I know it's been awhile...

The days just seem to fly by and my camera doesn't seem to get used as much these days!!!  But here are few pictures of the monsters...I mean, kiddos!!

They are really excited to head to Iowa this weekend to see Jer and Val and meet Lily.  Kira has all kinds of plans...she's going to read to Lily, teach Lily some sign language and teach her to talk!  Guess it's going to be a busy weekend.....I'm sure I'll have pictures to share!!



Look at her go!!

Go Eva!!! 

 She seems to know when Mommy needs her to "do something!"



"again"

Eva's new word is "again"............she really likes the work "again!"

Hey Eema...I need a haircut!!

She loves her Elmo!

And she thinks this house is pretty cool too!



Think school wears them out?

This was taken at 4:30 after D had been at preschool for 2 hours and yes, Kira has her pj's on already!  TIRED KIDS!



"You can go now Mommy!"

It's safe to say that Dylan was more than ready to go to preschool today!!  He told me that I "could go now!" when I went to give him a kiss good-bye!!

And just cuz she's cute....

Kira's 2nd day of school....and Dylan's orientation day....

......started out like this for a good 1/2 hour with Mom and Dad trying really hard to NOT laugh where she could see us.  There was also a lot of stomping around the house, crossing her arms and saying that she wasn't going to school and we couldn't make her....

Then out the door she went.

Her OT was there to meet her and said that she cried for a bit but not as long as yesterday.  She cried a few times off and throughout the day....after lunch recess she had a pretty big meltdown and ended up going to rest in the Health Office.  It was decided today that she is going to do that everyday after lunch for a bit.  She has really been struggling with being tired, even before school started and was still taking a 2-3 hour nap most days.

She was smiling when she came out......

I took Dylan to his orientation at preschool today.  Of course just a few minutes after we got there, they started the VERY loud saw which caused him to meltdown.  Luckily, he was able to pull himself together and enjoy the rest of the time.  We then went to Target to get his school supplies......kitchen sponges. HA!  He got to pick a "ticket" off a board with an item to bring to give the school  He was THRILLED to get to go school supply shopping like Kira did.

Then we came home to see what our 1st grader was up too.....

And this is what we found......

Our sitter said she tried pretty hard to keep her eyes open but eventually she just couldn't.  She was OUT because even Dylan talking to her didn't wake her up.  She slept about 45 minutes and is now laying on the couch watching a movie.  How in the world will she make it through a FULL day of school tomorrow?  Yesterday and today were early release!!  Early bedtime tonight for sure!!

Kira's 1st day of school...

(Update about her day below!!)

Kira woke up this morning chattering on and on about how it was her first day of school...excited to wear the outfit that she picked out, get her "feather bow" in her hair along with a curl in her bangs.  She chatted through breakfast and getting ready. 

She made silly faces for me.....

 She willingly and walked to the van and hopped in.   She was excited to see her OT, MaryJo waiting for her when she got to school. 

(And told me the sun was way too bright!)

She was saying hi to kids and teachers while waiting for the bell to ring.  She was excited to see the assistant nurse, Laurie, who will also be helping out as Kira's aide. 

Then the bell rang....

and she starting picking her hand so I gave her her backpack to carry.  As we walked down the hall, I could see it coming....I knew what was going to happen next......

yep, she was crying.....

Silly me had a LITTLE hope that MAYBE she would do okay since up until that moment she had been excited.  She WANTED to be excited...I know that she did.

She ended having to basically be peeled off me, screaming.

And yes, I quickly left the room before she could see the tears in my eyes.

I hope that she is having a fun day.....

I got an email from her teacher this afternoon saying that it took until around 9 AM for her to settle down and then she did great.  She got upset again later in the day...apparently lunch time was running pretty slow as kids are just figuring out what to do so by the time she got done eating, recess was pretty much over.  She got upset about that but calmed down by the time they got to PE and did great the rest of the day.

She was smiling when she came out of school today and chatted my ear off. 

Starting tomorrow, Jason is going to take her to school.  Her aide will meet her at the car and take her in.  We decided that it was best to just start with that this year rather than us walking in...it was hard to break that habit last year.

Hoping for no tears but am guessing there may be a few....