Spring soccer

new sport for spring... b loves soccer.  

 she gets after it.

 playing co-ed.

 tough stuff... she even blocked a goal.  

end of game celebration through the tunnel of their biggest fans.

we love our little soccer star.

b = best

we are so privileged to have the best little girl, ever.

everything went well with her eye surgery today.  n is an awesome little brother, too by the way.  

christmas pageant

b had her first christmas pageant.  they sang three songs on their stage and she did so great.

we practiced the songs for three weeks and she was ready to go.  they were dressed as rudolf the red nosed reindeer.

cute as ever...

our visitor

b brought a friend home from preschool, asbury bear.  he stayed with us for a week. 

we took him on our adventures and told the story to her class when he returned.

catch up

It has been a while and we still have some catching up to do...

Here are a few photos from B's actual birthday a few weeks ago.

She had a nice day of playing, opening gifts, and cake.

N even got a gift from Nanny and Papa.

B got a special gift from N.  She loved it.

She could hardly believe she got roller skates from Nanny & Papa!

We ended the day playing outside and enjoying the nice weather.

What is a birthday without bubbles?!

birthday celebration with friends

We celebrated on Sunday with our friends.

B loved her cake.

We enjoyed the company of our friends.

Then we took the party to the Pumpkin Patch.

B went down the slide with her friend.

N played with the pumpkins.

We all took a hayride in a field.

It was a little cold.

But it was a fun way to celebrate B's birthday and Autumn.

four

First up - B celebrated her birthday at her preschool last week.  She wanted to share pink, sparkle, star sugar cookies...

While B enjoyed her celebration, N got to go to the doctor again.

B had a fun time celebrating four years at preschool, N gets to do breathing treatments four times a day.

happy 4th birthday, b

Today b turned four...

She requested a three layer chocolate cake...  she helped make it.

B has grown so much in the past year.  Did you know she can swing all by her self?

We will post more of her birthday later, but for now we wanted to thank you for the birthday wishes.

secret reader

We surprised B at preschool last week.  

Daddy was the secret reader for B's preschool class.  

He read her favorite story from one of our very loved books.  

What a great way to wake up from a nap!

1st day

B had her first day of Preschool today.  Ahhh, I am so glad this day is officially behind us.

Truthfully, it was not easy for either one of us.  

She did fabulous leading up to "the drop off."  She was so excited.  She was ready to go with her new backpack (thank you Baca), lunch box, and nap mat (made by me, of course).  Daddy even left her a good luck video message on the computer since he had to be at work.  She was good to go!

She led the way into the building.  

Clearly, N was NOT happy to let his sister go to Preschool all by herself.

She very quickly spotted her name on an apple to add to the tree, signifying her attendance.  

She was happy to see her new teachers again and was doing great until another little girl started to cry... then it all began.  I could see she was getting nervous and asked N and I to stay one more minute... and then another.  Before we left, she requested her doll and before we knew it, one of the teachers snatched her up and said, "Mommy is going to leave to go home to clean."  In my head I thought "Did I just warp back into the 50's?  I'm headed to Pilates, thank you very much!"  

But really, she was crying and hysterical.  She seemed scared as her teacher whisked her back into her classroom (I think it scared her, plus I do not think she was fully aware that N and I were actually leaving the building).  It was my (or our) worst fear.  

You know how "they" say, it is worse on you than it is on them... 

I seriously question that after today.  It was rough.  

But we made it through and at the end of her day she did say she wanted to go back.  Her teachers confirmed, she did okay after she took a little time for herself.  

Bless her little heart.  

N talked all day about how B was crying, so he was very excited and relieved to see her when we picked her up (so was I).

At the end of the day she was more than ready to go home... Daddy even came home early to pick her up.  

open house

Catching up on this blog... B had her Preschool open house.  She got acquainted with her teachers and surroundings.  N tagged along, of course, and I think he would love to join her... 

he will start next year.  They grow up so fast.

We asked her what was her favorite thing from the open house... 

the letter and shapes fishing poles.  N agreed.

new bike

B loves her new bike.  We got her a new bike for Easter.  Her red bike is a bit heavy and difficult to get going, which was discouraging for a 3-year old.  At first, she was mostly thrilled about the water bottle that came with the bike - now she's into the bike, too.  

still a little sick

We have been to the doctor twice this week for B.  First on Monday, bronchitis... first round of antibiotics.  Second trip to the doctor Thursday - bronchitis now worse, moved from the front of her chest to the back, and now an ear infection... second round of a different antibiotic and chest x-rays.  

Both kids were troopers at her appointments - I am thankful.  

She's a good patient.  She was a champ at the radiologist... waiting was tough, but we made it through.  

And she clearly still has her sense of humor!  

B's x-ray was clear, so we will just back next week for a follow-up on her ears.