Miss Photogenic at the Splash Park

Carsyn has turned into a real camera hog....she is always ready for a photo now and has the cutest face everytime! I just loved how she looked in her suit with the blue and red playground and the blue Texas sky!

My Future Olympian

At the splash park today, Payton bravely attacked this rope climbing thing...she is definitely a gymnast in the making as she displayed flexibility, balance and strength to get to the top!

Help me, Please!

Ok, so ever since we moved in, I have loved the color of our bedroom and our bed. But other than that I have been lost. I need some input. Visualize and tell me what you think. Moved the zebra chairs to the dining room...too cool. Thinking of putting long black dresser in front of window, buy small flat tv to mount on wall by door...where silver mirror is now, and making real curtains with black out shades...too bright in the mornings...I got several swatched of fabric...I can't find white and black...it's all kinda off white...but i love my black/white lampshades and pictures on the wall. Also, want to get a black upholstered bench for the end of the bed to sit and put your shoes on...or pile dirty laundry and towels if you are my husband. Also, clearly we only have one nightstand and it's really small...suggestions?

Lizzie

Yesterday we got to see Uncle Mike and Jan's baby girl for the first time at home. Marcus and I got to see her when she was only a few weeks old and so tiny. She is now four months old, at home and up to 7 pounds. The girls loved holding their new baby cousin and she slept peacefully for them.

A Tale of Two BFF's

Ok, so follow along with this. Since the beginning of the school year, Carsyn has been inseparable from Skylar. She is a hilarious and adorable little girl. Well as you know, last week Carsyn kept telling me that she has a BFF named Emma. The more she talked about it, the more I wondered how poor little Skylar would feel about this sudden change of BFF's. Well sure enough, Carsyn comes home on Monday and goes to her room with some paper, a pencil and a clip board. She asks at three different times how to spell "dear", "Skylar" and "sorry." Then she runs to her backpack, gets something out and goes back to her room.

So finally I can wait no longer and go to check on her. She is in her bed with her sight word ring and a clip board writing a letter that said "Dear Skylar, I am sorry I said I wasn't your best friend anymore. I love you. Carsyn" There was a picture of Carsyn crying at the bottom because she felt so bad about hurting her feelings.

The next morning she folded it up, sealed it with a sticker and took it to school.

I saw Skylar's mom at graduation today and talked to her about it. She said she teared up reading it because Skylar was so excited that Carsyn was still her best friend and she slept with it under her pillow that night.

So here's Carsyn and her two BFF's...Skylar and Emma.

Kindergarten Graduation

Carsyn graduated from Kindergarten today. I taped signs on the front row seats to reserve my spot...a teacher perk. I was so close that really all I could see was her when the entire kindergarten came in and performed a song. She was beautiful, sang every note and signed it beautifully. And I didn't even shed a tear. Here are some photos...she is with her fourth grade buddies in the photo in the classroom...the four girls she are with have moms who work for our school so they spend time together before and after school...the four of them fight over walking her to class and love to take care of her. She got the biggest box of "summer" crayons and two new Fancy Nancy books as a gift.