Thursday, June 18, 2009

Captions Needed

My mom, my sister Kristen and I had a great time in SF this weekend.  


I also met a new friend.

Whoever submits the best caption or story for this photo will win a prize!  Entries will be accepted until I post again.  Be creative.  I'm always up for a good laugh - apparently.  

(I think this shirt looks pretty sweet.  I should wear it to YW)

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Graduate

Emily asked me, "When you graduate, do you get to wear one of those outfits and throw your hat in the air?"  

Why yes, Emily.  At our house, yes you do.  
A big thank you to GWU for making me buy the robe

Now for a little retrospective:

First day of Kindergarten

Last day of Kindergarten

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

We've been BUSY!

It's the end of the school year and we've had a lot of end-of-the year celebrations!  Here they all, all at once.  (Why post more often than necessary?)

First up, preschool graduation.  

Molly was pretty excited to wear her new dress. She even has matching shoes, by the way, but those did not make the cut.  I have to say that I really think the boots made it more Snazzboree than Gymboree, and I like that.

Our favorite teacher - Cathy!  I will miss her so much in 3 years when I don't drive to her school twice a week.  I might just show up randomly by mistake when I'm on autopilot.  I did that once to Target.  Oops.  

Next was Molly's gymnastics show.  
Here she is going a little Flashdance on me.  

I swear I did not ask her to do this pose (or the other one).  I asked her to stand by the sign so I could take her photo and she suddenly got all serious and stuck her leg out. Hilarious!  

The posing was more fun for her than the class.  She was not into the actual gymnastics part of the class at all the day.  Molly is a balancing and bouncing machine at home but during the show she asked a teacher to help her do a forward roll.  I guess she didn't want to show off - at all.

The next day was Heidi's show, and we all got to participate!
(Check out those pigtails!  She finally let me put them in!)

Ta dah! 

Heidi is our daredevil.  She loved hanging from the top bar.  What a monkey that girl is.

AND FINALLY . . .

Today was Emily's Kindergarten graduation program!  How am I old enough to have a Kindergarten graduate?  HOORAY for Emily!  

All five Kindergarten classes sang songs and then we all had a BBQ in the park.  My favorite song was "Je suis une pizza." I sang that in my French class in college - Emily is so much more advanced, obviously. 
 
Here's the Piglet class going in for the hug.  
Thank you to our fantastic teacher!

Best part of the picnic?  Easy.  Piglet Pigskin. 

It was pretty funny.  Emily has no idea how to play football, so anytime she was about to make a touchdown she'd pass the ball.  The other team went wild, and Emily thought it was great too, thinking they were going wild for her awesome passing skills.  We have to get this girl into more sports. 

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Happy birthday to our California Poppy!

How are we old enough to have a six-year old?  I remember being six!

She may have started small . . . 

and it may have taken a while to get any hair . . . 

but she sure has been fun . . .
 
and cute, 
especially when falling asleep while organizing her underpants . . . 

or being a flower girl . . . 

or just being Emily.

We could run on and on about how much we love you!

Happy birthday, um, last week.
  
We love you so much I decided to make your birthday post this week so we could keep celebrating.  Enjoy birthweek #2!

NOT SO BIG NEWS

I'm afraid it was a one day potty-using extravaganza.  
Oh well, maybe by Christmas . . . 


UPDATE - SHE DID IT AGAIN!  LIGHTNING STRUCK TWICE!

 I swear this is the last time I will blog about this. 
(I'm just excited - the thought of NO diaper bag makes me delighted.)

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

BIG NEWS

HEIDI JUST USED THE POTTY!  

See, I told you it was big news.  

"I am NEVER marrying a farmer!"

That's what Molly told me during our visit to the county fair this weekend.  She likes looking at animals - on TV.  She has decided she doesn't like them in person because they are way too stinky!

She kept her nose plugged the whole time we visited the animal barns, which was a looong time.  There were a lot of animals to visit.

I have a feeling this song was written for Molly:

New York is where I'd rather stay!
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.

(I have to say that I'm with her on that one.)

Heidi and Emily loved it.  
That's one happy cow - she must be from California.

Molly still looked a little nervous once we hit the rides.  I think she thought we were going to take her back into the sensory-overload area and she was not excited about that.

Emily was SO excited to ride the Chugga-Bugs by herself. 

Heidi was excited that she made it out of the house in a swimsuit again.
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