McKenna's 6th Birthday Party

Our sweet little friend, McKenna, had her 6th birthday party tonight. The theme was Cupcake Wars/Pinkalicious. We were divided up into teams and had competitions. McKenna got to be the judge. We had to make a cupcake machine and decorate cupcakes. Lexi was on the team that included Uncle Stephen, Savannah, and me. We won. Of course, telling McKenna how pretty she was and trying to decorate according to her tastes really helped. 

Fifth Day of Fourth Grade

The kids survived an entire week of me walking them into the school. The picture above is of my little Safety Patrol girl with Kristina and Jordan. Obviously, I have had fun teasing her this week. 

Fourth Day of Fourth Grade

Today, Lexi wore the outfit that I bought to match her cousin Eden. It says "It is hard to be Cool." 

Lexi is assigned to the second grade hallway for Safety Patrol. Here we are bugging her.

Kristina is one of our neighbors.

Third Day of Fourth Grade

It is the third day and I am still annoying my kids with pictures before school start, but that isn't all. I am still walking them to class each day. Yes, all the other parents have stopped, but we can do it the whole week. I choose to because I can and because it is HOT outside. I want to enjoy the A/C for a while. We had to get there a little early today because Lexi started Safety Patrol. She has it for the next 9 weeks.

Second Day of Fourth Grade

Yes, it is important to annoy your kids by taking lots of picture the entire first week of school. Hey, I bought all those new clothes... 

First Day of Fourth Grade

Starting today, Alexis is a big fourth grader. We got ready for school and took lots of pictures. She was nervous and excited like every year and all kids are. We walked to school and felt like we were already back in our routine, except she is now one of the bigger kids on campus. Time sure flies.

Our neighbor, Sofia, is in Lexi's class. She actually knows most of the kids.

MAJOR HAIRCUT

Lexi and I have been talking about doing a major trim for a while. I felt she needed to get a lot of the dead ends cut off, especially after all the damage that occurred during swim team. She was interested, but not 100% on board. It is hard when something has become part of your identity, which is another reason I felt she should cut it. She is more than the hair on her head. She agreed and even wanted it cut. It came down to today and I cut about a foot off. As you can see in the pictures, she has mixed emotions about it. I see a nice healthy head of hair.

Meet the Teacher - 4th Grade

Tonight, we went to the elementary school for Meet The Teacher. Lexi and Jordan always enjoy seeing old friends, looking around the school to see what changed, distributing their school supplies, and of course meeting their new teachers. Both kids have splits this year, which means they have one teacher for half the day and then head to another class for the second half. Lexi's homeroom teacher is named, Ms. Gonzalez. She has a very out-going friendly personality and looks like she is about my age. Her other teacher is quite reserved and shy (at least around adults), but is probably just a little younger than me.