Hannah's 6th birthday

Sorry for the very short message. Long day, large headache, Hannah had a great birthday. Here are a handful of pictures from the day.

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Kate's 1st day of school, River Rd. 3rd year

Yesterday was Kate's first day back at River Rd. We are so very excited because she has Mrs. Waldruff, Hannah's teacher from last year. We really loved her and I think Kate is going to also. And so far so good. Kate has been having a great time and she has allot of old friends in her class. So now Kate is gone from 9a-12n and Hannah is gone from 830a-330p EVERYDAY, ahhhhh a mom can breath.

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First Day of Kindergarten

Drop off went great today. At breakfast Hannah said her belly felt a bit funny but we concluded that it was just nerves and she said by the time she got to class they were gone. I couldn't be more proud of my big girl today. We walked her into school and met her teacher in the cafeteria, she gave us big hugs and said goodbye. And off she went. I stayed strong until I got to the car and Greg asked how I was and then I burst into tears. Such a hard day for a mom. 6 years of my hard work. All the fears of will she be okay, will she be wondering the halls and not know where to go?? Will she make friends?? Oh the worries I had all day. And then at 330p we met her back in the cafeteria and she ran up with big hugs and said "I didn't cry at all today". Such a big strong girl. And then one of her friends said we're going to get ice cream and Hannah wanted to go so off we went to baskin robins for some first day of kindergarten celebration. As we arrived we saw several other kids from school and one little girl ran up and gave Hannah the biggest hug, it was so sweet. She made friends, and all will be okay. Mom can now breath and worry about other things, like Kate going to pre-K tomorrow morning.

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Kindergarten starts tomorrow

Yes, my little girl is off to kindergarten tomorrow and I'm a total mess over it. Hannah is very excited. We got a cute letter from her teacher and Hannah thought that was the coolest thing ever. It looks its going to be a great year and from what I hear Hannah's teacher is awesome and I think there will only be about 12 to 15 kids in her class, that is unheard of for public school. So all my stress and worry over what school she is going to go to has been settled and I'm very happy we have made the decision to stay at our Fisher Elem. and not go to private school. And especially now that Greg's job is on the line its a good thing we didn't do private.

So think about us tomorrow morning around 840a. I'll be dropping off my big girl for her new adventures.

Pictures to follow tomorrow.

Beach trip to Duck NC - 8/30-9/5

We had a great time in Duck NC this year. Although the weather could have been better. But all in all we made the best of our time. Sorry I didn't blog while I was gone. Life has been a bit crazy around here and just slightly stressful. Greg got notice the day before we left for our beach trip that he is being laid off. So we headed into our vacation on a stressful note. It put a little damper on some of the fun but we did our best. The Lyons family had a blast hanging with the kids and getting to see what crazy little nuts they are. Hannah kept them going with her stories and Kate kept them laughing with her insane little comments. In between the rain we got to run around on the beach, take some great pictures, jump in the pool and go crabbing with Grandpa.

So enjoy the fun pics.

Photo shoot on the beach:
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Kate 0 - Atlantic ocean 1
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Hannah's first bee sting
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