Girls day out

While the big girls are at school, the littles will play!

Friends!

I got to sneak a peak during recess duty :)

Big Girl!!

Goodbye Diapers!

Brand new ballerina

Although she's been dancing with sis since the day she was born, it became official today! 

And it was precious!

SUCH. A. BIG. DAY!

So much preparation. So many emotions.  So many smiles.  Lots of anticipation. A couple of tears (those were mine).  No words can express all of the feelings that Mom had watching her big girl head off to big school.  Feeling blessed about her enthusiastic teacher, wonderful moms I've already met and lifelong friends welcoming Mollie with a hug this morning.  Feeling sad to have someone else spend more time in each day with my big girl than I get to.

Mollie - we couldn't be MORE proud!   Those are the only words I can get out before tearing up again :)

How cool does this classroom look?!!!  Mollie is going to have so much fun this year!!! 

Celebrating our last weekend before school.

Gearing up for the big day

A new prayer buddy, a couple new friends, and some old best friends! 

Winning combo.

Our first born is SIX?!

Mollie, this has been quite a year with big discoveries and exciting adventures!

My trusty sidekick has started the road to reading, conquered the pizza pie skiing, ridden a tandem bike with me and started in your first musical play!  Every day who you are and what you know and what you want to learn blows me away!

You are so brave... 

- you skied with a big smile in the middle of a huge snow storm, swam in Lake Michigan when it was 70 degrees outside, had a speaking line and a singing line in your first play about being a pirate and sat in the ocean waves for hours with me as we jumped and let them crash over us.

You are so curious...

- you are devouring books about history... the titanic, egypt and mummies, volcanoes, lightning and the weather and more, ask a million questions every night before bed about how the world works and always say "I'm just so curious, I can't help it!"

You love to perform...

- you dress up in costumes almost every day and put on performances with song and dance, you went to cheerleading camp and LOVED it and you tried tap this year and danced to "New York, New York" on the big stage.

You love to use your imagination...

- you make up dances and songs and tell long stories, play with your dolls and ponies and create wonderful scenes and games and you color and color and create and color some more.

You are my sidekick!  I love you and am SO proud of who you are and smile thinking of the things we've done together already.  Can't wait to see what the next year has in store!

Now party time!!!!!!

Kendall Date Night

Mollie went to the lake for big cousins night with Nana and Papa, so we got a special night out with KK! What a treat.

Thanks Door County!

A vacation we aren't likely to forget!!!!!

Til Next Time

We will miss you!

And everything else

Our summer birthday girls

 Deserved a special celebration and got quite a special one!  

Happy birthday Annie, Grandma, Mollie and KK!