First Day of Second Grade!

It has been a while since I have posted, which I feel badly about as this is an online journal for our family! I vow to get to back to fill in the blanks so to speak between then and now!

Molly had her first day of Second Grade yesterday! It went great!!! She was nervous and I think hoping some new kids would be in her class and they were. She has a friend in class that had just transferred from the Private School and she and Molly went to Preschool together.

She has Mrs. Smith for a teacher and loves her already. Molly was picked to do two jobs in the class yesterday - lead the line for the bathroom and also to bring the lunch menu down to the cafeteria! Her friend Caitlyn is riding the bus with her this year which Molly is thrilled about.

Tomorrow Annie and I are off to her Preschool Orientation and she starts next Tuesday for two days a week. It's nice but a little bittersweet to have two and a half hours to myself two days a week! I will miss my little munchkin! The summer flew by way too fast and I so enjoyed my time with the girls! Counting down the days to next summer already!! :0)


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Mol's 6th Birthday

I can't believe our Mols is 6 years old! My how these 6 years have flown by! It's amazing that when you were born you wee so tiny that daddy's wedding band could fit around your arm and I could hold you in the palm of my hand and now you've blossomed into this beautiful girl! You have such smiley eyes and a contagious laugh and mostly a heart of gold. You are such a sweet girl and we couldn't be more proud of you! Happy 6th Birthday Molly Bird!!

Exciting News!

We are so excited and couldn't ask for a better present than being in our new home this Christmas!

There's so much to do before then but we are so excited to have all Winter setting up our new home! Happy Holidays to all!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our Annie

It's hard to believe 2 years ago today, we became a family of four! You have added such charm, wit, tons of laughs and never a dull moment into our family. Your big sister thanks me everyday for having you and I love seeing how you look up to her and want to be like her - whether it be imitating her splashing in the bathtub, having to take your baby doll with you everywhere or just wanting to play whatever she's playing.

We love that you are named after my Granny and that there's something so remindful of her in you! It's also special that our nickname for you is your Grammie's name. I love our mornings together and we can't wait to watch you grow but hopefully not too fast! We love you Annie Banani!

40 and Fabulous!

It's hard to believe I am turning 40! I am actually not sad about it and looking forward to it as I know these are the years I will raise my family! Brian gave me the best present ever which was a video montage he made for me - what a wonderful, sweet husband I have - I am such a lucky girl!

We are heading out for a date night which includes dinner and shopping and Grammie's coming to watch the girls for us! Here's hoping the next decade of life is just as exciting!

Harvest Festival with Family!

We had a great weekend! We headed to C.N. Smith Farm for their Annual Harvest Festival on Columbus Day Weekend! My sister, brother-in-law and niece and nephew came down for the day! The lines were super long to take the hayride to pick your own pumpkins so we picked some near the farmers market and the kiddos enjoyed the live music, cider donuts and each picked out their own pumpkins!

We managed to carve our pumpkins later that night and a great day was had by all! So happy Fall is finally here!!

First Day of Kindergarten

We can't believe that our baby girl is starting Kindergarten! Where have the past five years gone?? She's a bit nervous but also very excited! We recently had "Popsicles with the Principal" and the Principal is new to her school this year so that made her feel more comfortable. We also went to an open house for the school.

Molly's teacher is very excited - this is her second year of teaching and they are planning to work on reading and writing - using handwriting without tears and they are getting a smartboard for their classroom. She also said they plan to work on Math. We are so excited for her and can't wait to see what this year brings!