Happy 8th Birthday!

AnneMarie turned 8 on Sunday! We actually had her slumber party on Friday night. The theme was American Girl and all the girls were asked to bring a doll or stuffed animal. We made sleeping bags for the dolls. The girls played outside for a while, then got into pajamas and opened presents. They watched an American Girl movie and ate a ton of popcorn! In the morning we had cinnamon rolls and sang Happy Birthday. I think AnneMarie had alot of fun.

Adryenne (from class and soccer team), Julia, AnneMarie, Sydney, Tenzie (from small group) and Lily. This was the first time to have friends other than cousins sleeping over.

Adryenne gave AnneMarie a ladybug pillow pet, super cute! She also got some craft stuff, a Pucci pet (puppy in a bag), a dress and jewelry from Hawaii, and a Littlest Pet Shop doll, among other things.

AnneMarie, who dislikes cake, had cinnamon rolls instead for the second year in a row.

Sydney forgot her pajamas so she is wearing AnneMarie's. They barely covered her tushie! Of course, she remembered some very fancy clothes, a book to read, and her hair straightener. Too too cute! It was a really fun time. The girls fell asleep around 11:30 after some serious threatening from me. They were up about 6:15 a.m. It could have been worse! Overall, a great party for my very special 8 year old girl!

First Day of School!

Here they are! Third grader and kindergartener, on their way to MLK Elementary!

Hanging out at the bus stop. We are working on getting the stop moved closer to our house, since there is only one other child who goes there and he also lives down the street.

Here is Jack in his classroom. One of his teachers, Mrs. Mascone, is in the background. She was instructing them to unpack their backpacks and showing them where to put their lunchboxes.
All in all, it was a good day. AnneMarie has several friends in her class, including Jarod, Ashton, Adryenne, Anna and a couple others I can't remember. Jack is making friends and several kids from his class ride on his bus. After the first day he said he loves the bus! But, on the second and third morning he woke up saying "I'm not going to school." By the time 8:30 rolled around, he was ready to go! So I guess it is not too bad.