2nd Week of School

The first week of school went much better than last year. Last year Caroline received a warning on the third day of school and then again the fourth day has playground problems, ending the first week strong with another warning on the 5th day... this year.. only one warning the first week and that was not until the fourth day and it was because she was talking too much to her table-mates (she does not get that from me)! She has not had another warning thus far!! Another improvement we have made is that the first week of school we walked Caroline into the school to the cafeteria everyday! This year, just the first day since then she has been a car drop off. 1st grade is going to be better I think. The first day of school I asked Caroline how she liked her teacher and she said "good, but she is not respectful or forgiving". I asked what happened and she said her teacher just said "shh" all day. I said well what was going on that she kept saying shh... Caroline said she was reading a book and some boys were talking! We discussed how maybe those boys were not being respectful to their teacher.

I have had a complaint about not updating the blog for a bit so I took a picture of Caroline making her breakfast this morning. Such a big girl that she can make her own breakfast.
We are trying to transition Eli and Elizabeth to just one nap a day. They are not too sure they like this idea, but they are not taking great naps when I give them two naps/day. Lizzy will go to her room and pull her blanket out of her crib and then lay down with fingers in her mouth....

You think she is trying to tell me something?

1st Day of 1st Grade!

Ready to head out the door for 1st grade! Both girls have their matching tutu's and smiles. Ok the smile left, now the nerves begin as we wait in line to get in the door. Caroline decided she also wanted to bring her teacher a flower so she picked one out and brought it along with a gift.

Caroline's 1st grade teacher, Ms. Auldridge, receiving her flower and greeting Caroline.

Caroline is not in the same class as her friend Katie, but they do get to sit across from each other in the morning and at lunch! (the last two girls in the front group)

Caroline is at her seat getting everything ready for the day! Can't wait to find out how her day went.

Caroline we are so proud of the precious girl God gave to us. We know you will do well in 1st grade and can't wait to hear your funny stories from your day.

Museum

Caroline has been asking to go to her favorite museum since the beginning of summer... well we finally went on Friday (her last official day of summer before school starts). Caroline invited one of her friends to go with us and we took the long trek to Waco to play at the museum there. Eli had a great time crawling all over the place. He is holding the light pole up in this picture. Lizzy loved that hammer, if it was not in her hand it was in her mouth (how things change with the 3rd child)! She also loved driving this truck.

Ok I think it does not matter what the vehicle is as long as she can drive it. Caroline was sweet to
share the driver seat in this car.

Caroline still fits.... barely. The cars used to be her favorite thing, but I think it was getting uncomfortable because she played mainly in the house and garden area instead of driving the cars like she used to.

The school bus is always a fun vehicle to play in... Caroline even sat on top of it.

Eli and Elizabeth enjoyed the piano. Caroline did too but I was too slow to get a pic with all three kids at the same time!

Caroline and her friend Daniel enjoyed the "Indian" room where they could dress like Indians and also go inside the tepee.

Caroline and Lizzy of course loved the tea party room! This was a new room for us and Caroline enjoyed showing Lizzy how to play tea party.

Elizabeth liked this horse. She had a hard time figuring out how to ride him though.

Daniel's favorite room is the cowboy room. Caroline and Daniel practice their riding skills.

Tutu Girls!

Oh how girls love tutu's! How better to show off your great tutu than to have music playing and twirl to the music! I have been blessed with two very precious tutu girls!

Eli

Eli finally learned to climb on the fireplace hearth. He has been watching his sisters climb on it for a long time and he was excited he finally was able. He is also able to get off of it without landing on his head! Today Eli was a bit cranky in the morning. I am guessing it had something to do with him waking up in the middle of the night and being awake for about an hour. So today as I was changing Elizabeth's diaper Eli was whining in the other room, crawled to his room where we were, whining and crying the whole time. He got in his room and this is what he did:

He pulled his duck from his bed and laid down with it and stopped crying!

My Life Just Got Busier!

Today we have hit a new milestone.

The first time I saw her on top of the table this morning, she was sitting on top playing with the napkins. I asked Caroline if she helped her get up because I did not see how she did it. I called Greg to tell him about it and I saw her starting her process of climbing up.

I bought the girls matching bathing suits for next summer. Caroline of course wanted to try it on and wear it all day and also wanted Lizzy to wear hers.