Ella

The girls have been working on many things at preschool over the last few months getting them ready for kindergarten. With each thing they master they get a certificate of completion that goes in their "graduation" book that they will bring home at the end of the year. I haven't gotten to see this yet so I am very excited. They have each mastered their letters, shapes, colors and counting to 10. Emma is also part of the "100 club" which is counting to 100 with NO help. Ella is almost there....we have been practicing. Counting to 100 is not a requirement but something fun for the kids to work on. This doesn't need to be mastered until the end of kindergarten so there are no worries if Ella doesn't get there just yet....just the pressure of knowing that Emma has already done it. They also had to recite The Pledge of Allegiance which is so cute I wanted to share it. We will be having parent/teacher conferences for kindergarten readiness later in March. In fact, I have already registered them for the school year starting in fall but I don't think it has quite set in for me yet. The girls are very excited though!

Emma

Finally!

We have been waiting for our new piano for a couple of months now. We researched, shopped and picked this one out around Christmas but they only had the floor model at the time that was in poor condition so Dave finally got to pick up a new one today. The timing couldn't be better. Taylor starts her private lessons this week with the same instructor that taught her group lesson. She is very excited about the lessons and the new piano.

Taylor's Date....

...with daddy. Friday was the father/daughter dance at school. This was the first one so we weren't sure what to expect but Taylor had great fun! She got to get all dressed up, hair curled and even a little make-up (lip gloss and sparkle face powder). Daddy even got her an arm corsage to wear. Each girl got a long stem red rose, punch and cookies, a waltz dance lesson and their picture taken. Emma and Ella are hoping they do it next year so they can have a date with daddy, too.

Caught on video.....

....Ella singing in the shower! She was taking a shower in our bathroom, which she rarely does, and started singing the second I walked out. I couldn't get to my camera fast enough. It is just too funny. She definitely started to show off a little once she realized I was filming her. I still laugh till I cry every time I watch this.

Disaster....

Last weekend we had one of the 9 foot shelving sections in our master bedroom walk-in closet fall. What a MESS! We decided to make the most of it and completely gut the closet, paint it and have closet maid closet professionals come in to hang new shelving and shoe racks. If only it could stay this clean. Afterall, it is a closet, and that's where all the "junk" goes. It was a good excuse to clear out some clothes though. Dave and I are both making large contributions to this years garage sale. This was only the start of what turned out to be a bad week...keep reading!

Sick!

We have all been a little under the weather this past week. It started with the girls having the sniffles...Taylor missed a 1/2 day of school on Tuesday and then a stomach bug Tuesday night and Wednesday. Emma starting vomiting Tuesday evening followed by me into Wednesday. Thank goodness it only seemed to be a 24 hour thing and neither Ella or Taylor got it. Dave also got his walking cast this past week. For those of you that don't know, Dave has been complaining about shin pain in his left leg since December. He finally decided to see a doctor last week and after a bone scan, it was discovered that he has a broken tibia. If he follows doctors orders(which is sometimes very hard for Dave) he can stay in the removable walking cast for hopefully 8 weeks followed by therapy for a full recovery.