The Purse Lady!!!

I would love for anyone who is interested to come by my house next Tuesday for a designer purse party!! I saw lots of the purses last night at The Purse Lady's house, and they are fantastic!!! Check out the flyer below for details...

Lots of big days...

On Friday, we went to school for Katelyn's Teddy Bear Tea. She chose her new favorite outfit to wear...



And she just LOVES her new teacher...



She was very excited to have a little "schoolwork" to do, even though school didn't start for 3 more days...



And she was thrilled to discover that two other girls from our neighborhood, Abi and Maria, are in her class...



We spent the weekend having fun together as a family and celebrating the new chapter of our lives that began today...the first day of kindergarten!! Katelyn was so excited! She said she was a little nervous this morning as we were getting ready, but once I reminded her that she would start having real homework (instead of the pretend kind she has been doing lately), she was ready to go! We walk to her school since it is in our neighborhood. We got to take a few pictures as we waited in line to get our "Visitor" badges so that we could walk her to her classroom. And once we got to her door, she gave us a quick hug and kiss goodbye, hugged her teacher, leaned over and whispered "homework!" into my ear, and then skipped off happily into her class! I didn't even have a chance to get emotional...it all happened so fast! Then when I picked her up from school, she spent about 45 minutes excitedly telling me all about her day, including how she now has another best friend, Piper, who she ate lunch with, played on the playground with, and wants to have over to play at our house asap! It is going to be a great year!





This is Katelyn with 2 of her favorite friends, Riley and Delaney:



Mrs. Allen is just the sweetest teacher ever!



Life is good! We are truly blessed beyond measure! Thanks for checking in on us!

Alisha

San Diego Vacation

Hello! Once again, I am WAY behind on my blogging. Perhaps I will get caught up next week once Katelyn starts kindergarten. That's right....my baby is starting kindergarten on Monday!!! Time sure flies! She is totally ready, but I'm not so sure I am...I will bring the Kleenex with me when we walk her to school that morning!

Anyway, we have had a very busy summer. I promise to get a slide show of pictures put together soon. But for now, I had to share two pictures with you from Legoland when we were in San Diego last week. First, here is a picture of Katelyn on her very first roller coaster ride. She LOVED it!



Here's an up close view of pure joy...



So....we decided to increase the intensity a bit, and we hit the big coaster in the park. Here is that picture...



Here's an up close view of sheer terror...



Needless to say, she did NOT love the second roller coaster. But she was a trooper, and even agreed to give coaster #3 a try. All in all, she showed us a new adventurous side that we didn't know she had. We all had a great time! Thanks Grandma and Banka!

I'll add more later...thanks for checking in on us!

Kyle, Alisha, and Katelyn

Spring program, soccer, and splashin' around

We had lots of fun and activities this week. First, we had a makeup soccer game on Tuesday from last Saturday's rainout. And, Katelyn scored her very first goal ever! She did GREAT! Then, we had the Spring Program at SonKids Preschool, and we were lucky enough to have Mimi, Pops, Aunt Ali, and cousin Connor come from Nacogdoches to join us. Katelyn sang her heart out, and looked just beautiful doing it! We had another soccer game today, and then we headed out to Lake Woodlands with the kids while Kyle and Pops played golf. We got some great pictures by the water, and Katelyn and Connor had a good time splashing around too! Here are some pictures from this week....

Hannah Montana The Movie

Katelyn has been anxiously awaiting the release of the new Hannah Montana movie, which opened today. So, we rounded up a few friends and headed for the movie theater this morning. It was filled with screaming girls dressed in lots of sparkly Hannah attire and moms toting armloads of popcorn, drinks, and candy. After spending the equivalent of one month's salary on admission and snacks, we settled in for 2 hours of pure Hannah Montana bliss (complete with the unparalleled acting of Billy Ray!) The girls had a great time, and they were inspired to create a video of their own when we got home....enjoy!

Soccer season has begun!

Katelyn has started her very first season of soccer! Kyle is her coach, and both of them could not be more excited! They had their first practice on Tuesday night, and afterward Katelyn told me "it was the greatest day of my life!" (Sorry, Grandma...I guess soccer trumps American Girl dolls right now!) The kids got to choose their team name, and my little Hannah Montana fan convinced them all to be The Rockstars! Here are some pictures from the first practice...

Katelyn's First Half-sleepover!

So....I think Spring Break has made me a little nutty! Yesterday, Katelyn had a friend over all day, so I was able to get some things done around the house while they played. And then around 4:30pm, I had an idea. And that is when my original plan for a nice relaxing evening when right out the window! Kyle had a late night business thing, so I decided to let Katelyn invite a few friends over for a half-sleepover. (For those of you wondering what in the world that is, let me tell you....it is just like a sleepover (complete with pizza and other junk food, pajamas, sleeping bags, popcorn, movies) but the kids don't actually spend the night. Genius, right?! I had the girls come over around 6pm, and told the moms to come back to get them around 10pm.) So, by 6:30pm, we had 11 little girls here ranging in age from 3 to 6. They had so much fun laughing, squealing, playing dress-up, and having pillow fights! The last two girls left about 10:45pm. It was not a relaxing evening, but I am so glad I let Katelyn do it...it will be a Spring Break memory that will last forever! All day today she just kept saying, "Wasn't last night just so awesome, mom?!" Here are lots of pictures from the festivities: