The Day has Come...

Five years ago today- I would have never imagined time would have flown by the way it has. Today marked a milestone in the life of Brooklyn IlaRee Maynard, today was her first day of kindergarten. She has been so excited all summer for school to start and about the last month has asked every day if it was time for school. Brooklyn is in the afternoon session of kindergarten and her teacher is Mrs. Allen. This morning I had to wake her up so that she could have a good breakfast- Sean made eggs and bacon. We got her dressed and she decided that she wanted to wear a headband. She gets so sick of taking pictures so we had to bribe her with a piece of gum to get her to take any. We then loaded up the car to take her- Sean, Gracie, and I all went. We got to the school and walked her in. She gave us hugs and kisses and waved and in she went. I looked in and saw her chewing on the gum we had bribed her with. So I went in and whispered to her that I needed her gum. I could tell that she was worried and she tried discreetly to hand me the gum. oops! I think that I could have sat in the doorway all day to make sure that her day went well- I don't think that would have been to popular with her though. My mom teaches at the school and I had to call and see if she had seen Brooklyn and how she was doing. I have been saying that I was excited for her to go to school- but I have got to say- today was a little harder than I thought it would be. It is crazy for me to think that my baby is growing up. We are so proud of Brooklyn and hopes she has a great year!

She wanted a Princess backpack

Of course she had to strike some kind of pose

Good job on the timer Sean

The morning and afternoon sessions overlap for about 15 minutes so when we dropped her off we didn't get the classic picture of her by her classroom door. So we had to get it after school- glad to see she is still smiling.

Brooklyn is lucky to have her classroom right across the hall from Grandma Sue

End of Summer

I am sad to say that our summer has about come to an end. On the 18th, Brooklyn had Back-to-School night. She picked out her outfit and wanted me to curl her hair and get all dolled up. She looked pretty darn cute. All summer we had told her that we would take her to the Aquarium and monday ended up being the only day that we could go. The girls loved it! Gracie is especially into fish right now so she was in Heaven! On our way there we passed a Chuck-E-Cheese and went there after. It was a great way to end our summer. I can't believe that on thursday my sweetie pie Brooklyn is going to start Kindergarten.

Back-to-school night. She looks so grown up.

Gracie Kaye

Brooklyn working her hair styling magic on Garrett

Enjoying the Aquarium

The girls and Sean enjoyed playing in the little caves


Fun at Chuck-E-Chesse

Summer Fun

I can't believe how fast this summer is coming to an end- I think it went so fast because it rained all through June and it didn't seem like summer. What is even crazier to me is that Brooklyn is going to be starting Kindergarten is a couple of weeks. WOW! We have back to school night on tuesday. It is crazy. We have had a fun couple of weeks- our good friend Monica and her daughter Addie were up from California and we got to spend some time with them. Brooklyn just loves Addie and couldn't get enough of her. It was super fun to see them!

Brooklyn's new favorite thing to do is hair. She loves it. She got Addie right up on the countertop and did her hair. Gracie's favorite thing to do brush her teeth. She will stand by the bathroom and door and say "eeth" over and over again until we get her a toothbrush with a little toothpaste on it.

The girls had a blast driving around in Brooklyn's princess car. Too bad I had left it turned on so the battery didn't last long. Sean was so good to push them around. Try getting the 3 of them to look at the same time. It wasn't happening.

We went to the pool on Thursday and had a great time. We only made it there twice this summer. Gracie has not been a fan of the water- but she actually had a good time and even got in. That was a major accomplishment!

HELP!

So over the 4th of July my friend talked me into running in the Ragnar Relay in Las Vegas on October 9th and 10th. I have been training really hard and looking forward to it. Last week she called me and told me that our team had basically dismantled. I am so sad! I was really looking forward to doing this. If anyone is interested in going to Vegas and participating PLEASE do it and let me know. I don't know a ton about it- but we would have a team of 12 and we run about 200 miles in 24 hours- going in shifts. You could go to http://www.ragnarrelay.com/ and check it out. Oh- each team has to come up with $1200- $100 for each member. We have missed a deadline and there is an added late fee that would put the amount to $115 each. Let me know if you are interested!