School Days, School Days

 The past 24 hours have been full of drama but we went from this at 7am.....

to this at 8:30am (they wanted their picture by the school pawprint on the car)....

....to this at 9:15!!!

Here's HK saying "hooray for preschool!"

Matney says "get on with it mom. no more pictures."

Oh my goodness I could squeal at the cuteness!

Above - HK is in the back and middle of the room next to the teacher.

Below - M is in front of the window (pink bow) just looking around.

Jared worked from home today so that he could take/pick up the girls with me. We had no tears (from the little girls) this morning (I guess that means mama had a hard time)! HK was crying when we picked her up but they said she'd done fine during the day. She and Matney have a few minutes together on the playground and are in classrooms that share a bathroom.

I think I'd mention months ago that we were changing preschools. I'd toured every preschool within 20 minutes of our house. We went to open house for our new school Tuesday morning and it was NOT what had been described to us. Poor Jared doesn't appreciate very upset mama phone calls at the office! Long story short I spent Tuesday afternoon begging and Wednesday morning pulling the girls out of the where we planned to go and enrolling them at the same preschool Matney went to last year. We tried to switch because her original school is expensive but we've decided once again that you get what you pay for! I am THRILLED to be back at CCA. Dear girls, study hard now. Your college fund just went to preschool so make sure you work hard and get college paid for!

Sweet and Sassy 2011

Almost a year exactly from last year's trip to Sweet and Sassy I took Matney for another haircut. This year she was so excited to go and had a countdown going for days. HKwas not so sure about the whole thing. When asked if she was getting a haircut too she said "you no touch my hair!" ha!

Happy Sweet Princess!

HK and Robot - happy to be there but not interested in a haircut!

At the end of the haircut you get a braid, a glitter handstamp, glitter in your hair and a spray of "cotton candy" or "cupcake" body spray. Matney has been sporting a braid every day since then. HK wasn't sure about anything but once the glitter was on Matney's hand HK was chasing the lady to the glitter bowl.

And after a braid, lots of glitter and yummy smells you also get a lollipop! I may start getting my haircut at Sweet and Sassy from now on!

Above - The girls Aug 2011

Below - The girls Aug 2010

Matney and her purse waiting to go inside.

HK and Mommy watching Matney

Matney thinks all the glitter this year is much better than squirting the water bottle last year!

Matney doesn't seem to have changed that much looks wise but what a difference a year has made for HK!

Barnyard Bash

A few weeks ago the girls got an invitation to one of their besties birthday parties. They were so super-super (or soupy doupy as HK says) excited when they found out they were going to get cake and there would be a petting zoo! Talk about a fun afternoon...unless you have to wait on cake. These girls were trying to be patient!

Yummy cake! And yes, I tried to clean up our mess!

The animals are here!!!!

See the kids lined up listening to instructions? Notice anyone else familiar?

See that big excited kid in the middle? Looks like Jared to me!

There were lots of excited kids...and lots of animals trying to escape. Poor little critters. We all hope they got fed some animal anti anxiety meds when they got home!

Everyone need a family picture with a goat!

Apparently the goat didn't want to be a part of the family!

Happy Birthday, Blaire! Thanks for inviting us to your special day!

Kangazoom

One of our favorite places to go right now is a bounce place called Kangazoom. The girls LOVE it so when LivingSocial.com had a great deal for 10 visits I grabbed two deals and off we went.

Look at my brave little monkeys!

 

Sometimes we go and snack with friends!

I adore these girls!

I LOVE this picture. It is HK jumping...this is what she looks like most of the time, just a flash or hint of movement as she flies by us!

Happy girls that were apparently getting tired. They eventually went over to a bench with pillows, made themselves bed and rested. Ha! Wish they'd do that at home!