August Misc

Michelle moved into her new house and we had a housewarming party for her in August! It was fun to get to celebrate with her and she got lots of gift cards to help with moving in and remodeling!

The last week before school started, we went to Pearland to have a day with Shelby and Mrs. Trish. We were supposed to swim and have lunch, but it rained and thundered so the pool closed. Boo! We went back to their house and played a little and then the girls even ran in the street in the rain with Shelby. She's so sweet and loves the girls so much. Great friends!

They also played hide and seek inside.

 

One of our last lazy mornings before school schedule started back up! I had all three girls plus Molly in the bed with me while I drank my tea and we watched tv. Such a great slow morning! I love those days!

 Blue Bell came back out on the girls' birthday - August 31st! We have been waiting all summer and were so excited to go get some the morning it came out. Calli and I had to take a picture to commemorate such a big day. :)

 

Kendall wanted her picture with Molly. Those girls love her so much and love anytime she will let them cuddle her.

 

It was a great August!

Calli the Cheetah

Calli was so excited for her first day of school last week! She started on Tuesday, the day after she turned four, so as of right now she is the youngest in her class as well. We are not sure what our plan is for next year yet, but we still have a little less than a year to decide.

Mrs. Carol made the girls shirts for school and this is Calli's. She is so proud of it!

Goofy girl, showing off her backpack. And the ever-present Pandy. He goes everywhere with her!

So funny - she wanted to wear her birthday crown that Ms. Woodward had given her the day before in Cooper's class. She was proud of it and wanted everyone to know it had been her birthday!

Washing her hands with Ms. Jeannie to start the day! So big!

 

Waiting on the line for me to pick her up at the end of the day. She did great when I left and was happy when I picked her up. She's got this school thing down! She also started speech back up last week and is doing great for Mrs. Ledbetter at the school. We were happy to hear her teacher say that she was progressing well after the summer!

 

August 31, 2015!

Cooper and Calli are now FIVE and FOUR! We had a fun weekend celebrating their birthdays, but we also did a little celebrating on their actual  birthday on Monday, the 31st.

Cooper had school, and she requested that I bring my homemade chocolate chip cookies to her class. So right before dismissal, Calli and I went up to the school and we passed out cookies and got to hear her class sing her Happy Birthday. She had a birthday crown on, and Ms. Woodward even gave Calli one to wear also!

 

This was Coop while they were singing to her. Sweet girl!  

 Calli felt pretty big sitting at the table with Cooper, eating her cookie.

 Sitting on the rug, getting ready to go home. She is so big to be doing all this Kindergarten stuff! She will always be the youngest in her class, but we think she is going to do great and is already rocking Kindergarten! :)

 

After school, we got to go on a scavenger hunt that Randy planned for the girls! He was leading a trip to Seattle on their actual birthday, and Cooper especially was sad that her "snuggle man" wasn't with her. The scavenger hunt helped cheer her up though, and kept us busy until I had small group that night and Aubrey came over to babysit. The girls had clues to open and places we had to go. The first was Shy Pond. I brought some old bread to feed the ducks and we got a little attacked by them!

 

From there, the next clue sent us to the library. We went in for a little bit to return some books and check out new ones and even ran into Cooper's friend Tristan and his mom, Mrs. Liz, Calli's teacher!

 

The third clue sent us to Food King and then the fourth clue told us to buy some snacks and drinks to have a little birthday party with Aubrey that evening while I was gone. The girls picked out Gatorade and Zebra cakes for their treats. And candy corn. Random, but fun!

 

 We had a fun birthday and kept counting down the days until our family came down and we celebrated at the skating rink!