Members Only Night

We took the girls to the zoo one last time for the summer. The had a members only night. So we didn't have to go durng the day in the 110 degree temp....just at night when it was about 99 degree temp. hahaha

We still had fun though!

I just love it when the girls are being sweet to each other. I caught a pic of Presley helping her sister up on the stone wall. So sweet! I hope they stay like this forever!

Best sign ever!!!

I have never seen the elephants fully play in the water! This one was smart on this hot day and got all of the way in!

And I just love this picture of this girrafe!

Zoo....we'll see you again when it cools down some!

Pretty Cute!

We went to Southlake to Central Market to get a few groceries. Presley saw her dream car and wanted her picture taken with it. She has said she has been able to talk that she wants a "fast red car with no roof" when she grows up. Presle said she wanted to save her marbles for that car!

Lil' Pipey loved the car too!

One day girls.....

Chuck E Cheese to the Rescue!

Piper has been so down in the dumps since Presley started school, so I treated her to an early afternoon treat to Chuck E Cheese! She had so much fun. I think it was just what she needed.

Chuck E Cheese came to my rescue and cheered my baby up!

And a Kindergartener was Born!

Presley started kindergarten this year! I cannot believe my baby is all grown up! It feels like just yesterday that I was teaching her her colors, shapes, ABC's, & 1,2,3's as a 2 1/2 year old in the kitchen of our old house. She has always been pretty confident, but on the day she started school, she found a renewed or bolder confidence with in herself!

She saved me from crying when I had to leave her. I was really prepared to cry a river. But seeing her so happy and knowing how much she wanted to be there. And, well, her confidence....I didn't cry at all! I knew she'd be safe and she was somewhere she wanted to be. It wasn't anything like when I put her in Montessori school when she was 2. She cried and cried and would not let me go when I would drop her off. I use to sit in the car and cry before driving away. The hormones of being pregnant with Piper may have helped those emotions be more intense. Yeah, this time around wasn't anything like that!

I just know she is going to have a great year!

There she goes. My big brave girl!

Piper was so sad to see her sister go to school. Presley has lived with out Piper before, but Piper has never lived with out Presley. She cried when we dropped her off, saying "I don't like Presley going to school, I want to go get her back!" Oh my sweet Pipey!

All she wants to do is hold her big sisters hand. When she was walking with her, I heard her tell Presley that she loved her.

Me too....I wanted to hold her hand too. I was scared to let her go. I had to beg her to hold my hand too. She really didn't want to. She kept telling me that she is a big girl now and she didn't need to hold my hand anymore. I just told her that she may not need to hold my hand, but I still need to hold her hand.

And there she is. We made it to school! Deeeeeeep breath!

Look at her go.....

Piper had to steal one last hug!

Presley busted me peeping in on her from the hallway. See her waving?

They hosted a BooHoo Yahoo Breakfast for us parents in the library. That was really sweet...too bad the coffee was blah!

After dinner, we surprised Presley with a "1st day of school" celebration!

Happy 1st day of school to YOU!!!!

Summer Time Memories!

I am just now, a month late, getting around to updating my blog. I've had this one in my drafting folder for a while. Blog spot likes to give me a hard time uploading pictures. And then I had another wonderful neck strain that took me off the computer for about a month. So here I am, doing some updating!

We had an amazing summer! We had so much fun with the girls! They are at the absolute perfect ages right now! We also had some pretty big events occur in the girls lives. And Presley got ready for Kindergarten!

Presley got her big girl booster seat! Here she is trying it out in Babies R Us. She is still one pound under, BUT she's getting too tall for her car seat. SO something had to happen here!

We took lots of trips to The Cherry On Top ice cream parlor!

Presley learned to ride her bike with NO training wheels!

She also learned to fall AND get back up! Very important!

The girls had lots of play dates with Miss Maddy! Who now lives in Temple. :(

We spent most of time at the pool! FUN FUN FUN!!!

Did I mention we had fun????

We had several picnics there!

Relaxed and took breaks from the sun.

Presley learned to swim, climb the pool climbing wall, AND dive off the diving board!

The girls had their 1st ever slumber party! We painted nails, had a pizza picnic, and an amazing breakfast buffet full of the best breakfast foods!

Piper got sent to the corner for the 1st time. I think this will only work this one time! After the initial shock of being put there, she wiped away her tears and started horsing around in the corner.

We took trips to the Zoo. Here is one with Meagan when her sister was in town.

On one trip to the zoo, we got to eat breakfast in the new savanna. We went with Stephanie and Cindel on this day.

And we took our 2nd trip of the year to Fredericksburg to visit with family and spend 4th of July there. It was a wonderful trip! Pretty relaxing too. John and Robbye and a cookie cook off. Here's John's monster cookie eating Robbye's.

The kids had soooo much fun chasing baby chicks around!

It rained so much while we were there. We tried escaping the rain, so we took a trip to San Antonio. And the rain followed us there. That's okay though, we still had fun!

We took the kids to the River Walk and to the Alamo!

We ate at my favorite restaurant in San Antonio. I just can't ever remember the name of it!

And Presley lit her very 1st fire work...under the watchful eye of her Pops.

On the 4th, we went to the town parade. It was the most perfect & charming country town parade I have ever seen!

And that night, we watched the fireworks that were near by!

Also this summer, Presley started tennis and fell in love with it!

While Presley played tennis, Piper hunted bugs and tried copying what Presley was doing on the court.

We rode around town on our new toys! Those are the best bikes in the world! They are so fun to ride!

The girls had so many play dates this summer. The even met one of their newest friends at Pump it Up. They loved playing with each other so much that we even met up for a 2nd and a 3rd play date!

The girls took a trip to the dentist office. Not a fun one at all....both girls need work.....

And to end the summer, we finally got to meet Presley's new teacher! And we ran into our neighbors at the school too! Those 4 girls also love playing together!

It was a wonderful summer! I can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings!