Ava's first day of Kindergarten

The day started off smooth and ended just as well.  Gigi came in for Ava's first day of school so we all walked Ava in to her classroom.  She was up early, ate all of her breakfast and got dressed without a fuss.  She wasn't even scared for us to leave her at school.

When I picked her up the car rider line took an hour!  I asked her how her day was and she said "it was GREAT!"  On Tuesday she took the bus from school to the after school program at Brynn's new daycare.  She cried because she was upset that I didn't pick her up.  She said " our house is right next to school, what took you so long?"  Today she was all smiles and was feeling super cool that she got to ride a bus.  We are considering letting her be a bus rider but I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet!

Mani pedis with her Bestie

Christy and I treated our big girls to a special kindergarten treat.

Kindergarten Meet the teacher

We got to go visit Ava's new school and teacher yesterday.  The school is soo nice and we really liked her teacher.  She is all set up and ready for school.  I signed up to be a room mom and we get to go have lunch with her anytime we want to. 

Family Slumber Party

Last night all the girls gathered at my moms house to celebrate her 59th Birthday.  It was so nice and we had a girls only slumber party.  

Look at these Arms!  She's been working out and you can tell!

gearing up for the school year

Ava has decided she wants to go back to gymnastics this year so we are going to take a break from dance and do gymnastics.  I decided to not even bother with soccer this year since last year was an epic fail.  Both girls will start swim year round so that next year they are completely ready for the water.  Meanwhile Steve and I will be eating ramen noodles and riding our bikes to work until Brynn is out of daycare.

Brynny is in her "I do it myself" phase.  Last week at the pool she finally decided she was going to do it herself.  Even with her floatie on she has never allowed us to let her go, but last week she said "I do it myself" and floated around the pool with her sister like a champ.  She no longer needed our help (as long as she had her floatie on of course).

Yesterday Ava was being extremely ugly to her sister so she got in trouble.  Well Brynny did not like seeing her sister in trouble.  She cried and cried and then and went to Ava, laid down next to her and gave her a hug and kiss, then cuddled up to her and said "I yuv you Ava"   Then they laid there holding hands while they watched cartoons.  It was the sweetest thing I've ever seen!

The girls latest thing is to go in my room at night, turn off all the lights and just turn on their lanterns. Then they have us turn on scooby doo ghost mysteries and watch it in the dark.  They love the spooky stories on scooby doo or "scooby doob" as Ava calls it.  They are totally my daughters.

Last weekend we went shoe shopping for Ava for school.  She got new tennis shoes and her very first pair of Sperry's  (pink with sequins of course).  She and her bestie Emma both had to get the exact same shoes, so they will be matching in Kindergarten.  We are still very curious if they will end up in the same class.  We have meet the teacher in a couple of weeks and next week I go in to sign up for the PTO.  Thanks to my big sissy Brenda and Ava's cousin Lauren, we didn't have to shop for too many new clothes.  They hooked us up with all kinds of cute gymboree hand me downs, so Ava is almost all set!  Thanks my sweet sissy!!

Aunt Stacey

We are so excited for my sister in law Stacey!  She was offered a position as the Director of a brand new Starbase school in California.  Part of the deal was she had to join the National Guard and do training camp etc.  She went through hell and back and was very involved in the building of the school and now it's open!

Check out the video below about her school and you will even see her in several of the clips (in Uniform of course).  We are so happy for her and PROUD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW8KNyWe-EE

Summer 2013

Well I just realized that I only have 3 more Fridays at home with Ava.  I can not believe that those 5 years have already flown by.  It really feels like she was JUST born.  This is the girls last week at their Mother's Day out program.  When Ava starts kindergarten, Brynn will start a new school that just opened right across the street from Ava's elementary school.  Both schools are just outside of our neighborhood, so that will be nice.

We are really going to miss Brynn's amazing teachers and being at the same school as Trent and Cole.  We have grown really attached to the teachers at their school, so I hope the transition goes well.  The girls will have a nanny for two weeks until school starts.  

Ava is a big girl helper doing chores around the house, helping with Brynn, and learning her sight words.  The other day she was helping me make the bed and as I praised her for being such a good helper she said "I'm practicing mommy, I want to be a maid when I grow up". Steve is just waiting for Brynn to say she wants to be a yard guy when she grows up.

Brynn's constantly doing things and saying "look mommy I yike you".  Like today I was vacuuming and she brought her Minnie Mouse vacuum down and started vacuuming along side me.  Then she had her grocery cart upstairs saying "mommy I have a cart just yike you!"  She grabs her purse, does her makeup, fixes her hair...all like mom.  They are so precious!

We have had a great summer.  Now it's already time to buy school supplies, back packs and clothes :(