Ada's First Day (of her last year) of PreK!

I cannot believe I only have one year left with Ada before she begins Kindergarten.  ONE YEAR!  This is Ada on her first day back to PreK at Sonshine.  She is so precious, and I missed her terribly that first day!  We are ready to get back in the swing of things and have a routine- but summer sure was amazing this year.  I think it's safe to say it was the best one yet!

 Just exactly how does one get CUTER as they get older!?  Ada's pulling it off-

It's SUMMER!!!!

Ada had her last day at Fairfield Baptist on Thursday!!! She has been SO happy there this year, had made a best friend for life (Eli), and adored her teachers. They did lots of cute crafts and taught her lots of bible stories, verses, and songs. However- we are SO ready for summer!!!! 

Here is a picture of her on her first day of school in September, and her last day on May 23- can you believe the difference? Wow, they grow SO fast. 

Ada's BFF Eli...and his love letter.

Ada LOVES her best friend Eli. He sounds like such a precious kid- super smart, super sweet, super cute- the kind of kid you want yours to befriend for sure. So I was thrilled to get to meet Eli and his mama yesterday at the Mother's Day Tea! It also turned out Eli wrote Ada a letter... A love letter. Not sure how I feel about that- but I do know its precious and made Ada so happy! We are definitely saving that one, and getting together with Eli and his mommy over the summer! Ada took a picture of him with my phone yesterday, so I'm including that with his letter and envelope :)

Ada I (heart) you you are beautiful. 

Mother's Day Tea

Ada's little school put on a "Mother's Day Tea" for all of the kids' moms to attend- it was so wonderful! And MorMor came to keep both boys so Ada and I could have a little date afterwards too. :) We had a really nice afternoon! 

At Sonshine about to eat some snacks- I got to meet Eli and Eli's mom. Eli is Ada's BFF who wrote her a love letter yesterday. That is my next post :)

We went to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt where she chose chocolate cake flavor with marshmallow and gummy bear toppings :)

She picked me pretty purple flowers-

Then she decided she wanted to go to Hobby Lobby to get some ribbon. (Which was convenient because I needed to go anyway for some gift making supplies.)

When we got home she realized MorMor had brought her some COOL presents! She found an antique doll bed, and made adorable sheets, pillows, a mattress and comforter- and even brought her OWN doll blankets her mother made her when she was little- those blankets are about 75 years old! So cool. 

Ada's "Spring Sing"

Ada's preschool put on a little Spring musical for the kids to perform in for their family- they were to dress up as Princesses and Kings and Queens. And Ada rrrreally wanted me to make her a royal horse costume for the event- a request which I declined.

We had not heard a peep about the event (other than the horse costume request) from Ada.  So imagine our surprise when we sit in the audience and watch the kids sing about 5 songs, know the words, and choreography!  Ada had a BLAST, and LOVED the stage.  I could have just eaten her up! 

In case you can't find her, she's the little purple Rapuzel princess on the second row- in the middle of the picture. :)

A close up of her moves- 

And thankfully I was able to catch a bit on film!! :)

Photo Dump

Some cute pictures from my phone throughout the week :)

Wearing mommy's cheap sunglasses for playing outside-

Below are some of the Valentine's the kids handed out.  

Daddy got some cute "punny" things throughout the week, too! 

They had so much handing out their cards/gifts to their friends this year.

Dax especially had a blast with Valentine's- he handed out his cards to his play-date friends, his gymnastics class, and his Sunday School class (saying "HERRREE!" every time).  

Only one kid was also giving out Valentine's, and it meant so much to him to get it.  

He was still talking about his "heart cookie" from Georgia that night at bedtime!  

Brought tears to this hormonal preggo's eyes. 

I think his "love language" might be Gifts. :)

 The kids need nothing.  Want for nothing.  So they got embroidered towels.  

(3 each- Ada's are all the same, and Dax's third is a shark towel)

Ada was a little disappointed (she wasn't a brat about it, but I could tell- and she casually mentioned how awesome it would be to get balloons for Valentine's Day)- 

so I went out and got them balloons, too.  

I couldn't resist the sweetness!

