First day of preschool

I continued our tradition from last year and took the girls for a Chic Fil A lunch the day before school..

Riley's been teething so she has not been a happy camper....

First Day pics!

 Backpacks

Immediately to the playdoh table..

sleepy eyes and dirty knees from the playground

Treats for the first day

First art of the year

 

In Riley's backpack..

They both had a really good day. Riley took a 3 hour nap and Madison was singing Jesus Loves Me, talking Spanish(though I'm not sure they started on the first day and playing very independent and using her imagination. It's amazing what a few hours of school does.

Big girl haircuts

  Madison before..

  Aurora and Ballerina watched on..

she was not crying here :)

after!

This was Riley's first professional cut.. She only had some thinning done and small layers added to the back.. Nothing major :)

...after!

Play room redo!

We finally bit the bullet and went to Ikea to buy some things for the play room. 

We will start painting this weekend. Here's what we have so far..

These curtains from Walmart..

We got 12 of these canvas bins from Ikea. We will leave the other 4 open

We got 2 of these from Ikea. We will put them on their sides and use the cubbies above for storage.

We got 4 of these cute chairs from Ikea!

...to go with this table from Ikea

 

Tonight, we picked out this paint color and got a quart to test it out..

I'm excited to get started and already tired! I have a ton if ideas from Pinterest. I will keep you updated as we move along!

 

Vacation to Edisto, SC

I am way past due on writing this blog... With crazy napping schedules and hectic days, there isn't much computer time lately.

We went to Edisto Island, SC  September 7-14. We left the day after Madison's birthday/party and were there during our 8 year wedding anniversary! Riley also turned 8 months while we were there. It was a good time frame to go.

Madison wasn't crazy about the beach and the sand. She did love the pool though! On the first day she wore a life jacket swim suit and felt very comfortable in it. She would just float around the pool all by herself(with us nearby, of course). So the next day, we just let her use swimmies and a regular swim suit and she did the same thing. She would jump off the side and go underwater. She only got water in her mouth a couple of times. She's a natural swimmer like her Daddy! We had a nice time!

Here are a ton of pics from our trip!

 

Our anniversary looks a tad different this year ;)

She was so independent! 

 Tram ride to the pool!

 Alan took Madison to the beach alone a few times so I spent some time resting with Riley.

The first day out at the beach in the tent.

On a walk and she had to splash in all the puddles