Mac's first performance for Junior Dance Company

Mac had her first performance yesterday at the open house for Jenni's studio.  The girls that made company performed their dance from the recital.  There were 2 dance classes last year that did this dance in different recitals so this is now the combination of the girls that made team from the 2 classes.  Later they will learn new dances and perform with older girls as well.

Mac was very excited and had so much fun!  She loves dance company and has really enjoyed hanging out with the older girls.

Right after this shot I was making faces at her!  I had to stop b/c I didn't want to mess her up.

Cutie pie!!!!

The Lonely Sippy Cup

This is a very random post but one of the reasons I post stuff is so I can go back and look at stuff too.  So I guess this post is for my memory more than anything.

While the girls were at school I was unloading the dishwasher and when I went to put up cups I found a lone sippy cup.  I have no idea why I still have a sippy cup, Mille hasn't used one in probably 4 years.  I asked myself if I just overlooked it or did I hold on to it for some sympathetic reason (probably the latter!) So I decided it was time to take the plunge and get rid of these cups that were taking up drawer space. Below is the lonely sippy cup, and the Tinker Bell cup from Disney World that Craig made fun of me for bringing back to Texas just because Mille loved Tinker Bell and the Dora plate that the girls used to eat off of.  Oh sweet Dora I wish I could say I missed you but really I can't.  I love many cartoons but for some reason that one drove me crazy.

Here is the line up of cups before meeting their death.

Bye bye sweet sippy cup, random cups, and Dora thank you for providing my babies drinks and food for several years.

Here is the new "cup drawer" 

First Day of School

Oh sweet Mille, her hair always looks so good in the morning! Speaking of which, I have a few of Mac but she's asked not to show them b/c she didn't have time to brush her hair. Wow I wonder where she gets that? Pretty soon it will be like her mom, "Not until I have my make up on please."  Mille is reading her note from Mrs. Fisher.

The bar set up for breakfast.  This isn't the best pic of it but it shows the Schultute (it's a German tradition. It's a giant cone that you fill with goodies for your child) i made for the girls a few years ago.  Each year I fill it with little stuff and they always get excitied.

Mac and her yummy breakfast!

Love the hair, seriously I do!

Cutie pies!!!!!

Mac is striking a pose for us!

I love Mille's poses, I don't even have to say anything she just goes right to the stance!

This is the last time the girls will have a first day at the same school until High school. Do you think they'll hold hands and let me take a picture then too? :o)

This was too funny!  Joseph is one of Mac's friends, he also happens to be Grant's best friend.  His mom Leslie and I were harassing him b/c he wouldn't get close to Mac for the pic.  It was so funny, I don't know if he was just being a boy or if he thought G might be mad. :o)  Either way he is a sweetheart and it's a cute pic! Although it is just another reminder that we all wish Grant and the Golombs were here!!!!

Mac and Julianna, these 2 have been going to school together since they were babies. The funny thing is this is the first time the girls have been in class together since they were 4.  A good way to end elementary school.

Jack and Mille or as Mille says, "My Jacky Boy!"

Mille and her friend Brindley.  They were in Kinder together and Mille was so excited they are in the same class again.

Mac and Julianna again.  I have to find the other pic, but I have one of them in the same spot but on the first day of Kinder! Bittersweet!!! I can't believe they are big bad 4th graders!!

Outside her classroom door

Her sweet teacher Mrs. Gage. When I picked the girls up from school Mac was beaming!  When I asked her about her day she said it was too short and that she couldn't wait to go back tomorrow. I'd say she had a good day, wouldn't you?

I love this pic!  My sweet Mille with 3 of her good friends.  Let me clarify, I love this pic but it also breaks my heart b/c my baby looks so old!!!

Mille and awesome, fabulous, sweet Cara Fisher.  We love Mrs Fisher!  Mille had so much fun today.  We always say our "highs and lows of the day" Mille named about 5 or 6 highs and when it was time to name a low she said there weren't any!  Wow, another thing a mom wants to hear.  In an early post I was talking about how Mille always makes me laugh.  Well here is an example of how she's funny with out even knowing it or trying...I'm at the kitchen sink washing dishes and Mille comes up and says, "Hey mama, do you think you could email Midway and ask them to hold me back this year?" I turn off the faucet and say, "What? What are you talking about?" then she goes on (mind you she isn't trying to be cute or funny, she's serious) "Well I can already tell I'm going to love 2nd grade and I love Mrs. Fisher so I think I should do it 2 years in a row." What a nut!  I feel blessed that my girls love their teachers so much.  When both of them had Pam Dominik they told me they wished it was like Little House on the Prairie and Mrs Dominik could teach them every grade. Now Mille wants to repeat 2nd grade even after just 1 day b/c she loves Cara so much. Not a bad problem to have, your 2 kids loving their teachers so much!!!

The day before the big day!

I can't believe tomorrow is the big day.  We had so much fun today.  We woke up and went to Shipley's to get donuts and then we went around to our friend's houses and delivered the cookies.  The girls had so much fun b/c we were trying to be really sneaky about it. I would pull up and they would run and put the container on the front porch then run back.  It was lots of fun.  Then we came home and they played together for a few hours.  No fighting, it was great!!  I cleaned their closets, not super fun but when I get stressed I nest so that's what I did.  Mac was so excited that her closet was completely clean.  I reminded her that it starts out like that about every few months but a little monster messes it up. :o) After that the girls showered and I painted their toes and finger, a girls got to be all dolled up!  Then we played some board games.  Here we are playing one of our favorites, Trouble.

