2 of 3 Are Off to School

Our two smart and kind beauties headed off to school this morning. We pray they have a great year and that they live lives of meaning.

Our girls rarely want to dress alike, but last week, they told me they wanted to wear the same thing for the first day of school and last night they told me they both wanted their hair in double braids. When we are out and about, we often get asked if they are twins, but I've never seen the wild resemblance until this morning. In some of the pictures, I can barely tell them apart. =)

Iain and I held it together pretty well. The saddest part was when we started leaving Avery's classroom and Kai yelled (in a sad voice), "Ray-Ree." And then we started leaving Audrey's classroom and Kai yelled (same sad voice), "Saucy!"

After we dropped the girls off, Iain went to work and Kai and I took a long (& slow) walk around the neighborhood. They are doing construction on our corner, so it was a great way for Kai to pass 30 minutes, just staring and pointing at the bulldozers and dumptrucks and "trackers" that are right outside our front door. He also likes to walk Avery's purple bike next to him (one of the hazards of having 2 older sisters).

Audrey Starts 1st Grade

I'm pretty sure the impossible has happened because it appears that Audrey is now old enough to be in 1st grade. Unlike Avery, I was able to catch Audrey still sleeping. =)

Avery's 1st Day of Kindergarten

I cannot believe this day is here! We love this little girl so much and I am going to miss playing with her every day.

I went upstairs at 6:05 this morning to take a picture of her still sleeping on her first day of kindergarten, but in typical Avery fashion, she was already on the next to bottom step as I rounded the corner.

Here are a few pix of our amazing Avery:

Kids in the Pool!

When we left to come to Florida 3 weeks ago, Avery would not put her face in the water even a little bit and Kai would scream if we even tried to hold him in our arms in the pool. Watch this from earlier today!

Avery playing baseball

We went to the batting cages at the putt-putt place, but the balls were coming too fast for the girls. Iain and I pitched a few to them outside of the cages. Here's a great series of Avery ...

Vacation - Sailing and Morgantown, WV

Here are a few pix of our first overnight sailing adventure and trip to Morgantown.

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever been this cold???

The kids and I went to the pool at the gym today. When we were done, we took showers and Avery was drying off.  When she took off her towel to put her clothes on, she exclaimed very adamantly, "Mommy, I am as cold as a cow in America on the coldest day!!!"

Well, what I SHOULD have done was wrap her back up in her towel to get her warm. But all I could ACTUALLY do was double-over laughing.