last day

Happy June!!! (I'm apologizing for lack of pictures in this post) Well it's OFFICIALLY the last day of school! This year flew by so quick as did this week. We had a great holiday weekend and the weather was so so nice(despite the little bit of rain Sunday). Sunday after church and my classes (I started my classes to become a member of the church a few weeks ago) we headed to my parents for the day and Breanna made some new friends with the new little girls that just moved in across the street, so she didn't want to leave. Monday we were walking in our local Memorial Day parade with Girl Scouts. They had so much fun and it's very short (6 blocks) so it was perfect for them. Then we went to a picnic at Bre's cheer coaches house. I am so glad because she needs to get to know the girls that she will be spending lots of time with!

Yesterday, as I was looking through my planner my summer is basically going to be filled with cheer. Between Focus and school, we have practices at least 4 days a week. Today is also my last small group. I am so sad and am going to miss these weekly meetings with these awesome ladies, hopefully we will get together this summer with our kiddos. We are having a brunch type group today with yummy food. With how fast this year went and it's already summer break, I am sure before we know it, we will be back to meeting in no time.

I am hoping to be able to come and post throughout the summer but I cant guarantee (though I am sure my little posts wont be missed if I dont haha)

life...

Not sure how many people really read this any more but I felt the urge to write...time is surely flying by too quick how is it already May and we just keep getting busier and busier. As of today we have 15 days of school left...FIFTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! How is this possible...she JUST started Kindergarten and in 15 days she will be a first grader **insert sad mama face**.  This summer, we have no vacations planned other than a weekend away to Columbus to take Breanna to the American Girl store for her birthday.  Honestly I am kind of looking forward to a summer with nothing much planned and no traveling. I do like going to the beach and all but the drive SUCKS.  

We do have 2 weeks of VBS at 2 different churches and then lots and lots of cheer! I dont know if I mentioned or not but I volunteered to be a sponsor for Breanna's cheer for school. I wasn't going to but if I am going to be honest, I would be at the practices and games so why not. Now I have no excuse to miss out.

I love being involved in all of what she does because I am sure soon enough, she wont want me to be, though I am hoping that won't happen for a long long long time! We recently started All-Star cheer she is however on pre team but they will still do some performances. They wont compete just do exhibitions, so it gets them ready for when they do want to compete. This is the only year she will be able to do this because she will be too old next year, so after this she will have to decide if she wants to continue or not. But I truly think she will, once she sees how fun competitions are

I am sad, that my small group is ending in just a few short weeks, I mentioned before how lucky and blessed I feel to have found this group of ladies. But will definitely be going back once the kids get back to school. Hopefully we can connect through the summer at some point.

I am ready for lazy mornings with no rushing around to eat breakfast and get out the door to the bus, possibly staying in PJ's until lunchtime. Being outside with friends and late nights catching lightning bugs and sitting around fires and just relaxing. It's going to be more exciting now that my best friend lives so much closer and we have more friends in the neighborhood.

I apologize for the lack of photos in this post but sometimes, you just need to write. So until next time!

celebrate.....

How in the world is this school year already almost over and how is my child already going to be in FIRST grade???? As of today there is only one month left of school....ONE!!! I just cant grasp this yet, didn't she just graduate pre-school???? After Easter break they had their kindergarten program (aka Kindergarten graduation). Not 100% sure why they did it so early, I am assuming it's cause May is going to be busy with stuff at the school. Regardless, I am not yet ready for this.

 

When they say to you once your child goes to school time just flies and they aren't lying it surely does. I am so proud of how much she has excelled this year at school. She sure is one smart cookie. She has been doing so well with her reading and is starting to try more advanced books, I love her passion to always want to learn more than she already knows!


I really need to get on some plans or stuff to do this summer, since the local pool we wanted to join is now going to be closing. So I am planning to get a blowup type pool just to keep us cool. I'm hoping to do lots of fun stuff though now that we have friends in the neighborhood. While I am not ready for school to be over, I am....if that makes any sort of sense. I am excited to spend some more time with my girl cause if I am going to be honest, she is growing up way too fast and pretty soon she isn't going to want to spend time with her mama (which I dont want to think about at all!!!!).

life lately

I wanted to give a quick update about what we've been up-to lately. I will apologize now for the lack of pictures!

If you follow me on Instagram you know that Lucky is getting big. However, he is SO BAD & is a little terror, I love him to pieces but he chews on EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!! But he is so darn cute, he just looks at me with those big brown eyes and I melt. But I do have to say, the whole potty training was much better with Lucky than Baxter, so I guess I cant win them all right? He is a pig too....all he wants to do is eat!!!!

School is going great for Bre she is excelling but I am honestly not surprised. She loves it so much and has made so many friends and I love hearing all about her day & adventures with school! I just hope her love of school continues through the years. We are still doing cheer and she is loving it, however, she decided she wants to do one more year of intro before she starts All-Star. We recently signed her up for Girl Scouts and while I never got to be a girl scout, we are having so much fun. I signed up to be one of the Co-Leaders and the other 2 moms that are leading with me are just FABULOUS!!! We have so many fun things planned for the girls and I can't wait. I've made some school mom friends and I feel so blessed to have them in my life (Hi ladies!!).

