First Day of Pre-School!

What an exciting day! Our baby girl started school and she is loving every minute of it. The two weeks (or more) prior she almost drove us crazy leading up to her big day. First thing in the morning she would toddle into our room "Is it school today?" and we'd answer "sorry honey, not today" which was automatically followed-up with an "Awwww, I want to go to school," sometimes crying ensued as well. I really should be thankful she's so excited because I am sure all to soon it will be "I don't want to go to school today." She's been loving to go so much that she stills asks to go all weekend long.

Already for school!

Needless to say Shayla did amazing on her first day of school. She went in and headed straight to her cubby. She is so proud that it is labeled with her name & a pretty purple flower; since purple and pink are her favorite colors.

She put her lunch kit in it, switched to indoor shoes & was gone. By the time I said good morning to her teacher and turned around she was in her classroom already busy. The only way I managed to give her a hug & kiss good-bye was to catch her when she came out of her class to see if her close friend Miranda had arrived. Miranda is in the kindergarten class this year. Shayla didn't even hesitate to go in & make herself at home in that class as well. She was so excited to be there.
 

 Already joining the Kindergarten class.

Mommy on the other hand was a wee bit emotional but I was well behaved & never showed it until I was by myself on my way to work. The moment I got in the truck the blubbering began, luckily I pulled myself together & got on with my day. Why it seemed any different than taking her to daycare I have no idea, it just was.

Mommy & Daddy are so proud of you Shayla. We are very happy you had an amazing memorable first day of school, with many more to come! We LOVE you with all our heart!

Off to school!

 

M&M's Yummy - Shayla's 3rd birthday!

You never know what to expect when you ask a toddler what type of birthday party they want. I was surprised when I asked Shayla..I was thinking Tinkerbell or Princess or something easy of that nature, isn't that what you'd expect from a little girl...Nope she comes up with an M&M birthday party and she doesn't falter in her decision once. This only forces mommy to try be creative and some how I missed getting that gene in the family. Surprisingly enough I think I managed to pull it off.

 We had M&M everything. Talk about chocolate overload. I even attempted to make the cakes myself. I'm no professional cake decorator but they tasted pretty good. 

She had fun trying to blow out the candles

and had a little help.

Everyone had fun singing to her and waited patiently for their piece of cake.

We made some fabulous M&M caramel candied apples. They looked great! Too bad we forgot to hand them out at the end of the party, so we ended up delivering them all the next day.Way too many to keep.

 

We even created a M&M version of pin-the-tail-on the donkey. It was lots of fun trying to pin the M on the M&M.

  

 

Her favorite surprise was the huge dollhouse from Grandma & Grandpa

Look I can almost climb into it

And who doesn't love the sound of pretty paper ripping to unveil that special something. Shayla loved all of her special surprises.

All the kids saw Tenley & said look a "real baby"

Thank you to all our friends and family for making it such a memorable day for Shayla.She still talks about it.


Side note: At the time we couldn't find anything M&M related any where, and now months after the fact Walmart has almost a full isle of stuff. Go Figure.

Winter Wonderland - Nov 2010

Snow Snow and more Snow. Who would have thought to move south to get more snow, at least the temperature is definitely milder and Shayla loves to go out and play.

A belly snow angel!

Her dad has even taught her how to effectively throw a snowball at mom. 

I'm going to get you with these snowballs!

She has especially  taken a liking to sledding. At least we don't have to go very far since we have the perfect little hill in our yard for her, not to mention the road out front has a nice little slope. Thank goodness we live on a quiet cul-de-sac.

Ready..

           Set...

                    GO!!!!

                     Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Well who's coming to get me so I can go again? and again and again? She could spend hours doing this. It's so much fun!