School Days!

Connell and Emma were both excited after a two week break from summer "school" to get back to it! Emma is in the 2 year old room now. Her teachers are Mrs. Amber and Mrs. Candice (Connell had her last year:) and they both love Emma to pieces. Right now, Emma is still just going one day a week. She loves school, and would gladly go both days with Connell, but MOMMY wants to have that one-on-one time with Emma. :)
Connell was in the pre-k4 room on Tuesday. He had several friends in there and one of his teachers from the summer. During the day, the director called me to say that they needed to move one child from the pre-k4 to the pre-k5 room and the teachers first mentioned Connell. They said that he is ready and that he is a good listener and knows his stuff! I was so proud! I talked with Tim about it and we decided it would be a good move for him. While he is probably the youngest in his new class, it will go a long way in preparing him for next year when he starts "big school", as he calls it. On Thursday we moved him to the pre-k5 class and he loves it!
I am so proud of both of them. They adapt easily to change and love to do new things.

These were taken on the first day. The next 2 are on Thursday when Connell moved to his new class.

Bedtime stories

Meme and Papa came to visit this weekend. It's always fun to have grandparents around for storytime/bedtime! The kids manage to stretch the bedtime routine quite a bit...they have become masters at negotiating one more book. :)

Saturday night we all went to dinner to celebrate Uncle Kelly's birthday. There is a fun picture from that night, but I can't get to it at the moment. We had a delicious dinner and a fun time!

OH TWO-DLES!!!

This turned out so much cuter than I even imagined! And Emma just LOVES it!

Photo shoot for Emma's invite

I needed to get a picture for Emma's birthday invitation, so after dinner the other night we headed over to the pond in our neighborhood. Five minutes yielded so many precious pictures...it was tough to choose! And of course, Connell wanted to get in on the action a little bit too! They are so silly together!

And it's August

Well, I am not really sure where the summer went. I know it was busy, but my goodness. August is here and that means several different things to me. First, my baby girl will be turning 2 at the end of the month. 2. I can't believe it. Can't talk about it. Second, a new "school" year for Connell and Emma at Mother's Day Out. And this is it for Connell. I keep thinking that next year at this time, our boy will be starting kindergarten. Can't talk about this either. Third, Uncle Patrick and Aunt Samantha are getting married at the end of the month and we are so excited for their big day. Connell will be starring as the ring bearer (hopefully he remembers from Aimee's spring wedding) and Emma will be the flower girl. Once we get back from their wedding weekend we will be in full swing of Emma's birthday celebration week! Yep, in this family, you get a week. Especially when you are the cutest, most adorable little girl ever.
So here we go August.