After we ate dinner, the girls requested Bush's Chicken, it was time for bed.  I sat with sweet Mac for a while and we talked about the things she is most excited about and then things she is nervous about.  Thank goodness she is more excited than nervous.  I told her that I actually feel the same way she does.  I'm excited for she and Mille,  but at the same time I'm nervous and sad too. I've loved being with them this summer and of course I love that there is no schedule so we can stay up as late as we want.  It's always fun to just hang out and not have a plan, but with that said it will be good to be back on a schedule too.  I explained to Mac that even though I enjoy summer more, no matter what we do school will start and we need to just embrace it.  We talked about the saying , "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!"  She thought that was funny. 

She's such an amazing young lady and she teaches me to be a better person everyday.  I love her dearly and I'm so proud to be her mom.

Mac flashing 4 fingers(for 4th grade) and a peace sign.

My sweet Mille bug, she was on fire tonight!  She's so excited about school.  I sat and talked with her for a while too (honestly I couldn't sit very long b/c she was getting to hyped up talking about it! I think it was a combination of pure excitement but also the fact that she was very tired!  When Mille gets tired she gets hyper!) we talked about what she is most excited about. Her answer, "Mrs. Fisher and Math!" What a cutie. There isn't a day that Mille doesn't make me smile and laugh. I am serious, that child can make me laugh like no one else. She is always saying the funniest things, some on purpose and some not (those are always the best!) I can't wait to hear what she has to tell me after her first day of school tomorrow. :o)

Here's her dress for tomorrow.  It looks pretty boring but it has a cute little sash that goes around it.  Mac is wearing the same style but purple.

I've been thinking about what tomorrow is going to bring.  It's another "First of many firsts."  I have had times of being excited about tomorrow and then I've also had times where I feel like I could just cry b/c I just love being around my girls.  Tonight as I was taking a shower and getting ready for bed the tears started coming.  The kind that came out of nowhere, I hate those kind.  I think I've been telling myself that it's going to be great to be back on a schedule but deep down I've always known it's a sad time.  When I stop to think about why this time always makes me sad the only reasons I can come up with are:

1) it's the end of summer, which means schedule here we come!

2) my babies are one year older!

3) homework

4) this year has been sad b/c my best friend moved and it doesn't seem right to start the year off without the Golomb boys getting on the bus with the Cherry girls! We always got pics and those are the girl's great friends along with my great friend!  I miss them!!! I've been constantly thinking about Grant, Ryan, and Matt and how they are at a huge new school and I just wish they were here!!! :o( 

5) This is another milestone that I wish my mom were here to see.  I would love to hear what she has to say about their school clothes and what she thinks about their teachers.  Silly thoughts like that consume me on monumental days like tomorrow, it's the "Should of's or What would of's" as I like to call them. 

I guess my final thoughts on tomorrow are:  I'm blessed to have 2 beautiful, smart, sweet girls in my life.  I am such a proud mama and I enjoy each second of being their mom.  I pray they have a fabulous day tomorrow and a great school year. I also pray it's another amazing year full of education and fun.

Let the Craziness begin!

I can't believe school is just around the corner!  It has been a fun summer but I'm actually excited for school to start.  I feel like a better mom b/c I can get "stuff" done and then concentrate on my girls when they get home. Plus for the first time ever the girls have been fighting constantly so once they are busy again and on a schedule, hopefully the fighting will stop.  Keeping my fingers crossed!  We made some back to school goodies for friends and neighbors.  We made some cookies and put them in a container with a note that says ,"You're one SMART COOKIE!"

We also wanted to make the girls classmates a little prize so we made stress apple balls.  We just filled balloons with rice and then added a pipe cleaner for a stem and then added some smartie candies for fun. The little card said,"I hope your year is stress free! Glad you are in my class."

A close up of the stress ball apple.

We also made the teachers a little gift.  These are highlighters and we put them in a bag with a note that says,"You're the HIGHLIGHT of my day!" 

We made little Teacher's First Aid kits. We put fun little stuff in there for the teachers to use whenever they need to. There is a pic of the innards later in the post. This is Mac's for her teacher.

This is Mille's for Cara.

Here is another pic neighbor and friend gifts.

I did big ones for friends that have another sibling going to SB and then a small one for friends that only go to SB. 

We had meet the teacher!  This is Cara Fisher's room, Mille's wish came true and she got Cara!!!! YIPEE! Mac had her and we adore her, BIG TIME!

Cutie pies!

Mille at her desk.

Cara and Mille

Cara, Mac, and Mille

She did a little sheet and it says,"The best thing about 2nd grade is: (mille wrote) I love doing Math and I love my teacher, she is awesome!)

Here is Mac's teacher, Mrs. Gage.  She is super sweet!  She is new this year and has kids at SB too. Mac is really excited to have her, she really liked her.

Here is a pic of the inside of the teacher first aid box.  This is Mille's for Cara.

This is the inside of Mac's for Mrs. Gage. I hope they will like them, it's just stuff teachers need and some quarters for the drink machine. I would have loved it when I taught, I always try to think of things I would have liked as a teacher. :o)