December and January

First Day of Preschool--- happy now, but followed by 45 minutes of crying for Daddy to come "Save them."

Home Depot's New Employee

Princess Anika

Fake snow at Botanic Gardens

Kindergarten here we come....

Kylie's big first day was on Sept. 1st. The child was sooooooo excited. She was so excited not only to be in Kindergarten and meet new friends, but more importantly to TAKE THE BUS!

Kylie Stats: Green Kindergarten shirt, yellow and pink skirt (Annalee and Abby wore it, so it is cute), red headband and a huge smile.

Breakfast- waffles and strawberries

Weather- Rain

Best quote Before school: "yeah, Daddy gets to wait with me for the bus and you mom have to deal with the sisters inside." (however, keeping the twins inside was impossible, they wanted to ride the bus with her)

Saying good-bye-- pretty much everyone but mom.

Best quote about school: " Dad, there are a lot of rules at school."

Kylie before heading outside in the rain

Before heading out in the rain-- Anika has her backpack on ready to go (with her baby) and Shay in her sparkly shoes (not seen in pic) and her baby, ready for school too.

Waiting in the rain- notice I am the only one under the umbrella-- everyone else wanted to get wet.

Kylie barely seen on the bus-- forgot to get the camera out

Chris got to school before the bus and caught Kylie getting off the bus-- still smiling.

Waiting in line to get into the classroom

2nd Day of school!

2nd day-- and yes, everyone had to be in the picture, including Odin.

Preschool days

Here are some pictures of the last day of preschool and the graduation ceremony. Just to my luck, the camera died as KMD was getting her "ticket to Kindergarten." Enjoy the ones we did get and maybe someday I'll get copies from a friend!

Kylie receiving her necklace and ticket from Mrs. Vages and Mrs. DeWyze


Kylie's in the back row, behind the girl in pink- you can see her eyes and nose and that is about it... the entire ceremony she was waving to Dad and her sisters.


Kylie and Sydney- a good buddy.


Kylie and Leila

Her favorite teacher, Mrs. DeWyze

Shay just happy to be invited into Kylie's classroom. This girl was sooooooooooo happy to play. Sooooo ready for preschool!

Two cute kids.. Anika was there, but wanted nothing to do with anyone, just wanted to sit at the table and color with crayons and markers.

Kylie and Erika

Kylie and Amelia

Kylie and Mrs. Vages (who happens to be the most fashionable according to Kylie-- she really likes her clothes!)

Kylie with Megan!

Now, onto KINDERGARTEN! Wooohoooo!!!!

Mother's Day Tea

Kylie invited me to come to her school for Mother's Day Tea. It was quite the performance she did with her classmates. We got to go in the classroom (which is never allowed) and play with the toys, then the kids did some songs, and then we got to have strawberries, cookies and tea. It was a good time and Kylie had a great time showing me the toys she likes-- we spent most of the time at the train table which explains why she does not want to play with ours at home.... :) It was just nice to be able to spend one-on-one time with her since it really does not happen as much as I would like-- I think she enjoyed it just the same too.

Here is her class singing, "you are my sunshine" (KMD is on the left wearing blue pants and a brown striped shirt)

Kylie waiting to sing...

being silly

Look what I learned at school today mom!

** Disclaimer: We full well know that Kylie is learning a lot at Preschool-- believe me, she tells us EVERYTHING-- from the shirt the teacher was wearing that she did not like to the girl and boy ducks that were not being shared- we hear a pretty good amount here... but this one was great.




Tuesday afternoon, I was feeding the twins in their chairs and Kylie was in her chair eating her dinner at the counter. The twins were not cooperating, probably cause they were eating vegetables and not fruits (I can't blame them) and Kylie was trying to help get them to open their mouths so I could shove the spoon in there- nice, I know. Anyhow, back to the story... Kylie turns to them and says, "Look what my teachers taught me today at school!" I couldn't resist, so here it is.... What we learned at preschool on Tuesday!

And for those of you counting--- the DORA shirt--- it gets worn 3-4 times a week--- and yes, I do do laundry more often so I do not have to deal with that battle on a constant basis. I think DORA might have to leave on a long vacation soon.... you might hear the screams coming from this area soon!