Step 1 Complete…

This precious, funny, smart, sweet, entertaining, life of the party, little sister, BABY is now registered for Kindergarten and I have no pics to document it.  I was/am a wreck over it!  However, I did not intend to not take pics but somehow I did not.Her WONDERFUL big sister is very excited about this!!!  I was not sure how she would feel about it but she is beside herself that Millie is going to school with her next year (unless we change our minds!)

This has been a really hard decision for us and we still reserve the right to change our minds between now and start day! I have tried SO hard not to be selfish about this and to make the right decision for Millie.  She does not turn 5 until Aug. 9th which is a couple of weeks before school starts.  Academically I am not at all concerned.  She is little and she is the baby of the family so that does make a difference.  Part of me thinks it can’t hurt to give her another year at home.  However, I do not want her to be bored in Kindergarten if I hold her back either.  SO, we registered her with the intentions of sending her unless we really feel like between now and then we should not.  How do I feel?  I really do not have it in me to document all that right now but I will say this is definitely one of the strangest crossroads I have been to in my life.  Not sure I can even put it in to words right now.  I got really upset the day I took her to register and she came up to me and hugged my neck and said, “mommy are you upset that I am going to school?” and I said, “yes Millie, I will miss you”  She replied, “it’s OK Mommy, I will stay with you this summer”   That’s my Millie!

Random Happenings

These are some random pics the girls took a couple of weeks ago. 

Always got to have a silly pic!

This picture makes me laugh!  So Millie and So Elleigh!

And So Lizzie

Lizzie and Millie got their ears pierced last week.  They both did well and only a few tears from Mill!

Sallie DID NOT get her ears pierced!  We had no intentions of getting her’s pierced but when we got there she jumped in the chair and picked out earrings BUT when the lady put on the gloves and got out the marker she bolted from the chair.  That was on Monday.  On Wednesday night after church she came home wanting to go get them pierced.  I am thinking “yeah right!”  She woke up Thursday morning insistent on it again and when we picked her up from school on Thursday insistent again SO we headed back to try again!  Got there, picked out the earrings and bolted while standing in line.  Left there and decided to try another store.  Got in, picked out earrings, bought earrings, got in Daddy’s lap in chair, signing pretty, gloves come out and you guessed it-she bolted.  We actually have her reaction on video but it is way to pitiful to post.  We do not care if she never gets her ears pierced but she wants it SO badly but she just can’t get over the fear and for good reason.  Everything is on track for surgery.  We got our letter last week stating that insurance had approved the device and implantation which is one thing off the check list!  Praise God!  I made an appt today for a meningitis vaccine for her because that is a risk with inner ear surgery so one more thing crossed off the list.  I am completely at peace but I do feel like I am running out of time on some many things that need to be done and many things I just want to get done before surgery.

Elleigh has been busier than usual.  She was on the golf team and I have no pics (I actually had a couple that she deleted because SHE did not like them!)  She really enjoyed golf and their season ended a couple of weeks ago.  This past weekend her Meat Judging team won 1st in Area so they are headed to state the first weekend in May (her b-day weekend).  About a month ago she competed in UIL competition in Literary Criticism and their team won 1st place so this weekend they compete in Regionals.  This school year is coming to an end.  I will be somewhat glad BUT not so glad that my girls are finished with another year of school…  This really had seemed like the fastest school year EVER!

Celebrating Resurrection Day!

I meant I was going to get somewhat caught up so 2 posts in one day!

I decided to try something new with eggs this year.  I went through A’s old ties that he would never wear and used them to dye eggs.  It was a little more work than I had thought and not sure the girls were as into it as traditional dyed eggs but it was something different. It was fun to unwrap them and see what they looked like!

We normally make a bunny cake but this year was a little different.  A lady in our church body died last week and her funeral was on Saturday so we were limited on time.  I was not going to stress over a bunny cake and the girls never asked so we skipped it this year. 

The girls enjoyed their Easter treats We barely had any time before church to take any pics and by the time we all get ready for church the girls just want to go.  A normally goes to the church a while before us but since it was Easter he had stayed behind with us and it was time for him to go SO all of that to say THIS is what we got

Think Sallie was aggravated???AND Millie will one day kill me for this!  Poor baby apparently needed to potty!I do LOVE this one!  I also DO need to clean the dust off my front door!

Once again, you take what you can get!

Each Easter after church we have an Easter Egg Hunt.  Here the kids are coming out to hunt.  YES, that is one of the two twins!Our girls think they can take care of them!  They still are attached to Ell and Sallie is CRAZY about them!  She would not let her go!  They have grown so much.  They are back here for now and doing good.  We do love them!SWEET precious MillieRemington who Sallie also adores!  It makes her day to see Remi!  She is so motherly!SWEET precious LizzieNow Sallie thinks she can take care of both the two twins!  I wish I had gotten a good pic of them from the front but I was too busy trying to make sure Sallie did not hurt them.  Not that she would intentionally but she thinks there is nothing she can’t do!Look at all those eggs!  We still have tons of candy!

After church we joined a family in our church and several other church families for lunch followed by a Passover Seder.  We did this last year as well but we did it on the night before Easter.  We really enjoy it and it was a little more laid back for us this year since we knew what to expect! 

Everything felt a little more rushed than I like but we had a wonderful time celebrating our RISEN SAVIOUR!!!

Bumps and Baskets!

I really was not sure where to begin!  Just when I thought I was on a blogging roll I have now let 2 weeks pass without blogging.  It has been a crazy few weeks!  Well most of our weeks are crazy so I guess I should say crazier than normal! 

Our Easter Week began with a BUMP!  As we were getting out of church on Sunday night Lizzie jumped up on a banister and fell backward and busted her head open on the concrete.  In case you don’t know, the head bleeds A LOT.  I do not do well with head trauma at all.  It scares me and the blood gets to me.  Thankfully she never lost consciousness.  We quickly got her to the ER and stitched up.  After a few hours of observation we got to come home to wake her every hour for the rest of the night.  She has done great!  She has never been sick much and this was her first accident and she is a great patient.  I would have never thought she would be such a great patient.  She got the stitch out this past Monday and she did really well.  It is still sore and not easy to brush her hair but it is healing. 

I know this is gross but it is what it is!  This picture really does not even do it justice.  Yes, it was a job to get all that blood out!  This was taken after we got home and her arms had been cleaned.  It was all over her arms.  Thankful it was not any worse!

Lizzie and Sallie had their class Easter Egg Hunts and Parties on Thursday.  They do them in the city park.  A, Mill, and I helped hide eggs and set up the parties.

Millie enjoyed playing at the park and never said a word about not getting to hunt Easter eggs

Lizzie’s class walked to the park.  Here they are arriving.Waiting for the hunt to beginAnd they are off!Checking out the goods!Play time!  Lizzie loves school and her school friends but she loves her little sister more!The BEST FRIEND a girl could EVER have!!!  Sallie tried to get a head start and Daddy and one of her teachers had to turn her around!I am not sure how Sallie has any independence!  She had a little help from the teachers finding her loot!  I am thankful she is SO loved!Checking out her loot with some of her friends!It was a lot for me to ask of them to stop and take a pic with Daddy!

Ell did not have an Easter Egg Hunt but she did make this arrangement in her floral class.  I thought it was cute!

My goal is to get the rest of Easter blogged this weekend so check back!