Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Brand New

Last Monday we started a brand new school year! Although the kids said they weren't ready to start, they jumped right in and have done a good job so far!
 Maddie is 9 and is starting the 4th grade. She is excited this year be continuing her ballet lessons. This year we are also trying a brand new dance class called Lyrical dancing. It is a little more of a free style dancing and has to be taken in addition to a classical ballet class, so Monday lessons just got long :-)
 Sam is 7 and is in the 2nd grade. He is excited this year to start basketball. He has tried baseball and flag football and now wants to try something brand new! In addition he and Maddie will be starting guitar lessons next week. They attended a Fine Arts Camp this summer and both wanted to pursue lessons. I was able to locate a teacher we really like that is the son of our Music Minister. These lessons are also on Monday so Mondays are really full this year!
 Megan is a brand new student this year! She is 4 and has started K-4 and is doing really well. She likes her teacher and does a very careful job on all her pages. She will also be continuing in her ballet lessons....On Mondays :-)
This is what baby girl thinks about all these new developments! She has lost her playmates for the morning and is also having to sit through lots and lots of lessons and practices. She is getting to learn a brand new and important life skill as well...how to entertain yourself!

Sunday, August 3, 2014

too big....

Who is that big girl in a new big girl bed and without a pacifier?
 That is my baby girl...growing up too fast.

Four!

Megan Joy turned 4 this past weekend! We celebrated just like a frozen princess :-) Her best friend Madison was also turning 4 so we turned it into a double birthday party for Queen Elsa (Madison) and Princess Anna (Megan)! We had the party at the local roller skating rink and they had 20 friends there to help them celebrate!
 A Picture of the cake....
 Lots of chaos while we opened gifts!
 After roller skating for three hours we all needed a little help from Daddy to make it around the track!
 When the party was over she was one tired girl! We are glad we made such happy memories with Madison because her family moved to Virginia the following day :-(
On her actual birthday we had birthday pancakes and went out to Pier Park on the beach to celebrate. She took her birthday money and chose a Leap pad tablet and then we ate supper at Chic-Fil-A. We finished the night off with a trip to the Frozen Yogurt store. She had a great time and is all ready to start K-4 next week!