First Day of First Grade!

Just like that, we have a first grader!

 Maddie started first grade last Wednesday and is loving it so far! But let's back up.

We were able to meet her teacher, Ms Canady, the Monday before. We dropped off our supplies and saw the room. 

How cute was her little gift to the kiddos?

The day before school I took of work and we had some serious girl time. We did manicures and pedicures.

We jumped at House of Boom and had hibachi lunch. 

We met up with Hudson for ice cream. 

And then we got in bed early because we had a 6 AM wake-up! Maddie woke up pretty happy and was excited to see Lizzy at the bus stop. 

Chris and I drove to school and met the girls off the bus. 

 All smiles!

I just love these little gals. For the second year in a row, they grabbed hands and headed down the hall together. 

As for our littlest lady, Sydney is back to being the solo sister with nana on Monday and mommy on Friday.  She misses Maddie but she likes her 1x1 time too!

The End of Summer

Well, Maddie started First Grade today (which is a whole separate post, coming soon.) 

Which means our summer break is over. We literally squeezed in as much fun as we possibly could these last few weeks!

We finished our summer gymnastics session. Maddie is moving up to the next level for Fall. Sydney was already up a level (in a 4 - 5 year old class) so she's staying put. 

Maddie and I did our annual day at Holiday World with Hudson and Danielle. 

 We had a bonus guest this year - Kyle came along with!

The kids had a ton of fun!

We had more ice cream...I'm serious, I'm going on an ice cream hiatus STAT. 

We went to Chuck E Cheese with Brooke and Lizzy.

 Their favorite ride is a roller coaster simulator. They use a lot of their tokens here!

I'm seriously a dream for a sales person. I ordered our pizza and then "for $10 more" I could have Chuck E personally deliver a cookie cake to our table. Of course, I did it. I also am the only person who can spend $200 on an oil change because I do all of the add-ons. It drives Chris crazy! HAHA! 

We saw our cousins!

We had a movie night with Claire!

We had snow cones with Claire and Collin for our last summer weekend!

 Claire and Mads are in the same first grade class which might be a nightmare for their teacher. Ha! We've gotten to be good friends with their parents who live right behind us. They are re-doing their fence and plan to put a gate in for us, which is really nice and slightly hysterical. 

Collin is one year younger and has a sweet little crush on Maddie. He always try to be next to her. 

Sweet friends!

Seagrove Summer Vacation 2017

We spent the last week in July in beautiful Seagrove, Florida! This was our first visit to Seagrove and we loved it!

Since we were going on a long road trip, we tried a new pillow for Madeline who always sleeps so uncomfortably in the car. 

It really worked.

Or not.

When we got to the house, the kids couldn't wait to get their feet in the sand!

And, then we went every day!

We had a lot of yummy food!

We had a lot of ice cream!

That was a mistake.

Chris completed a puzzle! 

We took lots of pictures!

Thank you, nana and grandpa, for a great family vacation!