Birthday Girl

My pretty birthday girl turned 6 on Saturday! Happy Birthday Alexis!!

She wanted to have a party with just her friends at Kidz Club this year so that is what we did. She invited some friends from school and some from karate. They all had fun playing there for a couple hours and having some goodies. Alexis got a lot of toys and books she was excited about. Then she had her first sleepover with her best friend. We got pizza, watched a movie and made ice cream sundaes. She said she loved turning 6! I still can't believe she is 6 already, it doesn't seem like that long ago when she was born.

Alexis

playing at the party

the girls had a fashion show

Alana and Nana

Birthday wishes!

Sean's 1st Day

Here is my little man all ready for his first day of nursery school. His first day was Monday and it was meet the teacher day and I stayed with him. Today though was his first day I left him there. It was just for an hour, but I found it very hard to leave him there. He was absolutely fine, walked right in and sat down and said bye. After I finally pulled myself away from him and walked out the door, I got a little teary-eyed, but I pulled it together. We both got through the day and he can't wait until the next school day...I can.

Fair Fun!

The fair is over now, but it was fun while it lasted. I brought the kids 3 times and they LOVED it!!! They went on tons of rides, ate lots of food and did a lot of walking around.

train ride

holding a baby chick

I couldn't resist holding one too

Sean and I during the duck race. Our duck won, but look at how scared he was!!

Lex with her giant snow cone

feeding the gross animals

Sean waiting for the fire safety show to begin

She ate almost all of this giant corndog!

Sean on his favorite ride. He smiled the whole time and turned his wheel all around trying to go faster.

Alexis on her favorite ride. She loves rollercoasters now!

There she goes

Today was my baby girl's first day of 1st grade! She was so excited, not even a bit nervous about going to school all day. I was more nervous than she was! She came home and couldn't stop telling me about how much she loved school and was so happy she's there all day and not only a little bit like kindergarten was. I asked her if she missed me at least a little and she said "not even for a minute!" Then she said, "well, maybe just a second on the bus." Her favorite part was that she had music class today and played tap sticks. She said her teacher is really nice and she liked eating lunch in the cafeteria. Tomorrow she has gym and can't wait!!

Smiles

I finally got a good picture of Alana smiling! She makes me smile just looking at her!

They are so cute! Lexi loves holding her so much.

My kids and the kids I watch. They all love helping out with taking care of the baby and getting me things I need for her.

All clean and smelling good after her bath

tummy time

Lexi's happy face

She has so many freckles that come out in the summer

That pretty smile might look different soon. She went to the dentist this week who referred us to an oral surgeon. We need to go talk to them next week to discuss a frenectomy (snipping the line of her gums that goes down inbetween her front teeth). It needs to be done soon before her baby teeth fall out. If we don't get it done, her 2 front teeth will never touch and she will always have a space there. I don't think she would like that very much when her adult teeth start coming in, so we are going to go through with the procedure. I hope it's not to hard to do and I hope she handles it well.

Alana looking excited

xoxoxo

Alana's Baptism

Alana Leigh got baptized last Sunday. She wore the same gown & cross that Alexis wore. She was so good all throughout mass, but then got a little cranky during the baptism. She was so cute though! We had a lot of family and friends come to the church and then to our house. We are so lucky to have so many people in our lives that care about us all and are involved with what's going on with us. We love you all! It was really hot out, but we tried to stay inside with the air on to keep us cool. I think the party went pretty well...with lots of good food of course.

Happy Birthday Lily!!

This is a picture of my cutie puppy Lily the day she came home from the pet store...she was such a little fluffball.
And this is my dirty dog on her 1st birthday. She grew so much in 9 months! She really needs to have a bath and her hair brushed and trimmed! She is a good doggie. She has been spending a lot of the summer days outside running around the backyard and I think she likes it. I wish I had more time to spend with her and play, but it's so hard to find time with 3 kids who always need me. For her birthday we went to the doggie bakery and got her special treats & goodies and we had to sing "Happy Birthday" to her many, many times. Alexis said Lily liked when we sang to her.