Our little preschooler

I can't believe that our almost 3-year-old had her first day of preschool today. It's the beginning of her schooling career. She doesn't even realize that she has many more years of this to come!

She ate a great breakfast, which is unusual for her. I told her she needed a lot of energy to play at school so she had to eat a good breakfast. That seemed to do the trick! When I dropped her off in her classroom, she walked over to her little cubbie and hung up her backpack and then just stood there looking at all of the other kids playing. I think there was so much going on, that she didn't know what to do! I gave her a hug, told her I loved her and that I would be back to pick her up very soon. There were no tears from either of us.

When I came to pick her up two hours later, I think I was more excited to see her than she was to see me. As we drove home, she told me that she went pee-pee before going to the slide park, which was inside (she was very excited about the fact that it was inside), she sang the abc's, ate some apples, and saw a black cat in her classroom. Not really sure about the black cat since she said it was real and I don't really think they have any animals at the preschool. But that was her day according to Ella.

Dads

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dads out there! I know that dads sometimes don't get as much credit as the moms do but I don't know where we would be without our dads. I feel truly blessed to have a wonderful dad and a great father-in-law. And to top if off, Chris is a fantastic dad to the girls. I know how fortunate I am to be surrounded by great men in my life! I hope all the dads in my life have a great day tomorrow. I love you all.

A little late

So, my intention was to put these up last weekend so you could see what we were up to LAST weekend but here we are a week later and I am just now getting to posting them. Well, at least I'm putting them up!

Ella has been quite the little cook these days. She really enjoys helping us out in the kitchen - whether it's helping Daddy cook or helping Mommy unload the dishwasher. She is always ready to help. I am pretty sure that her favorite thing to do is to stir. Doesn't matter what it is - she'll stir it! I had to take a picture of her helping Chris make a dip the other weekend. I thought she was too cute in her underwear and Dora hat!

Since last weekend it was the first weekend after Memorial Day weekend, our pool was officially open and we decided to open it up last weekend. This was Maddie's first time in the pool. She had a great time, although I think she was a little cold. I think Ella had the most fun. She probably enjoyed having someone else in the pool besides Cooper.

If you look close enough, you can see Maddie's one tooth on the bottom. Okay, I'm probably the only one that can see it but I'm telling you it's there.

We've been blogged

A friend of mine recently came over to our house to take some pictures of the girls. If you live in Atlanta or Jacksonville, FL and need some pictures taken - please give her a call! She's great and we love the pictures! Thanks again, Jenny!!

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West coast cuties

We just got back from our trip out to California. We had a great time and I have a lot to write about but that will have to wait a little bit since we have a lot of unpacking to do. So, these pictures will have to hold you over until I have a little bit more time to sit down and write about everything.

The girls in La Jolla.

At the zoo.

Ella's favorite thing in the world to do is go to a slide park - that is Ella's word for playground. We went to three in San Diego. I think her face in this picture really captures how much fun she has playing at the playground.

And look what our little Maddie Bear learned to do on our trip!

Everyday moments

I think that I often get so caught up in planning what the next move is going to be in the day, that I don't take a minute to enjoy the moment that I'm currently in. Being a mom, means that you always have to be "on" and thinking one step ahead. I am sure that many of you moms know exactly what I am talking about. I admit, I can be a bit neurotic when it comes to planning and this often results in total chaos in the household. It's during these moments, I am very grateful for my wonderful husband who makes me step back, catch my breath, and makes me refocus. Chris has been home with us for the past two weeks and let me say that it has been great! I think we are all getting so use to having him around that it is going to be a huge shock to us all when he does have to start traveling again for work. But in the meantime, we enjoy the time that we have now and cherish the everyday moments we have with the girls.

I love these pictures of Chris making dinner and Maddie hanging out in the kitchen. This is us pretty much every night.

BFF

I think these pictures say it all!