1st day of school

Today was katelyn's 1st day of preschool, a day that I myself was stressing over went perfectly. She slept in ,so Nikki and I had to very carefully wake her up, making sure she woke up happily which is hard to do. We managed to get ready in a timely manner with no meltdowns and made it to school on time. Katelyn had the opportunity to be the "teacher's helper." This was quite the job. It entailed bringing the snack, doing the weather board, being first in line and ringing "the bell," which was her favorite. When asked what she did at school she responded, "I rang the bell, passed out snack, went to the park (playground), shared, made friends... but I don't know my friends names. That's a problem." She had a great day and is excited for ThursdayKatelyn and her teacher Mr. Polk. At 6'7" he teaches the smallest students

I think katelyn has a crush

Party Every Day!

We had Nikki's party at the Farewell Bend Park. They don't do reservations so it was firts come firts serve. Tracy and I went up at 8:00 to decorate the pavillion. It proved to be harder than we thought. I almost killed myself hanging balloons while stepping on a ledge about 1 inch wide and I knelt in who know what but it was really sticky and very disgusting. Needless to say our decorations were kind of sad, it's a good thing the food made up for it.

Becky was generous enough to make cupcakes. We had planned on making them from scratch but we opted for the box at the last minute. I loved Nikki's 3 tiered cake.We can also thank Becky for the personally hand dipped chocolate covered strawberries. Although, she didn't do her job, I didn't get them for free.

We had planned on doing a BBQ but again I changed my mind. Instead we had chicken salad sandwhiches, potato salad, and chips. It was good and less work them grilling.

I'm also quite proud of the little goodie bags that I made. I love photoshop!

You can't tell that I like color coordination can you? It didn't stop with the decorations. After I had made the invitations and everything, my mom and I looked for fabric for Nikki's b-day dress. Isn't it a perfect match?

She was actually quite modest with the cake

At first that is...

We had a blast and as you can see we got some great pics too. We Miss you and love you and wished you could have been there. She was thinking about her daddy the whole time!

Nikki's 1st Birthday

Can you believe she's 1? Time flies so fast. That's a very good thing in our case right? We went to Red Robin on Friday, her actual birthday. She loved the baloons and all the singing and clapping. I swear there were like 10 birthday's that day. She ate the cherry and we all helped with the rest.

New Saturday Morning Activity

I think it's in kids blood to know what to do with a blanket and wood floors. They learn at a very early age. Thought these pics were super cute