 $3 of balloons have provided more entertainment than a $15 stuffed animal for sure. :)

Cutie-

Spiced up ponytail- 

 Ada's class picture from Sonshine.  I adore her!!!  

Her absolutely best friend at school is Eli- the little boy in the center of the bottom row with the black backpack still on.  

Doesn't he look fun!  Just like my girl.  :)

Photo Dump

OK, the weather has seriously been gorgeous around here lately.  

We are taking full advantage of it before we've got a newborn confining us to more simple tasks in a few weeks!

Family bike ride last weekend.  

I thought I was going into labor towards the end of it (sort of joking)- 

I will not be mounting a bike again anytime soon. 

33 weeks

We rode up to one of the many parks in our new neighborhood!

Little scared of the whirling monkey bars!

Doing chin-ups before going down the slide.

We've been playing out on our driveway lots, too.  

Ada's beloved scooter finally made the commitment to be an "outside toy"- 

so we've been trying to ride it as much as possible on our street.

We're having a ROAD RALLY! -Ada

Kiss.  Boo-boo.  -Dax

 It was jammie day at Ada's school today- she was lovin' it!

And 4 out of 4 days this week we have ventured out to Sonic during happy hour, purchased ourselves some diabetes in a cup, and worked it off at another neighborhood park.  :)  Heaven.

LOVE.

We met up with our friends Jude and Mia at the park one day!

'Nother day, 'nother happy hour at the park.
(They're carrying their slushies)

Marking our cups so we don't make the fatal mistake of drinking the other's...  Ada likes to mark hers with a "happy face".  But then just claims whichever one is heaviest is actually hers.  :)
I'm on to you, girl!

2 things to say about this picture.
1) Please remember it was jammie day.
2) She slid through a puddle on the slide was in the process of removing her very wet leggings.

TIME OUT- for running away from mommy towards the street.
And for making 34 week preggo mommy run/waddle after him.
He actually got a leg pop for this one, too.

Getting so big and brave.
Who am I kidding, he's been doing this since he was 10 months old.
Lord save my soul.

Mommy heart attack.  This wall/ladder was TALL.

"Blue tooth!"

Helping brother learn to climb the blue spiral ladder thingy.

Dax is sick- for the first time really since May!  

(Aside from his stomach flu he caught from Ada in the fall)  

He's got an ear infection (in the ear that the tube's already fallen out of) and nasty chest cold- 

but being a champ as usual!  

So happy I'm staying home- he's so much healthier.  :)

Dax tattooing his arm with a pink crayon while waiting on the doctor...

 And this lovely gem was taken by the kids.  

They always get a hold of my phone- so I indulged them and let them take silly pictures of me while I was making dinner one night. 

2 Months of Random Cuteness...

...aka Photo Dump!

 If you wanted a Thanksgiving post- this is about all I've got!  

Sonshine had a Thanksgiving lunch that Dax and I enjoyed with Ada bug. :)

Actual conversation-
Me: Dax, have you been eating your play-doh??
Dax: Ummmmm.... No?

Rooting for Johnny Football to win the Heisman!  :)

Doing one of our sporadic "lessons"!  She loves them, I don't get them together enough.
This lesson had her create and fill in a chart with different stickers.
Usually it's some random letter tracing or number recognition.  :)

 We went to see Peter Pan the play!  

Play date with our sweet, sweet friends Olivia, Rory, and Reese!  (And their mommies!)

 Playing a game at a birthday party- Dax sitting in Ada's lap melted my heart!  Lasted a whole 65 seconds!

Brain freezes and sugar highs at Frozen Yogurt!

This cracked me up- this just illustrates Dax's proficiency with technology at the ripe age of 21 months (accidental or intentional, it still amazes me).  He can effortlessly navigate the iPad- he knows which folder all of the fun apps are in, which apps he likes, and is learning how to actually operate a few of them.  
I pulled up my photo album and found this.  (This is a screen shot)  Dax had gotten my phone, unlocked it, pulled up the camera, switched the lens (so he could see himself on the screen), and proceeded to take hundreds of self portraits!!  Hilarious!

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Dax singing along with Phillip Phillips's "Home" in his carseat-

Ada showing her ballet positions, Dax stealing the spot light in the background-