The little Diva in training!

I can not believe how BIG my little girl is! She is so FUNNY, Bob just thinks she's the funniest thing around. She loves to sing and dance. She adores her big brother (and he adores her too), and misses him while he's at school. She is a little monkey and tries to climb everything! She wants to do everything the bog kids do and is surprisingly good at most things. She loves to cook in her kitchen and serve you food. She is a drama queen though and hates to see Mommy leave her (except when she's with Ms. Jamie) She loves everyone, although she will act shy for about 5 minutes, just to fool you. She eats with utensils (most of the time), and loves to take Mommy's just to be different. She is big into reading right now, most of the time it's on the potty. She has really taken to the potty and has started to tell us BEFORE she goes instead of after, and has kept her big girl pants dry for the past 2 days!! She really is the princess in this house!

First Day of Kindergaten August 17, 2009

Bobby LOVED his first day of Kindergarten. The whole family dropped him off at school together. His teacher's name is Mrs. Pollard. He is in a Kindergarten/ First Grade split class. There are 8 Kinders and 14 First Graders in his class. They go to music, the library, and Spanish weekly and have PE daily. Some of his friends from Pre-K are in his class, as well as some friends from sports teams, plus lots of new kids. And although he gets no homework from his teacher, I have him read me a book daily or do some workborkd when he gets home from school!

Florida FUN!

While I was still doing the show, Bye Bye Birdie, my mom, Beca, took Bobby down to FL with her. It was a great time for him. He got to spend LOTS of time with Uncle Doug and Lily and Allen. He swam in the pool and played Lego Batman on the XBox (which he still loves to talk about).

While he went to FL, Amaryllis had to stay home with Mom and Dad. She didn't miss Bobby to much, probably because she was constantly on the go here. She got passed from house to house while Mommy did the show and we also spent lots of time at the coffee shop. She got to come and see the show a few times and became the youngest member of the Conrad Birdie Fan Club, although she got so shy and wouldn't take a good picture with Conrad Birdie (Jim Ballard) himself!

After the show closed, Amaryllis and I went to FL to join Bobby for 2 weeks before school started. We were lucky enough to be in town when Papa came through. We hadn't seen him since just Amaryllis was born, so it was so nice! We went swimming in Uncle Doug and Aunt Paula's pool, which the kids LOVED. We also got to visit Disney and go to Aquatica, the waterpark at Sea World. I think the waterpark was their favorite. Bobby also rode the Tower of Terror for the first time, and it won't be the last!





After our time in Orlando, we got to spend time in Jacksonville. We were so lucky that Nonno had come up to spend some time there too, so we got to enjoy his company! The kids loved it so much! Amaryllis loved to sit in Nonno's lap and help him with his walker, and Bobby enjoyed playing cards with him! It was wonderful with Grandmom and Grandpop, and Vinnie too!













Then we had to leave because Bobby was about to have his first day of Kindergaten!