Thursday, September 8, 2016

Hello, Preschool!

Isla had her first day of preschool yesterday and we just couldn't be more thrilled for her! She has watched her big sister go to school for 2 years now and it was finally her turn! She was so excited the days leading up to her big day and was even more excited the morning of! Sweet Isla can be a bit reserved with "new" situations and "new" people, so I knew the transition of me leaving would be hard for her. I am so proud to say that only a couple tears were shed at our goodbye, and I was told that the rest of the day she was nothing but smiles! Yay, Isla! 

At pick up she ran to me beaming and told me how much she loved her first day! She told me all about how she danced, sang, played babies, and had some silly moments with the class puppet "funny bunny"! 

We are so incredibly proud of you, Isla Marie. We are beyond thrilled to watch you grow and learn during your first year of school! 




She brought her baby to school with her to provide some comfort. 

She got a very large treat after her first day! 

Isla had two requests for when I picked her up from school...
(1) That Lupa would come and pick her up too. (2) Ice cream!
Mommy delivered on both!



A sweet little side note: When we picked up Mackenzie from Kindergarten, I immediately asked her about her day. She replied with "I will tell you in a minute Mommy, but first I want to hear how Isla's first day of school was." My heart just bursted as I thought that was the sweetest thing! I think we are raising two amazing little girls! <3

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Hello, Kindergarten!

Happy 1st Day of Kindergarten to this little nugget! I swear this child never ceases to amaze me! Her confidence, bravery, and pure excitement for school is literally inspiring. Because of her amazing attitude, she made Jimmy and I feel so at ease with her transition to a new "big" school! In the process she even convinced us to have her ride the school bus (something she has been begging to do since she was two years old)! Our neighborhood is right next to the elementary school so we decided the 2 minute ride (literally, 2 minutes) would be ok.  We are so glad we allowed her to do this as her excitement for the bus alone was just adorable! Of course the momma in me just had to double check to make sure she actually got into school ok, so I immediately hoped in the car and got there in time to watch her excitedly walk into the building!

Cheers to another great beginning! We are so very proud of you, Mackenzie Amelia (AKA kindergarten rockstar)!







Her "fans" seeing her off! 


Bus stop!


Waving to Daddy and Isla who were watching on the front porch!

School bus is here! 

And just like that, she is off!