Firsts – Page 8

Kindergarten

April 24, 2020

We had a fun surprise on our mailbox this week! Samantha’s globe welcoming her to Kindergarten arrived!! Unfortunately, her in-person orientation at kindergarten got cancelled but we are hoping they do something special in the fall to welcome them to school.

She was pretty excited to get it and she’s VERY excited to start Kindergarten and finally be at the big school with her brothers!! This girl is ready!

Maxwell’s globe and Kindergarten orientation here.

Spencer’s globe Kindergarten orientation here.

I’m so excited for this girl to head to the big school and thrive!! Kindergarten, here she comes!

Two wheelin’

April 6, 2020

Look who decided it was finally time to learn to ride his bike!! Woohoo! Go Spencer!

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We bought him a good bike a few months ago but he’s never been interested in learning to ride. Well, he changed his mind and after a few runs with Robert in the driveway…

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He was riding on his own the next day in the parking lot!

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He’s so proud of himself, as he should be. He was riding around me in circles and said, “I just feel so free!” Love it! It’s a whole new world in the neighborhood for this kid now!!

bike

Go Spencey Go!

Online school starts today! Wish us luck!!

Disney!

November 12, 2019

In October, we all took a little trip down to Orlando for several days of Disney fun to celebrate Spencer’s birthday! With many thanks to GJ and Daddo, we had some excellent perks and probably one of the very best trips ever! We flew down on Thursday morning and we were ready to go…

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That afternoon we went into the park for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. It’s fun because they have trick-or-treating stations setup all over the parks and the crowds are smaller so you can ride more rides. Plus, lots of people dress up and the people watching is prime time!! ha!

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Before we had left, I had measured Samantha and knew she was about 2 inches shy of being 44 inches…44 inches gets you on Space Mountain, Everest, and Avatar Flight of Passage. Knowing my daredevil roller coaster rider, I knew she’d be so disappointed if she barely missed the height cut off. So, I went out and found the tallest tennis shoes I could find – some Nike Air Max – and then also added a few Dr. Scholl’s gel inserts to the inside! She might have been walking on stilettos but…

space mountain

She made it on Space Mountain! Woohoo! They measured her twice and she passed easily both times! Hooray!

space man

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Needless to say, she loved it! It was the boys first time to ride it too and it was a hit all around! We continued the day with as many of the good rides as we could get on including The Haunted Mansion, Barnstormer, and Big Thunder Mountain.

haunted mansion

barnstormer

big thunder

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We stuck around for the parade and fireworks.

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A great start to a great trip!

Straighten up

October 23, 2019

Big day around here last week – Maxwell got braces! He’s had an expander for a few months and now he’s doing a round of braces on his top teeth to get everything aligned so his teeth that still need to come in will have some room. Maxwell was such a trooper for all of it and did great. These two got to tag along as well…

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and loved checking everything out!

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Of course he deserved an after braces Icee as a treat and, as always, to the siblings go the spoils!

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Before…

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and after!!

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Cutest brace face I ever did see!!

First Day!

August 29, 2019

Samantha is back to school! Her first day was on Monday and it was a great day! I had a pretty pink dress picked out for her to wear that day but, when I pulled it out of the closet she looked at me and said, “But Momma, purple makes me stay alive!” I mean…how can I argue with that?! Purple it was!

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