Paige's Preschool Picnic

As we are about to begin another school year, I thought I should wrap up last year with Paige's end of year preschool picnic.

Here she is on her last "official" day of school!



Then they had one more day of picnic fun and I was so happy that I was able to be there with her!





Paige & her BFF Tess!











A little storytime after lunch!



They had an ambulance come by and the EMT's talked to the kids.





Paige & Jane





Waiting for their popsicles!



And parachute time!



We headed in to say good-bye :( Ms. Joan, one of the extended day teachers popped in to say goodbye to her little friends.



Mrs. Kresal - the best aide!



And Mrs. Murphy - the best 3-year old preschool teacher EVER!



Paige truly loved school. I can't recall her ever complaining about going and she absolutely loved Mrs. Murphy (as did we!). We wish Mrs. Murphy could come with us to the four-year old class, but hopefully we will love her next teacher just as much.

What a fantastic first year at CJB for both kids!

Wordless Wednesday {Girls Love Diamonds}

4th of July Weekend

Our original plan was to head to Peru for the fireworks on the 3rd of July, but once those were cancelled, we decided to stay put just in case baby decided to come super early!

So our new plan was to catch some fireworks by us on the 3rd instead!  And that we did!



On the morning of the 4th, we headed to a parade in the town I work in!





























After gathering more candy than one could ever need, we hit up a park and went out to lunch. Then it was back home to swim! This little Miss fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep when we brought her in, but unfortunately she didn't wake up on the right side of the bed!





She finally cheered up a bit to play some basketball!







We considered going to a carnival and more fireworks that night, but both kids were pretty moody so we decided on just cooking out and some sparklers in the back yard!

A Firecracker Party

The theme of Paige's birthday party this year was "the 4th of July"!



We put up some red, white and blue decorations and had a very festive flag cake!



We had a beautiful day to celebrate our beautiful little girl!

We did some swimming!





This kid knows how to relax!



We opened presents!







Paige was cracking us up when she would open the cards! If you know Paige, you know she LOVES money! The first card she opened had some cash in it and she was excited! When she opened the next card, she said, "This one has no money...". And that continued as she continued opening presents. $1 or $50 - it doesn't matter! It is all money to Paige - ha! Oh and she loves purses to put her money in!







And then it was time to sing to the birthday girl!







Love this chick!



And then it was time to swim some more!



Hooray for the birthday girl!



It didn't take her long to fall asleep that night!



And on Paige's actual birthday - we opened some presents in the morning before work, went out for dinner, and of course sang one more time to her!