Birthday Party Weekend

We had a super fun birthday party weekend. The girls chose to go to the skating rink for the party. We had the whole place to ourselves and TONS of fun. Lots of kids skating and running, having a good time. The highlight though was Nana deciding to skate with us. She did alright until it was time for the hokey pokey!!! That was her downfall. (pun intended) Unfortunately, the only picture that turned out is the one with John escorting her off the rink after having to pull her off the ground.

But the girls had a great time, got WAY too many gifts, and ate too much cake and cookies for the day! And the DS and Leapster are still currently in use!!!

Everyone had a lot of fun and is ready to go skating again very soon. Except Nana, that is!

Now, to clean out the house to make room for all the new My Little Pony and Littlest Pet Shop toys....that all have a million pieces. Just an excuse to buy more rubbermaid containers. Everything has a home!!

Family pictures and the girls birthday 6 and 4 pictures

4 years!!

Ashlee

6 year pictures!

Ally

Ally's a 1st Grader

I officially have a 1st Grader. She was so excited we were at the school about 40 minutes early today!! She's very excited to have Ms. Scott for her teacher. Apparently she's "fun". She just couldn't wait to get her new pink shoes and her dress on today. She's been dying to wear the shoes since we got them. She finally insisted that she needed to wear them the other night just around the house to make sure they fit. So here's her first day at school...

First day of School for Ashlee

Well, she actually had her first day in her new class last week, but today was the hoopla!!! My poor kid. She's been going to this school for 2 years now.....and still cries when I drop her off. They say she stops as soon as I'm out of eye sight and not to worry. She got better at the end of last year and the summer was easy becuase Ally was there. Now's she's back on her own!!! So hopefully.....the crying will stop. Here's a couple pictures from this morning. She's moved to the Buckaroo room with Ms. Norman. ( we LOVE Ms. Norman) You can see she's acting all silly and having a good time until it comes time for me to go!