A day in the life...

A day in the life of a big 1st grader! Today marked the first day for Alexis being a 1st grader!

She has been waiting for today for weeks!! 

It really kicked off last night as she made sure her bookbag had everything in it that she needed. She made sure I had her snack ready and made sure that I had her shoes for P.E. ready too.

She informed me that in the morning {today} that I needed to paint her toes and curl her hair! :)

So, once all of that was taken care of...she curled up and fell asleep even with all of her excitement!

This morning she woke up and was ready to go! I painted her toes............and her fingernails :) :) and curled her hair! We had a great breakfast and OF COURSE took some pictures before heading out the door! Everything on her check~list was complete! :)

As we headed to school she told me that she didnt need me to walk her in because she knew where to go! :(    Well, of course I was not going to accept that, so I told her that I would walk behind her to her classroom! :)

As we were walking {me walking behind her} she was just a bopping along with a huge smile on her face ! :)    Well next thing I know, she starts walking into the 'red pod' {which is the Kindergarten pod} So I say "Alexis, are in Kindergarten or 1st grade?"  And with a matter of face voice, she says "Mommy, I am not in Kindergarten, I am a 1st grader!" So.....I then ask her why she is going in to the 'red pod' instead of the 'yellow pod' which is for 1st graders!? She looks at me with the cutest face and says "Oh yeah, I am in the wrong spot!" :)  {She has just been so use to going to the 'red pod' area that she walked in there without thinking!} {See, I did need to help her after all!} :) It built my self~esteem back! :) :) haha!

When she made it into Ms. Harper's class, she was just in Heaven! The smile was stuck on her face! I gave her a big hug and told her I love you.....and that was it! My baby was on her way to her first day as a 1st grader!!

When she got home today, I asked her how her first day as a 1st grader went and she said...."It was amazing!" :) hahaha!

Future 2026 graduate!!

My two girls!

About to walk through the 1st grade classroom! :)

So excited to be in Ms. Harper's class!

This is what she did from the time she got home...to the time she went to bed! She played school with all of her animals and she was the teacher! :)

My beautiful daughters!!.....

I have to admit...I think this is my most favorite 'photo shoot yet!!' Like I have said before....taking pictures is NOT easy! It is hard work! But...this time the girls just seemed to finally come to an age where they will do what we ask! :)   They are sooooo adorable and I just love every.single.picture.

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Day 215
Even though I lost most of my pictures due to 'sim card malfunction' Highlight of the day...Law Reunion~2014!
Lily asked Nan for 'lestick!' Nan showed her how to put it on and then smooth it out on her lips! She loves lipstick!! :)

Day 216
OOHH yum!! Even though pictures of food never really make the food look good, well this was delicious!! Tyler cooked his famous lasagna and it hit the spot!!

Day 217
The girls were SUPER excited when I surprised them with Popsicles before cheer practice! :)

 Day 218
The girls have really ENJOYED Summer and 'water Wednesdays!!!' I................so much....have not! {I have but not really} just because 'water Wednesdays' are A LOT of work! {for me!!} having to make sure both girls have everything they need is though! Wednesday was their last water day for the Summer since school is starting back. They were sad...............       I secretly had a smile on my face! :)

Day 219
One step closer to 1st grade!! Meet the teacher night! Alexis was SOOO excited to meet her teacher and see her friends! Look at this cute board! Ms. Harper's sweet class! :)

 Day 220
OOHHH this little girl is SO excited about ballet starting next week! She literally has told EVERYONE that she has come in contact with that she is taking ballet! :) She makes me smile! I got out Alexis' first ballet shoes.....and they fit Lily! SOOOO sweet! It made me tear up! Lily was SO excited to have her ballet slippers on! :)

Day 221
We had a crew! We loaded up and headed for a bike ride down the trail and to see the turtles! SOOO fun!

Day 222
Picture day at the Law house before Church! CUTE cute CUTE pictures coming soon of these sweet girls!!! :) :) :)

Meet the teacher night!

The day has come!.....Alexis' first grade year is getting underway!

Tonight was meet the teacher night and Alexis was beyond excited to get there and meet Ms. Harper!

While in Ms. Harper's class, we did the usual rules, schedule, etc to get prepared for the first day of school Wednesday!

I cant wait to see what all Alexis learns this year and to watch her grow and blossom even more! :)

Getting ready to go into Kittystone! My little 1st grader and 3 year old {almost} :)

Of course Carli and Alexis had to have a picture together! :) Friends forever! :)

Some of Alexis' classmates!

And....drum roll please!!....Ms. Harper!! :)

Wordless Wednesday!!

