Carson's 3rd Birthday Party!

Carson celebrated her 3rd birthday on her actual birthday with a gymnastics party at the gym where she took ballet and gymnastics last school year. She had such a great time jumping around with her friends!!

We started her birthday out with yummy homemade muffins!

Helping lead her friends in stretching. ; )

The beam is her favorite!

We were excited that Mike Mike and Kathy and Jo and Donny were able to join us for the party. Nana and Granddaddy were out of town. We are having a joint family party for Reed and Carson next weekend, so there will be more birthday fun to come for this little one!

It was a successful birthday. She passed out on the way to dinner. : )

Carson's First Day of 3's Preschool

Little Miss had me worried as she hasn't like being separated from me this summer. We have been talking up school and how much fun she would have. That had no effect until we met her teachers last week in her new classroom. Before we left the house she was saying things like "I don't like those teachers. It is not going to be any fun." So, I was a little nervous. Thank goodness, once we got there and she saw several of her friends from last year, the welcoming faces of her teachers and, of course, all the fun toys, she was good to go.

As I took her to school yesterday morning, she said "I will not have any tears. I will have fun with my friends." Yay, baby girl! I love the motivation talk she was giving herself. She kept to her promises. There were no tears at dropoff. She literally walked in without saying goodbye. Chris and I had to wave goodbye from outside the classroom. And when I picked her up, she said that she had so much fun with her friends! Yay for a successful first day. Let's hope Wednesday goes as well as Monday did!

The result of a fun day at school and no forced nap. : )

Reed's First Day of 1st Grade

Reed started 1st grade at East Side Elementary last Monday. He was so very excited to head back to school! It certainly makes it so much easier to send him back when I know he loves it. His teacher's name this year is Mrs. King and he does have an assistant, Mrs. Collins. I think it is going to be another great year for Reed. He came home from the first day and told Carson, "you're going to LOVE first grade". : ) Unfortunately, Carson missed a pic with her big brother before school, because she was still sleeping. This has been her only day missing the bus since. ; )

He could hardly contain his excitement!