"Miss Anna" the teacher

Here's Anna singing her preschool songs pretending to be the teacher and talking to her imaginary student, Lindsay, who was actually the helper of the day at preschool on Thursday. She had the hiccups while singing so that's why there are pauses every now and then. :0) I love hearing her sing (I think Audrey does too) and share with us what she's learning. Their focus this month has been that God is with them wherever they go and a few days ago she was telling me all of the places that God is with her. I'm so thankful we have a very nice place to send her to that's also very affordable!

Pumpkin Cookies

Anna and Kenley enjoyed baking cookies this weekend. The girls get so excited when they see one another!

Our Little Beauties

Couldn't decide which one I like better... :0)

Fun outside

Most nights after dinner we take the girls out for a walk. Audrey hangs out in the stroller kicking her legs, enjoying the fresh air and Anna does a great job riding her bike. I'm amazed at how far she can ride going up and down small hills without tiring. The cooler evenings have been such a blessing!

"I can sit up now!"

Leg Braces

Anna's been wearing her leg braces for over a week now and is adjusting well. We go see Miss Vicky, the PT, on Thursday to see if she's made any progress. It'd be great if she progresses quickly and she doesn't have to wear them the minimum 6 months or longer. She has to wear shoes with them so we have an inside pair of shoes and an outside pair of shoes. Anna picked out the pattern that's on them...they're quite cute!

Audrey the Explorer

Miss Audrey is starting to explore the things around her. She loves to get the plant and yank on it while she's in the exersaucer (don't worry it's fake). Who needs toys when she can get into other "fun" stuff. When she's on a mission, she can scootch or roll off her floor gym getting to wherever she's wanting to go. Won't be long before she's into everything...yikes!

Helper of the Day

Anna was Helper of the Day recently at preschool and now she thinks she needs to be Helper of the Day everyday. "Julie" got to go along for show and tell and Anna took oreos and milk for snack. She's really enjoying preschool. It's fun to hear her sing the songs at home and tell us about her friends. She talks a lot about Alli who has a baby sister named Audrey as well.

Measuring

Grandpa Smith sent some fun scales for Anna to play with and she loves measuring things with them. We've done tomatoes and beans so far. She loves to poor the beans in the buckets and count how many scoops it takes to make one side weigh more. We were able to do this while Audrey napped. There's just something so sweet about a sleeping baby.

Preschool - Here she comes!

I'm still struggling a bit that Anna is now in preschool. Where has the time gone?! She was so excited to go and had a lot of fun. Mommy was able to hold back the tears until I got to the van. :0) Audrey had lots of smiles for her sister when we went to pick her up. I think she missed her too. Who would've guessed...an Elmo backpack! She was so excited to hang up her backpack in her cubby.

Labor Day Weekend

We spent this past weekend with our good friends Quentin and Paula. Thankfully we live close enough now that we can visit a few times a year. We were neighbors in TN and then moved away and now we're close again which is great! Anna had lots of fun playing with Elli and Jess and we were so excited to meet Owen. Hard to believe Audrey and Owen were born just 2 days apart! They're on opposite ends of the growth chart. :0) Too cute!! We visited the zoo and enjoyed seeing all the animals. Audrey and Owen did great hanging out in the strollers. The girls were excited to ride the train. It was the fast way to see part of the zoo which was nice as we were all getting hungry for lunch. We also went to see the Backwater Gamblers water show and it was impressive. I can't imagine making a pyramid on water skis!! Anna loved it...wish I could've gotten a picture of her eyes while she was watching the show. :0)