5!

1. Ellie gets herself dressed and assembled her own "baby bjorn"

#2. Hannah turned 5! We had a fun little party at the park and lots of good friends come. Hannah wanted donuts:)

Hannah gets birthday wishes from Ellie before school. She requested Monkey Bread for breakfast and Chicken Nuggets for dinner. Sweet.

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#3. Blogger always does this to my pictures...I don't get it. Anyway, here's a couple randoms. The Minnesota Clan ventured all the way to NC again and we had a great time...post to come.

And here's 1/2 of Jocelyn's curly hair?????

Jocelyn turns 2!

I just love how each child holds a special place in a parent's heart. You love each of your children an equal amount but their personalities just cast different molds and impressions on your heart. All three (we'll have to see about the fourth) of my girls are different. #1 and #2 personalities are very clear. But little Miss Jocelyn: she's hard to put words to. She's a little bit of this and little bit of that and then mostly her own little person. From her soft strawberry blonde curls to her cinder block feet, she is such a sweet little blossom of fun!
note: I am STILL very mad at her for being 8 days late two year ago

1st day of PreK

Boy oh boy, have we been waiting a while for this day to come! Don't worry, I won't always look this good when I drop Hannah off...wow, "mascara", heard of it?

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Excited much?!?

Of course...

Headin' in!

Putting her things in her cubby with Ms. Sena

The NAMETAG is ON. At this point, she was holding my and a liiiiitle tighter:)

Kickoff topic with peers: how many pets they each had:)

My last view as I'm walking out the door. Got a little lump in my throat! This is going to be a fantastic thing for me Hannah. The "highlights" of the first day:

"a puppet show where the puppets were doing silly fighting"
"sitting on a really fancy pink rug with letters and number in squares"
"THREE recessess"
"lunch: mac and cheese, pineapple, green beans, and carrots"
nap time. Hannah said "after I did my work I was EXHAUSTED."
When I asked what her favorite part of the day was Hannah said "Mrs. Riley and Ms. Sena." BOO YEAH! Go Hannah go!

...and then there were three

G&G Walbruch!

Guess who came to town?!? Grammie and Grandpa! How we look forward to their visits!

We even squeezed in a day-trip to Myrtle Beach!

Two weeks later and I'm still cleaning up sand:)

Hannah June is quite the little poser these days...

Lots of seashells to be collected...each one more rare and exquisite than the last!

Reagan and Grammie enjoying a little R&R

Mecham Visit

It was so fun to see Liisa and her little clan this summer!

Of course we had to hit the trampoline/sprinklers action!

We also made s'mores in the nice cool summer afternoon. Wha?

Everyone had to get their fingers and toes painted by the One and Only Liisa. I hope her husband and kids know how incredibly lucky they are to have her!!!