100th Day of Kindergarten

Emma Claire was so excited about the 100th Day of Kindergarten. They had been talking it up since the first day of school and she was counting down the days until it got here. They were all suppose to wear 100 of something that day so we had to get creative.  : )

Lucky for her, her mom has an embroidery machine. We were able to embroidery 100th Day of Kindergarten and then paint our hands and Dawson's feet on it.

We each did two sets of our hands and D's feet and had 100 fingers and toes! I love that it's a shirt we can put up and keep. She was so proud of her creation.

Mrs. Streit and Mrs. Ferrell had worked hard to decorate the room, too!

They had all types of things planned to celebrate their day. First on the roster was a parade down the hall and then outside to release 100 beautiful balloons. It was so fun to celebrate this with all the parents.

They took some time to recite some Bible verses they had memorized, do their pledges to the American Flag, Christian Flag, and Bible, and then spend some time in prayer before they released the balloons.

It was such a beautiful sight!
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It was such a sweet time for all of us to be there. : )

Mrs. Ferrell had 100 smarties on her coat and made a sign that said, "I survived 100 days of school with these sweet smarties". Isn't that adorable!

The Kindergarten class with Eva, the director of Little Lambs Learning Center.



Entermissions 2013

Blog Trouble

I'm sorry it's been a while since we've updated. I'm having computer troubles and haven't been able to get it figured out yet. Hopefully soon it will be fixed. Keep checking back!! : )

Big Boy

He's getting so big. : ( 4 months wearing 9 months. I'm not sure we will be able to feed him when he gets older!

Dawson's Photo Shoot

Sometimes you just gotta try to catch all these precious moments. ; )

Williamsburg Getaway

While my parents were here visiting for Emma Claire's birthday Benjamin and I snuck away for a quick getaway to Williaiamsburg, VA.

We had bought a Groupon almost a year ago for this trip but were just now getting around to being able to take and boy did we NEED it. With just having a baby, Benjamin teaching, and traveling for the holidays we just needed some time to rest and enjoy each other.

We stayed at the Colonial Crossings in Williamsburg and the accommodations were wonderful. We had not planned much to do because honestly we just wanted to relax.

We ate, slept, ate, enjoyed exercising in the gym, ate, slept, walked around downtown, ate, slept. Did I mention that mostly all we did were eat really good and sleep?

Check out this awesome room!

This was yumminess!!! Of course we had dessert after every meal. : )

Benjamin was trying his best to gather some wisdom from the fellas for his research.

The scenery and atmosphere were so calm and relaxing. Just what we needed.

Amazing to see the places where these historic men actually sat.

Thank you Ra Ra & PePaw for watching the kids so we could get away for a few days! We had such a wonderful time!

Emma Claire's 6th Birthday

The night before Emma Claire's 6th birthday we decorated her door after she went to bed so she would be surprised when she woke up the next morning.

Bottom Right: While I was snapping pics of her door somebody popped their head out of the bathroom to see what all the midnight rucas was! ; 0 This picture just makes me laugh.

Happy Birthday, Sweet Girl!!

She was so sweet to take Camp through the streamers, too.

Emma Claire's traditional birthday breakfast,PINK PANCAKES!

You always have to get birthday pictures. : )

Thanks, RaRa, for the birthday outfit.

Our family tradition is to take donuts to school on the day of your birthday. We picked up the donuts but what Emma Claire didn't know was that everyone was coming to help her celebrate in her classroom, too!

Love these two ladies so much! Mrs. Streit and Mrs. Ferrell.

Their sweet and...goofy...kindergarten class!

For dinner we went to her favorite place to eat per her request, Olive Garden! Of course, she didn't get any argument from us. : )

We hope that you had a great birthday, Emma Claire Quinn. We love you more than you could ever imagine and have enjoyed every minute of your 6 years.

WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Twins!

Emma Claire/Dawson Check-Up's

Today we went for Emma Claire's 6 year check-up and Dawson's 4 month check-up. We got to see our wonderful friend and doctor, Dr. Dirk. He said that both kiddos were doing wonderful and growing by leaps and bounds. Here were their stats:

Emma Claire
Weight: 45 lbs, 51% for her age
Height: 44.75 inches, 39% for her age

Dawson
Weight: 18 lbs, 89% for his age
Height: 27.5 inches, 97% for his age
Head Circ: 43 cm, 85% for his age

We have one that is petite for her age and one that is almost off the charts for his age. ; ) I think we are going to have some big boys in our family!

I guess we won't have to worry about any boyfriends Emma Claire brings home because her brothers will be able to take care of them real quick. : )

On a side note, Dawson was scheduled to get shots today and Emma Claire can't stand to watch her brothers get shots. She actually cries more than they do. So sweet Dr. Dirk said she could go with him while he got the shots so he took her out to his station and let her play with his iPhone while the nurse gave Dawson his shots. Love him.

Dawson did wonderful with his shots. The nurse popped all 3 of them in and he took a deep breathe to cry, but as soon as I picked him up he just turned and starred at the nurse and gave her the 'what in the world did you do that for look.' ; 0

So thankful that everyone was healthy and hopefully we won't have to go back until our next check-up!