Sunday, August 31, 2014

Busy, busy

My child and her social life. She is s busy, busy girl! Last Saturday was so much fun. We started at RubkKate's third birthday party. It was a Sofia the First royal picnic and it was absolutely precious. Elsa and Ariel also made an appearance and Addison loved them. All the kids dressed up as their favorite character...Addy was Ariel. It's always so fun it get together with our friends and their kids!


After they burthsay party we headed to Churchill downs for a diabetes walk for Joey. It was so incredibly hot but so fun!

Then we went home, took a little nap and headed to Trader Joe's to do a little shopping. This little lady was so happy she got to not only push the cart in the grocery store, but dress herself as well!

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

'Nastics- part 2

Addison ended her second term of gymnastics a couple weeks ago. We didn't sign her back up for the third term because we are thinking of letting her try dance for a little while to see which one she likes the best. We noticed that she seemed to be getting a little bored with gymnastics because she would run off from the group, so we are going to try different things and let her choose which one she would like to stick with. Addy made some good friends at gymnastics so we are sad that she won't see them every week, but we will definitely have to do some play dates soon!
Addison with Jacqueline and Kennedy


Silly girl was so proud of her certificate.






Dance, here we come!

The start of preschool

Two weeks ago my baby girl started preschool. What a crazy thing! I can't believe she is old enough to start school, but it was even crazier dropping her off with someone I barely knew. Granted, I was still in the building and right around the corner from her, it was still hard to leave her as she was crying for me. See, addy has never stayed with anyone that is not family, so it was scary for her to go with someone that was essentially a stranger to her. I had prepped her for her teachers Elizabeth and Mary, but I didn't realize there would be a third person caring for her in the before school program. Susan is so sweet and great, but Addison wasn't prepped for her so she kind of lost it. The first day it took me thirty minutes to get her to stay and she was still screaming when I left. The second day took about 10 minutes and then that Friday she barely cried. I am so proud of Addison and how quickly she is adapting to going to school. I can't imagine how she feels knowing that I'm in the building but that she can't come to me. See, I teach at the school addy goes to, but I teach a different grade level, so I'm in the building where I can check in on her. I know she doesn't understand, but her teachers are so great ans she will adapt soon I'm sure. 

Addison has already learned so much and Mike and I have seen a huge difference in how she interacts with others her age. She shares better, and she always goes up to other kids and starts a conversation. At the park, she'll walk right up to another child and ask them what their name is. She's so social and I love it. She has leaned the song "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" a song about two frogs (jack and Jill), she has a new love for the Pete the Cat books and the book Going on a Bear Hunt. Her class is studying the pond so she is learning animals from the pond, songs about frogs, all things green and more. She also loves going to library with Mrs. Mary Ellen and always tells me about the books she reads to her. She has also been learning about her 5 senses with Mr. Eric the science teacher. 

She's going to do so great this year! I'm so proud of my sweet baby girl! Here she is on her first day of preschool...








This picture was emailed it me the other day at school...she loves Mrs. Mary!
Mike has started adventure day Friday after he picks her up from school. This past Friday they rode bikes across the walking bridge into Indiana and got ice cream at a little shop that sits on the river. 



Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The end of summer

This was my baby the day before I went back to school last year:


And here she is this year the day before I went back for the first full week before the students start back.


First of all is that not the most beautiful child you've ever seen? Secondly, where in this world did my baby go?! 

School started today for me and it's always a bittersweet feelings. I am so happy that I have started a new job at a new school, but one of the hardest parts is leaving my family after I've gotten a little taste in my mouth of what it's like to be a stay at home mommy. That's the perk of my job, you see. I get to stay home in the summer and I am so thankful for that. It gives me extra playtime and cuddles with Addison and I will forever cherish those memories that we make while I am home in the summer. I can't believe summer went so fast this year though. I guess it was because of all the snow days/make up days that were added on to the end of the school year last year, but here we go again! School's back in session my friends and I am so thankful for the memories we made as a family this summer,because you know what I've realized? My child is growing up at the speed of light. It doesn't happen right in front of my eyes (or maybe it does and I just don't realize it) but when I look at the pictures posted above I notice that she's turning into a little girl and it's happening oh so quickly. So you know what I want to do? I want to squeeze her, love on her, read to her, play with her and spend as much time as possible while I have her in this stage of life. I can't believe how much she's changed over the course of a year and I don't see it because I am with her every day. So, I'll say it again, thankful is what I am so a summer spent at home with my family each year!

Wait, What?!

Tomorrow Addison starts preschool. Can you believe it? I can't. I don't believe that I have a child that is old enough to be going to preschool. I am so excited for her, but my heart aches as our baby is growing up. Growing up into one amazing child, but growing up nonetheless. Addison is very excited about going to preschool to meet her new friends and her teachers. She has been to her classroom and was so excited to see all the new toys that she will be able to play with. The other great thing about Addison's preschool is that it is located right around the corner from my classroom. If that's not a mamma's dream come true I don't know what is. I am going to try not to peek in too much, but periodically I will be able to pop my head in and make sure my girl is having the best day ever! Right now she seems really, really excited. I told her at beditme tonight that when I leave for school tomorrow she is going to go with me. Her response was, "Goody good!" We talked about how mommy isn't staying right with her and that passie has to stay home with daddy and she was also cool with that, so she must really be excited. Hopefully that excitement stays as I drop her off tomorrow. As I said, I just can't believe that my baby girl is heading to preschool tomorrow. Please pray for a safe, fun day for our baby girl tomorrow!
Back to school open house and the Science Center 


Addison,
           Your mommy and daddy are so excited for you and we are so glad that you're so happy to be going to school. I know your school year is going to be filled with so many fun things that that you are going to grow and soar beyond all of our expectations. That's just what you do- you blow us away. And you've done it over and over again since you were born. I know you're going to love school and make lots of new friends. I will be praying for you every single moment of every single day that you feel safe, comfortable and loved while you are in your new environment at school. We love you, Addison, and we are so proud of you baby girl!


Sunday, August 3, 2014

Newport Aquarium

Yesterday was a really fun family day. We live a little over an hour from the aquarium in Newport, Ky, so we decided to take Addison there for the day. Being that she loves the zoo as much as she does, we figured she would have a fall. And she did. There isn't much that girl doesn't enjoy! We really liked watching all the small fish, especially a pink one that was in one of the tanks. She always thought that the fish were mad though. Not too sure why. She also touched a turtle's shell. I was thinking for sure that when it was her turn she'd freak out and decide not to do it, but she didn't and she was so proud of herself for touching the shell. I was proud too! We really liked the sea turtles, the crocodile (that thing was huge!) the fish and the penguins swimming in their exhibit. It was definitely a fun filled family day and I was really glad we made the drive to go!




















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