Kindergarten

Pink backpack. Check. Matching attachable lunchbox. Check. New Silver ballet flats. Check. Pink butterfly dress. Check. Bright smile. Check. Teary-eyed mom. Ok, Check.

Braedyn was so excited for her first day of Kindergarten. She marched right in with Mommy, Daddy, and Brittney right behind her. She sat down at her new desk, started coloring her worksheet and said "Bye Mom" with an enormous grin. I held it together just fine until we walked out and Troy said, "your going to cry, aren't you?" I got a little teary-eyed when I said "No" but I did pretty well.

Braedyn and our neighbor, Brenna. They ride the bus together every day.

This is the excited smile I was telling you about.

My beautiful Kindergartener.

Summer Fun

Running through the sprinklers, splashing in the pool, squirting water toys, popsicles for snack. Isn't that what summer is about? I have loved summertime with my girls.

We have had Daniel hanging out with us a lot of the time. These three cousins have so much fun together.

Preschool Graduation

I can't believe my Braedyn graduated from preschool. She had a great year at Imagine and Explore Preschool. We were so proud of her at her graduation. She sang every song, smiling so big in her blue cap. She is so ready for kindergarten...too bad I'm not.

Her she, is standing next to her friend Malorie. They had a lot of fun together.

She even got a little diploma.

Miss Heather is a wonderful teacher. She made it a special year for the kids.

Three-year old Princess

Here she is...my little 3-year old. Brittney's birthday was on Easter Sunday. (Yeah I am just finally doing a post about it). Our sweet Brittney is such a joy to us. Jumping, bouncing, climbing, giggling, teasing, dancing, singing, hugging, kissing... she teaches us how to live life like a happy little princess.

I made my first themed cake. An Easter Bunny cake for the special day. While it wasn't the most skill-required cake, it was sure cute when I was done. My mom came over and decorated the cake with the girls and me. We had a hard time keeping them from eating all the candies.

We celebrated her birthday with mine and Troy's family at Grandma Jill's house after Easter dinner. Here are the three little cousins waiting to dive into the cake.

Brittney was so excited about her new Princess nightgown, she had to put it on immediately.

Daddy's little girls on Easter morning. You can't see them very well, but their outfits matched. So cute!!

Great Wolf Lodge

We took a quick family trip to the Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City. It was so much fun.

The girls donned their swimsuits the moment we got to the hotel.

We had a blast going down the big slides, floating in the lazy river and playing in the little pool where the girls could go down the slide by themselves.

The sprinklers were fun but we always had to go get in the hot (warm) tub right after.

The T-Rex Cafe was such a cool restaurant. As you can see, they had life-size dinosaurs all throughout the restaurant. The girls are not smiling in this picture because they were a little nervous about this dinosaur's big ROAR.

It was a great, stress-free trip for our little family. We will definitely be back next year.

Our friends, Chris and Mandi, met us at the Cafe for dinner. It was so good to see them and their cute little family. Mandi and I have been friends since grade school.

So I finally have a good family picture for my blog heading. I love it!!! I am grateful to my sweet friend, Jen, who did the photo shoot. She has a great talent.
www.sugarblossomphotography.blogspot.com
Check it out!!

My little girl turned Five-years old!

It was no surpise when Braedyn requested a Princess Party for her birthday. It was so fun to plan with princess tiaras, glittler, plastic goblets, pink sandwiches, and even a Kiss the Frog game. We did Princess make-up and even read The Princess and the Pea. I got really into all the pink fun...

Braedyn wanted to dress like Giselle from "Enchanted."

Here is my sweet five-year old. Her birthday cake came in this cute princess box behind her.

I had plans to make a Barbie cake for the party, but since we thought we were going out of town until the day before it, Grandma Becca offered to order it from HyVee instead. It was so beautiful...and yummy too!!! You can see Brittney wanted to be Cinderella...of course.

Here are our princesses and pinces sitting down for lunch. Everyone wore their royal attire.

Yep, I even found pink swirl bread to make sandwiches for the royal lunch. We made fruit kabobs and had colorful Goldfish crackers to go with them. Pink gatorade filled their plastic goblets.

Can she stay my Little princess forever?!!