First Day of Preschool

Ms. A had her first day of Preschool last week. She was so EXCITED to meet new friends. So excited that she didn't want to wait for me to take her picture. :) I finally coaxed her to a couple of poses.
She went right in and had no problems when mommy left. I was a little sad, but grateful she loves her new school.

As I was driving home, I was hit with the overwhelming thought that I had left my little angel with COMPLETE STRANGERS!!! I couldn't believe it. I have since recovered and both of us are doing wonderfully with her in preschool.

Have fun my little one!

Sad Goodbyes

Ms A has a favorite toy, her Cinderella Polly Pocket. She takes her everywhere, including bath time. Yesterday, tragedy hit: Cinderella got broken and she couldn't be repaired. My little one was inconsolable for quite some time. I hugged her and whispered sweet, comforting words, but nothing could stop my tenderhearted, little one from crying. Suddenly, I had an idea to build a new home for Cinderella to live in and Ms A started to calm down. She lovingly added butterflies, flowers, hearts and glitter to Cinderella's home. She drew rainbows and hearts. She gave her tons of hugs and whispered loving words and kisses. We talked about how Jesus would take care of Cinderella and make her all better because that is what HE does because of HIS LOVE for us. Gently she laid Cinderella on the two hearts. We closed the box and said our final farewells. Goodbye Cinderella!
Thank you for being Ms A's special friend.

Good Sportmanship?!?

We were playing a little game of Old Maid this evening when Ms A drew the WITCH!!! (Just a little background: She Hates/is Scared of the witch. The story of Dora and the Snow Princess made a HUGE impression on our little one.) Tears and screams immediately ensued. Reed quickly grabbed the camera while I tried to calm her down.

Here are a few shots of the during we just chose the witch card from mommy.

(notice the HUGE TEARS. She's been doing that since the day she was born.)

and after, she wanted a picture of the Princess Dora cards.

I convinced Ms A to let daddy draw the last card from her hand, even though the game was over. You should have seen the gloating. I think we need to find out how to teach our four year old to win/loose gracefully and cheerfully. Any ideas?!?

Airshows and Waterslides

Reed had a Group Party across from the airport near our home. We were so excited to see the jets and watch Ms. A play.

She was very excited to go down the waterslide. We were very impressed that she climb up the tall slide and actually went down. The look of terror on the way down was priceless. She also didn't know about the wave of water that would hit. Poor Girl! Reed got her out and when we asked if she wanted to try again, she said "No." She changed her mind a few minutes later. When she climbed up to the top, she remembered and panicked. We talked her down the back and quickly dried her off. I think she was the youngest one to go down the slide. :)

We also enjoyed watching the Thunderbirds practice for the airshow! I was like a kid getting so excited with each pass. {Yes, I'm an airshow geek and proud of it :)}

This weekend we enjoyed watching the airshow from our backfield. Sara and her children came to visit, so we enjoyed watching the show with them. Mr. P, Sara and Ms. A were ecstatic to watch. It was FABULOUS!!! :)

Recommendation

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Goodbye Wishes

Goodbye, Panties!
I will miss you so much. You were with me throughout my potty training time. We shared trips to the library, zoo and parks. We traveled to Springfield Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore together. You protected me and kept me dry. We were inseparable, but I need to move on and start a new adventure with {bigger} panties. So we will throw a little farewell party, I'll say goodbye, give hugs and blow kisses as my mommy puts you in your new home with all my other special {too small} clothes! Thank you!!

Love,
Ms. A.