Caroline gets some food

Caroline keeps reaching and trying to take my food when I am eating. She will eat baby food, but does not seem to like anything other than cereals and fruits. I decided to give her some mashed potatoes and squished up black eyed peas. She LOVED it. Here are some pictures. She was smiling, she just would not smile for the camera.

Savannah the magician

Savannah did a "magic trick" for us today during supper. I had her do it again later so I could video it. The second time she had lost her wand. She said that it was okay because a magician is always prepared and she showed me a pencil. This child is so funny sometimes! Here is the video:

Savannah and Ian Have a Splash Party

These were actually taken before Savannah's 1st day of Kindergarten. I am just now getting them up here though. I will give a little update before I place the pictures. Savannah was diagnosed with the flu on Monday. She had been fine, but then she spiked a fever. I took her to the doctor where they swabbed her and diagnosed her. She was then strted on Tamiflu (which makes her even more hyper than she already is). Ian came down with a fever that night. He was diagnosed on Tuesday and is also on Tamiflu. Caroline does not have the flu, thank goodness, but she does have a very stubborn ear infection and is on Amoxil. We have 3 small children on medication. They are not easy to get to take the medication, but they do take it.

In these pictures they are playing outside on the patio in the swimming pool that John's mom got Savannah for her birthday. They were having so much fun!

Here is video




Hugging each other



Savannah by herself




Ian by himself

Savannah's 1st Day of Kindergarten

Savannah has been excited about this day for weeks. This morning she was so excited she could hardly eat her breakfast. The day has come - she is officially a Kindergartner. She got dressed in her pretty purple clothes that she refers to as her "thousand thumbs up" outfit. She even let me put a pretty headband on her.

We had to leave early in order to get Ian and Caroline to daycare first. You will notice in the pictures it was still dark when we left. She was so excited! It was hard to get pictures of her due to her bouncing so much. She went into Nanny's when we dropped the other two kids off and gave everyone hugs and showed off her outfit (Did I mention she is proud of that outfit?).

We then went to school. The traffic was not as bad as I expected, but I imagine when all the Kindergartners are there at once it will be much worse.

We went in and sat at her class' table in the cafeteria. It is where she will go every morning and sit until she is called back to her room. They called us back and we all went back there. We met with her teacher, Ms. Justus, for a minute and looked around the room. It is a nice room. The teacher is really nice. She has a lot of experience as well. I have been told she has taught Kindergarten for about 30 years! I think she will have fun and that this will be a great year. She made 4 new friends.

When we picked her up, she had a good report. The bounciness had settled down around 0900 (for her and the other kids..they were just excited). She said her dolphin stayed above the water. I think that means she did not get in trouble at all..which is a good thing. She really loved it and was upset when she found out she can't go back tomorrow. She doesn't want to wait another week to go back - she loves Kindergarten. In some ways I am sad to know this is the first step of many in letting her go..but I am so glad to see her grow and to see her happy. I am just going to try and enjoy every moment as I watch her and help her become the wonderful woman I know she will be one day.

Here are some pictures:

Savannah right before she gets in the van



Savannah and Daddy walking into school. (sorry it is blurred..I shook the camera..i think taking a tripod with me would have been a bit of overkill though :) )




Savannah waiting at the table to be called back





Savannah doing a puzzle in her classroom