I didn't have a bra on.  She kept insisting that I did and she finally pointed to my eye BROW and said "See, you do have a brow on."  I wouldn't want the neighbors to see me without my brows!

Before and After

Today was kind of a rainy, yucky day, so I took advantage of the indoor time by cleaning out the playroom. This is the before picture:

And after.  Most of the stuff in the two totes by the window will be going to the consignment sale, but we now have room to walk in there and I moved the desk chair over to the desk so I can sit in there and do stuff too and the girls can sit in their little chairs and watch movies.

Now I get to look forward to Christmas and their birthdays so they can fill the play room right back up!

Quick Post!

Just a quick post because I haven't updated in a while!  I'll add some more pictures when I have time!

We had a fun 4th of July.  I decided last minute that we needed to have folks over, so we had a good time with the Korey's and Anderson's.

We also discovered that we could drive to a shopping center a mile down the road and see fireworks.  They weren't the biggest display I've ever seen, but since the kids could barely sit still through them anyway, it was worth it!  Here are the rest of the photos:
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Kindergarten is creeping up on us.  Last weekend, the Grandma's and I took the girls to the outlet mall to buy Audrey some new school clothes.  Now, we have to battle every morning because she wants to wear them all already but I know she will get them filthy before school starts.  I have purchased some of her school supplies but we need to get the rest and I'm going to let her pick out a new back pack.  She also said that she wants me to pack her lunch (boo!), so we'll have to find a cute lunch box too.

Today, she had her kindergarten assessment where they meet with the kids for about 20 minutes and see what all they know so they can divide the classes up equally.  Andy took her to this, so when I asked her about it, all she told me was "I don't know what we did.  They said I did a good job."  Andy had to fill out some paperwork about Audrey's likes and dislikes and what he thinks her strong points are - Lord only knows what he put - I kind of wish I had taken her to this!  She also brought home a packet with some homework for the first day of school and with some school rules.  I can't believe she starts school in 3 weeks!

And, for your random funny - Audrey was singing along with some song in the car the other day.  Apparently Bridget didn't like her singing because she yelled "Audrey!  Stop!  You are not Cyndi Lauper!"  Of all of the musicians for her to pick... that's my girl!!

Celebrations

I have lots of pictures to post! The girls went to a make your own pizza birthday party at California Pizza Kitchen the day before Father's Day.  They got to tour the kitchen, make their own pizzas, and get their own drinks from the fountain.  Bridget really like the tour - she made me carry her but every time the waitress moved, she said "Mommy, go over there!"

The girls made Andy some cards and pictures at daycare for Father's Day.  B's picture and frame:

And this is what she wanted her teacher to write on Andy's card.  I'm not quite sure she understood what the card was for!

Audrey did an "All About Dad" card.  I love how she drew stubble on Andy on the front and apparently he loves to do yard work and loves brussel sprouts.  When I asked her why she said that brussel sprouts were Daddy's favorite, she said "Well, I wasn't sure what his favorite food was and I've seen him eat brussel sprouts before."

Her camp teacher took this pretty picture:

Last weekend, we celebrated Ian's 5th Birthday by jumping in the bouncy house...

... then Papa's birthday by running through the sprinklers!

Audrey is still having a blast at summer camp.  They go on a field trip every week and have been to the movies, an indoor trampoline place and last week, they participated in something called the Forsyth County Field Day.  Honestly, I didn't think the princess would participate in any of it, but she won a medal for a race and one for the long jump (probably because her legs are the length of most of the kids!).  She was so proud and told Andy "Daddy, I won these medals for sports!!"

And for some funnies:
Audrey to Bridget one night as they were going to bed: "Bridget, you are going to have to start sleeping in your own room when you are a teenager."

Audrey, about her goldfish: "Rainbow wants to get married, but I don't want her to so I'm not getting another fish."

Audrey on the weekends: "On Saturdays and Sundays are the teachers at the school just waiting for us?"

Audrey, after B kicked her "Bridget!  You only have one sister you know!"

Audrey has a friend at school with the last name of Berman, and for some reason, when Bridget is mad at me and trying to get my attention, she sternly yells "Mommy Berman!!" I don't know if she thinks that is a bad word or what?

Bridget asking for ginger ale: "I want more ginger bread"

Bridget asking for more cheese balls "I want some cheese meat balls"

Summer Time

B loves music and is always singing and wanting to listed to the radio (luckily she hasn't discovered Justin Bieber yet!).  This song has cute little motions to go with it - here are the lyrics so you can follow along (I had never heard it before she started singing it: "Mmm Ahh went the little green frog one day, Mmm Ahh went the little green frog.  And his eyes went Mmm Ahh Mmm Ahh Mmm Ahh Ahh.... Honk, honk went the big bad truck one day, Squish squash went the little green frog.  His eyes don't go Mmm Ahh anymore 'cause he got licked up by a dog. Ruff ruff!"

A couple of weeks ago, she was being sweet and said "Mommy, I like your face."  Me: "Ahh, thanks B!"  B: "And I like your fat arms!"  Thanks??  This picture is from Favorite Superhero Day at school. She didn't want me to take her picture - I get that face from her a lot.

Now that Audrey is a kindergartner, she is in Summer Camp instead of daycare (basically it's at the daycare  but it costs a lot more!).  She is having a blast!  She comes home every day with tons of artwork and they've already been on 2 field trips.  This is her Lorax tree painting that she made at a local pottery/canvas studio.

During her pre-K conference, her teacher was telling me how funny she thought it was that Audrey thinks so quick on her feet and always has a story for everything.  Her example was that Audrey was drawing a family picture and messed up Andy's head.  She scribbled it out and told her teacher that it was foggy so you couldn't see Daddy's head.  She has brought a couple of funny pictures home from camp.  This one is what she thinks my office looks like.  She said that the boss doesn't like his desk because it is old.

This one is Daddy shooting an alligator in order to protect a baby frog.  She wrote "Audrey, you're lazy."  I asked her why she made Daddy say that and she said that she was sleeping in the tent in the background while Daddy was fighting the alligator.  I can see why that would make him mad. ;)