School Time

Lucy had her first day of 1st grade today. She has been really excited about getting back to school. Several of her friends from Kindergarten are in her class. It is hard to get her to say much, but the over all report was, "I had to whisper. We had a picnic with catsup and mustard (she told me this when I asked her why there was pink icing all over her face), and her favorite part was after school recess (we always stay and play at the playgroud 15 minutes after school).

Lucy wanted to make sure I got a picture of her lunch box. We have been having practice lunches to make sure Lucy can open different things. She did a good job eating what I packed (PB&J, grapes, cheeze-its, mini 3 muskateer and capri sun) most of it was gone. When I picked her up the straw wrapper was in her hair. Maggie really wanted her picture taken too. She is excited to start preschool in a couple of weeks. She keeps asking how many sleeps until her school starts.

Jon came with us to drop Lucy off at school. Lucy was rushing to catch up with Daddy. Maggie loved having Daddy home for the morning. He made us first day of school pancakes, brewed the coffee and pushed Maggie extra high on the swing.

Lucy's Birthday braids. The day before Lucy's birthday we got her hair done and braided. I meant to post pictures, but it was summer and we got lots of nothing done. I think I will rename summer "later". We stayed up later, we played later, we slept later, we ate later and we did lots of stuff, but put most off for later. Such as birthday thank you notes. They will be in the mail later (hopefully by the end of the week).

Our beautiful, wonderful, brillant 6-year-old first grader.

Greetings

Things are going well in Bolingbrook.

Happy Birthday Jon & Robin

The girls giving Jon birthday snuggles on 3/17.

Cake

Blowing out the candles.

Cake again.

More wishin'

Merry Monday

Maggie got a new bed over the weekend. She really likes it and is sleeping through the night. WooHooo!

Maggie had everyone try out her new bed to see how comfy it is.

The girls had a great time at dance class this morning. They like to do tricks.

Close Ups

Lucy lost her first tooth this morning. She just pushed it out with her tongue and put it under her pillow. She is so excited to have a gap.

Maggie has a cold and has been super stuffy the last couple of days. She is Not a good patient. She does not like to rest and take it easy, so it takes her longer to get over her sickies.

Lucy and Maggie helped Jon paint the front closet over the weekend. The sliding door broke some time ago, so Jon rehung it with hinges. This left some unpainted parts showing, but now it is the most beautifully painted closet in town.

Maggie turned the playroom couch into a Jazzercise stage. The girls like to practice with me. My tryout to become an instructor is 2/10.

Lucy likes to dance on stage too. The girls are in the same Ballet/Tap class at the park district and will be in a recital together this May.

Away in the Manger

Lucy and Maggie had fun putting together this nativity scene and playing with it today.

From our new laptop

Well...the fan on the graphics card on our desktop computer broke. Now we have a laptop. Let's see if the photos upload quicker using this. If they do, you might start seeing more frequent posts.

Last weekend we went to see Santa at Bass Pro. The girls had a wonderful time. P.S. it seems to be our connection and not the computer that is slowing down the uploads. Jon says new router will help. Maybe Santa will bring us one