Meet the Teacher(S) and the Night Before

I was taken aback by this little angel

when we were getting ready to leave

for Meet the Teacher night...

While I was admiring her little features,
she looked up and told me
 she was "reading"! 

My sweet little girl...

growing up right before my very eyes.

Missing two teeth, pretty

as can be, sweet as everything,

and going to kindergarten!

We went straight to meet Mrs. Decker!!!

Everyone LOVES this lady and we

are SO thrilled and THANKFUL to have

her as Haddie's first teacher!!!

Rewind to back home...

this THIRD grader would have nothing

to do with me taking his picture.

Just.Too.Cool!

ha!!!  Such a little stud muffin!

He was so excited to go up to the school

to meet his teacher and see his friends!

We ALL enjoyed meeting Miss Swafford...

she's gorgeous, young and sweet!!!

I'm thinking Troy might be more involved

in volunteering in the classroom this year.

Kidding!!!  But we sure do

love Miss Swafford...she's perfect for us!

Sweet girl hanging out in

brother's classroom;)

I love South Bosque Elementary for so

many reasons.  It's a HAPPY place...

and my kids love it and we love

all the people there. 

I just can't believe that I have TWO

enrolled there now!!! ;)))

Probably won't seem like that long

and we will have ANOTHER enrolled there!

God bless their hearts...

Hudson might be the spoiler!!!  HA! ;)))

Happy Mommy with her THIRD grader

and her KINDERGARTENER!!! 

Somebody HoLD Me!

Our Little Lady...Five Years Old...

August 2011 :)

Forgot to take daddy's picture at the school...

got it when we went to eat

pizza afterwards though!

To say I was taken aback that week would

be an understatement...there were just many

moments when I had to stop and kinda

take it all in like a big girl! ;)  ha!

Like looking NEXT to me in the

car to see this handsome YOUNG MAN

riding in the front seat............

(only an occasional treat by the way!)

Troy and I talk about it all the time...

Walker is just so BIG and independent

and such a little man with his own personality.

He even has some 'tude working which

we are often having to 'correct'!  ;)

But more often, though, he's

just a sweet kid with a BIG heart....

and he's so handsome!

Of course I had my kindergarten mommy moments, too!

With Hadlee being my one and only little girl,

that's really special.  I mostly was trying to

prepare myself for missing her in the afternoons.

She's such my little friend.  I went through

the same thing when Walker started to school.

The night before kindergarten, when Haddie

Girl got out of the bath, I wrapped her

in her pink hooded towel from when she

was a baby and picked her up and

yelled, "SURPRISE...it's a girl!".......

she loves for me to do this
and Walker loves to roll his eyes over

how much joy Haddie and I get from it!

Then it was time for a mani/pedi...

a MUST for every sweet little girl

going to kindergarten! 
I.love.her.little.piggies!!!

As she was crawling into bed that night,

the little stinker asked me to bring

her the iPad, her iTouch and

Walker's DS.  HA! 

At least, she's technologically advanced!!!;)

My favorite moment from the night before

kindergarten had to be during bath time.

Hadlee has never really had a little girl

be mean to her...and I know that WILL

happen in school (I just PRAY it's

not ever MY children being that way!).

So while she and Walker were in the

bath, I just casually mentioned

how we should always be nice

even if others aren't being nice.

I didn't have to go much further

because Big Brother took care of the rest,

"Haddie, if someone comes up and says

'your shirt is stupid' just say, 'I know!

This is my stupid shirt!'  UNLESS

it's an A&M or Ranger shirt you have on!"

Hadlee's response,

"If someone says that to me,

I'll just tell the teacher."

Both should do just fine in school!  ;)