{This baby starts 1st grade next week.......}

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We have had a great weekend! It has been beautiful weather and we havent been too busy! Saturday we did our usual 'Saturday routine' by having breakfast at Jacks followed by getting Alexis' school supplies! It was tax free weekend and so we took advantage of it by finishing up getting Alexis ready for 1st grade! Yep, she will be starting 1st grade in 2 weeks!! CRAZY!! :)
I am sooooooo sad, but my memory card broke on my camera so all of my pictures that I had on there are gone! :( We had Church this morning followed by the Law Family Reunion! It is always great to see everyone each time it rolls around! The sad thing is......all my pictures I took this time were lost when my card broke! :(   I will try and get some pictures from other sources and post soon about the fun when I can! And..........dont worry, I will be getting a new memory card this week so I will be back to picture taking soon!! :)

Day 207
Highlight of my day knowing my girls were having soo much fun with LaLa and Meg while Tyler and I enjoyed time together!

Day 208
These sweet girls had fun together at Church, then lunch and swimming! :)

Day 209
WHAT a GREAT thing to get in the mail!! Highlight of the year!! :) Lindsay and Seth's wedding invitation!! 

Day 210
Nothing better than getting the football schedule at cheer practice! The season will be starting soon!!! Whooo hooo!!

Day 211
Watching Princess Lily eat her dinner!

Day 212
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for Lily!!! She pooped in the potty and so we made a trip to pick out new big girl panties!! SOOOOOOOO happy!!! :) :) :) :) She looked that rack over and over {because it was SUCH a BIG decision for her!!} :)  She decided on 'Princess big girl panties!!' She has been doing great since then.....I hope it continues!! :) I think we may be over the hump!!! :) :) :) Whooo hooo!!!! :) {Do you see how happy I am about this!!} Everyone....keep your fingers crossed this continues!! 

Day 213
It is FRIDAY!!! The girls love to ask for marshmallows after they get finished eating their breakfast. I looked over and they both were lining theirs up in a line by color! {My smart little cookies!!} :)

Day 214
She loves to carry this kitten everywhere!!! Makes me smile! :)

Wordless Wednesday!

Full weekend of fun!

We have had a very fun filled weekend starting Thursday night after cheer leading practice for Alexis!

She had her very first spend the night birthday party! Alexis' very good friend Caroline invited her to her birthday party and they had SO much fun! Caroline's Mom said they played, watched movies and laughed and 'stayed up all night!' :) Nobody even got sad...or scared and wanted to go home! They all actually spent the whole night there! :) Oh, she is growing up so fast! I love seeing how excited she gets over experiencing her 'firsts!'

To keep the fun weekend rolling... LaLa came and picked up the girls and they headed to Birmingham!

Alexis and Lily love spending time LaLa and Vic and they just were beyond excited to go! They headed to none other than the 'best place ever' {per Alexis} Chuck e Cheese!!  They played games and played games and enjoyed Pizza and 'Chuck' himself! :)

LaLa took the girls to the YMCA pool Saturday before heading to Aunt Pam's house to finish out the fun by cooking out and riding on the boat with Pam, Richard, Ben and Gran. There were two very tired little girls when they got home yesterday!Tired because of all the fun they had! :)

Tyler and I enjoyed having some quality time together with a couple of date nights and movies! We love our girls...but it is good to have some time...and quiet time...together sometimes too!

This morning we all woke up {after a much needed good night's sleep} and headed to Church!   After Church we had lunch with the Grogans at Solid Rock followed by the POOL!

What a great...FUN weekend! :)

Blake came and hung out with the girls!! Love him!!

LaLa said Lily wasnt sure about the 'mouse'! :)

They had SO much fun playing games!

Saturday Meg stopped by the pool to play with the girls!

Look at these cuties enjoying a beautiful Sunday! :)

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Day 195!
Nothing like grilling out on a beautiful Monday afternoon!! 

Day 196
Alexis painted a canvas portrait for me! :)

Day 197
Look at my Readologist! She completed her Summer reading program at the Library! :)

Day 198
Goofy C~team cheerleaders!
Bottom: Alexis and Caroline
Top: Madison, Imani, Lettie, Sarai, Dailyn and Ashley!
Missing Ellie and Kylie!

Day 199
Love seeing how our newest member of the family is getting more and more comfortable with us! So cute him just relaxing with his paws crossed!

Day 200
An awesome pool pretty much to ourselves!?? Why sure! :)

Day 201
LOVED seeing her pedal around by herself with no training wheels!

Day 202
Monday Monday, a cute picture of my sweet girls helps kick off the week nicely! :)

Day 203
Practice time again! My cheerleader!

Day 204
Happy 9 year anniversary to us! {He said "Are you making me take a selfie!??} Yes, I did! :)

Day 205
LOOK at these girls! They have mastered the pyramid!! GO C~team! {We missed Madison!}

Day 206
Nothing like spending your Friday lunch break doing 'surgery' on your baby girl because she has rice stuck up her nose that no one can get out! Yep, that is what I did! OOOHHH Lily and the stories I have of her!!!! :) Nothing ceases to amaze me with her! :)  :)