Over the weekend

Every year, Matt's work provides discount tickets for the fun park here in town. We left Selah at grandma's and took the girls to ride the rides. Audie was only tall enough for two rides and a big slide. Below is the bee ride that she was able to ride by herself.

Audie's favorite was the carousel.

The big slide below was my favorite. It was really fast!



I like Corinne's smile in the picture below.

First Day of School!

After the rough start to the morning, our first day of school was a success. Corinne was a diligent student, and anxious for more work. I hope that attitude continues! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing her accomplish a lot of things, and I am happy we are giving this a try. I'll keep you updated on our year as time passes!

Picture Outtakes: first day of school

It was a rough start to our first day of school.
Pictured below was Corinne's attitude.
Audie was behind me crying because she wanted to be in the picture.
Selah was inside crying because she was hungry.
I really wanted to start a tradition of taking the kids' pictures on their first day of school every year. I wasn't going to let this one slip through the cracks just because of a little mayhem.

A few forced smiles and bribes later, we were successful. Enjoy the outtakes.

Yesterday

I asked Corinne what she wanted to do on her birthday. She gave ma a laundry list of things to do, and we did them. She had 6 people call her and wish her a happy birthday- for which she was very proud of.

Matt came home from work a tad early, and we let her open her gifts. She got perler beads and peg boards, and "Hungry Hippos" game.

Matt and I took her out to eat, leaving Audie and Selah at home with none other than beautiful Ali (thanks Al!). Corinne felt pretty special that she was able to go out with just us.

Look hard below...that piece of shrimp she was supposed to catch in her mouth bonked her right on the head.

Matt was the only one at our table that caught the shrimp...what a champ.

We had small group last night, so we celebrated the rest of her day with our friends. Corinne requested an ice cream cake, and of course, none other than a princess cake.
We sang happy birthday to her, and she did all she could to act "mature" and not smile, but it cracked.  She liked the attention.

Next stop, first day of school!!!

Happy Birthday Corinne!

 Corinne turns 5 tomorrow. Sheesh. I've been a mom for 5 years??!! How/when did that happen??

I am so proud of Corinne. She has a maturity way beyond her years. She is my helper, she is an encourager, she is bright. I can't wait to see what the fifth year brings, and how she changes.

I love you, Corinne! Happy Birthday!

Since Monday was a holiday, and Matt had the day off, Corinne and I took her 5 year pictures on Monday. She did so incredible. She was patient, she came up with her own ideas of how she wanted to pose, etc. She's my little model!!
(you can tell the personality difference between her and Audie in the pictures. I love it.)

Matt and I have some fun stuff planned for tomorrow, her actual birthday. Stay tuned for pictures!

Selah is 4 months