We've hit the ground running this September!
Back to School for Avery Claire
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| It's Avery's turn to be in the sweet Red Room with Blanche at St. Stephen's Preschool! |
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| She's so excited and so am I (i had to pull some strings to get her in there since she's a September birthday)! The Red Room is so much fun and I get to be her Room Parent just like with Hailey and Lainey! It's going to be a great year! |
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| She was ready to go! |
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| Red Room here she comes! |
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| Smiling with Blanche and Debbie during Meet the Teacher day! |
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| Her favorite spot is the kitchen and the babies! |
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| Practicing to wait for Mommy for her first day of carpool! |
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| All smiles during her first carpool drop off! |
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| "Bye Mommy!" |
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| She was SO excited to see her favorite friend John! |
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| Making her family picture. |
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| Red Room cuties! |
Tootie Wootie's Growing Up!
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| All smiles at her 3 year checkup! |
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| Exciting news! Avery is potty trained!! No more diaper changing for me (for two months at least!) |
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| Tootie Wootie is very proud of her big girl status! |
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| Dance party after Avery's first poopie in the potty!! |
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| Tootie Wootie gets a haircut! |
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| I have the most fashionable walking partner! |
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| Ah the joys of motherhood., Not a single moment of privacy. Even in the bathroom! |
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| Hailey loves her LOUD (and sometimes pantless!) morning wakeups from her littlest sister! |
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| Back to school has worn Dumbo out! He likes to take cat naps with Avery in the St. Catherine's carpool line. |
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| (Picture courtesy of Lainey) |
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| Even though Avery was showered with baby boy dolls and books for her birthday, up until now, she's refused to play with them. She would only play with the girl babies! (she's still in denial!) Needless to say, I was so happy to capture this moment. Avery was in the nursery with the door closed, sweetly singing to and rocking her "baby brother"! |
Baby Brother is Growing Too!
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| Baby brother at 28 weeks. |
Happy Saints!
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| No back to school blues for these two! They LOVE school! |
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| Lainey loves PE, Dance and Spanish and Hailey still loves working at her desk, Yoga class, Gardening and Technology. They've also adopted a Manatee as a class. |
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| Lulu with some of her new JK friends. |
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| Both JK classes and all of their teachers! |
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| Hailey with some of her 1st grade friends. |
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| Hailey and her friend and classmate from kindergarten |
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| Hailey's class has quiet time and yoga every day to practice mindfulness. |
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| Hailey loves technology class! They've been working with circuits this week. |
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| This little student has been DYING for homework! She was so excited to get started on her first homework assignment in 1st grade. |
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| Mystery Reader in Mrs. Warren's class! |
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| Gigi, Mommy and Avery surprised Hailey as the first Mystery Reader of the school year! |
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| Gigi brought in a book about teeth and passed out dental goody bags to the girls in her class. |
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| Hailey was over the moon! |
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| Avery refused to take off her princess garb, so in keeping with the dental theme, she posed as the Tooth Fairy. |
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| Of course the Tooth Fairy sat in the back and scarfed down NERDS and Sweet Tarts during the entire dental lesson! |
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| Tootie Wootie just makes herself at home each time we're in her big sisters' school! |
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| Bug was one happy 1st grader that day! |
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| Showing Gigi the class Tooth Chart. |
Hailey and Lainey's First Fun Run!
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| Hailey and Lainey were very excited to run with our church in their first Fun Run. Hailey sprinted the whole way and started to fade towards the middle, but Lainey regrouped after a few nervous tears in the beginning and held a strong steady pace until the end. They are so proud of themselves and have their race numbers hanging proudly in their rooms. |
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| The announcer was asking the girls if they were going to hold hands for the whole race. Everyone thought that was very funny! |
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| Very proud girls! |
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| Playing on the playground after the race. |
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| Getting ready to watch the big people run. |
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| Post race bouncy house fun! |
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| Avery decided that her big sisters needed to be cooled off after their big race! |
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| Little sister strikes back! |
Gettin' a Little Crazy in the Bouncy House with K!
Last Swim of the Season
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| The girls closed down the pool on Labor Day. They were the very last (and only three!) people in the pool! |
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| Until next year Kanawha! It's scary to think that we'll have one more to add to this crazy bunch next pool season! |
Last Trip to Busch Gardens with the Wilkeys!
Fun at Gigi's Office Party
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| The girls had a great time at Gigi's office staff party. They loved getting their faces painted by Bubbles the clown, playing games and Hailey had a great time on the boat and swimming in the river. |
