Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

Kailyn had to dress up as a nursery rhyme character. She picked Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. She is the one with the straw hat and pink bow on it. She did an awesome job!!

Trip to the circus....

The kids and me took a trip down to Newport to go to the circus. This was more like a "talent show" than a circus since it was so small, but the kids had a great time!

Here we are.... Look how big these kids are getting!

I love the look of "awe" in her eyes.
Kain was amazed too.....

She is the one that they were both amazed by.

Kain's favorite part was "Michael Jackson" yes, he was there (hehehe) Kain tries SO hard to dance like him. It is hilarious to watch Kain dance.

Kailyn's favorite part was the girl hanging from the ceiling.... when she got home that night, she was raising her leg up and she said "Look, mom... I am just like that girl"

We had a great time :)

Kailyn is loving Cheer!

Kailyn's first year of cheering and my first year of coaching has been fun! My hat goes off to my mom who was the coach of my cheer squad... these girls wear me out. They are full of energy.

Here is Kailyn with Savannah. Savannah's mom is also a coach.

I just had to put this picture on here so I could point out Kailyn's little bootie. Hehehe.
YAY! Tiny Mites.... Kailyn is the one that dropped her pom pom on the front row.

"Big G, Little o.... Go, Go"

Kailyn, Emerson, Savannah

Soooo adorable! Kailyn loves her friends!

Trip to the fossil museum

Kain's class took a trip to Aurora, NC to the fossil museum. They were able to do a little digging of their own. They were all wanting to find those shark teeth.

Kain and his best buddy Caleb.
No one told him to pose like this. Everyone else in the class got in the sharks mouth and had a nice smile for the camera. This is what Kain did.... silly boy!

Go Rams!!!

Is she not the cutest little cheerleader you have ever seen?

Okay, maybe I am a little biased... but I think that she is adorable!!

GO RAMS!!

back to school.....

Kailyn is loving being in Kindergarten. Kain told her that she was a "kinder" she quickly corrected him and said, "it isnt Kinder, it is Kindergarten!!" She loves telling me all about her day (I am so thankful for that because Kain is the opposite, he doesnt want to talk about school when he gets home.... I just like to know how his day was, but the answer I always get is "good")

There are 25 sight words that she has to know before 1st grade (the goal is to know a lot more than that, but those are the ones that she has to know) She is 4 shy from knowing all 25 already. I must say, this year is easy for me because I know what to expect with her since we just did this all last year with Kain. Kain (being the awesome little teacher that he is) has already taught her a lot that she will be learning this year. So, as Kain would say, "this is easy smeasy" Last year, it was all new... didnt know anyone, didnt know what they would do in Kindergarten, but this year we are... well... I guess you could say veterans.

Kain is loving first grade too. Had his first spelling test on Friday... got all 10 words plus the 2 bonus words correct :) He is reading very well. (level 18...whatever that means, I need to see if I can find some info on this) and he has an awesome imagination! I love getting his writers workshop stories sent home on Friday to see what he has wrote about all week. It varies from ants to him waking up and having a triangle nose and a rainbow tongue. Hilarious!

This school year is starting off great! We have been blessed with awesome teachers that believe parent involvement is important. I love that because I love being at the school! PTO meetings will be starting soon (I will be serving on the board this year... secretary) Looking forward to that and a lot of volunteering! I love being a parent at Arthur W Edwards Elementary (AWE) Where year round education ROCKS and AWE ROLLS!!!

Happy Birthday Kailyn!!

Look how far we have come! Hard to believe that 5 years ago she was in the NICU fighting to survive. God is so good!! We love our little girl!

Happy Birthday sweetie! We love you!!