 
Speaking of school, a few weeks ago our school had an event the kids could see Santa and they had a few other things going on as well (crafts, games, food, vendors). We weren't sure if we were going to be able to go because we had some bad weather that evening before into the morning. But thankfully we are only 5 minutes from the school so we attempted it and despite not many people showing up. the kids had fun! We met my friend and her girls up there and ran into a few other friends.
 

B is still working lots and lots of hours. But he really loves his job. I have either been planning things for the school Holiday party, working the Holiday Shoppe, pulling things together for Girl Scouts and now serving at the church so I have been busy myself.  


Christmas was  low-key this year but honestly it was perfect! We went to service on Friday 23 (our church did 2 services Friday and 5 on Saturday) and went to my parents on Christmas Eve. We just stay home Christmas day and order sushi for dinner. We  usually dont do anything for NYE but this year our church is having a party after the Saturday service, so Bre and I will be going to that. I am excited it should be a fun time!!! 

If you know me at all, I HAD to make sure that I got some NKOTB tickets for this years tour. At first I wasnt sure if I was going to be able to go but a friend text me saying someone bailed on a friend of hers and she had 4 tix for sale, so I got those for my birthday and I can NOT wait to go. It's NKOTB, BoyzIIMen and Paula Abdul...Um AMAZING line-up. Im going again with my side-kick and we always have so much fun, I think only one of their concerts we didn't go together. Well, I have rambled enough, so I will just end here.

life lately

Not quite sure where I am even going with this post but, I just happened to find myself staring at this blank white screen so I am just going to start tapping at the keys (so if anyone even still pops in here and reads this....I apologize for this randomness!)

We are about 2 months into the school year and Breanna is loving it as much as the first day she started. We love our little school and when I say little I am not exaggerating. I think between all the schools (High school, Junior High and Elementary) there is 
a little over 1000 students in the whole district. I love it, the fact that my child isn't just a number. 

Her teacher uses this awesome app to communicate with parents and you are able to see how they are doing during the day. She can give positives, warnings and needs work and it shows up with what they did (or didn't do) that day! They also get to 'trade' the positives in for 'coupons' for different things. (lunch with teacher, use of computer, piece of candy etc) Bre had lunch with her teacher the other day and she sent me a message saying how she enjoyed her company at lunch and how sweet and happy she is. That made me feel like I am doing something right with her

 

I signed up to help out in the classroom but I got an email from the PTA asking if I wanted to be head homeroom parent, so here goes nothing! One good thing about this, I get to go to every class party and also go on the field trip! We will be going to the Children's Museum and I am beyond excited since I haven't been since way back when I was in school.

If you are friends with me on FB or follow me on Twitter or IG, you probably know that Breanna decided she wanted to take a break from gymnastics and try out cheer. She said it was too much for her and she was just too tired (3 days/wk plus full day school). We were going to do All-Star but they were 1/2 way into the season, so we decided to put her in the intro class along with a tumbling class. She is beyond in love with it and already said she wants to do All-Star come May when the new season starts. She also told me she wants to cheer for the football boys next year, so we might also try midget football cheer as well (as long as it doesn't interfere with All-Star)!

B is still working like crazy but he is loving his job  He finally got a car, it still needs inspected and a few things fixed but nothing super major. It is such a relief to finally have 2 cars!!! 

This summer, I unfortunately slacked in going to church and we started going back last weekend and I just feel so much more refreshed after going. Breanna moved up to a different room in the kid zone so now she will actually be having lessons instead of just playing in the 'nursery'. She said this week she had so much fun and she wanted to go back the next day!

I have started Christmas shopping, yes I know it's not even Halloween, but I put stuff on layaway and it makes me feel so much better come beginning of December I just have to pay off the balance and my shopping is done! It is so much easier this year that I have all day to go shop, so I can put a few things back at a time and not have to worry about doing everything all at once! Her list this year is pretty easy...Shopkins, Littlest Pet Shop and American girl stuff.

Speaking of American girl, one of our local malls has a pop-up AG store until January. So we decided to surprise Breanna with a trip there because she has never been. I really wish I would've captured  the look on her face when she walked in and saw the HUGE AMERICAN GIRL sticker on the window to the store. I have to tell you she was in heaven! She truly didn't even know where to start first. We ended up with one of the new Wellie Wishers, they are the newer line of dolls. They are smaller 14.5" instead of 18" . I cant even imagine if she would ever go to the REAL AG store how in awe she would be. 

Well, I guess I rambled enough so I will just cut it here... not sure when I will randomly pop in again...I really want to get back into it, I just dont feel like I have anything to write about so until next time!

and just like that....

she is off to school! Last week we had orientation and first day of preschool! It really wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be but it's only 2.5 hours 3 days a week! I think next year when she goes to Kindergarten.

Wednesday we had orientation and got to go see her classroom and meet her teachers! While she had time in the class room, we went to a meeting with the director and got to learn all about the school and policies and procedures. One little girl from her gymnastics class ended up being in her class so she was pretty excited about that. We only ended up being there an hour so it was an easy day.

Friday was the actual first day (with the holiday on Monday the schedule was a bit weird). But we got there a little before 9 and she found her little friend from gym and made friends with another little boy and when the teachers came, she had no hesitation and off she went!

I got a chance to go to Target ALONE! It was peaceful, had a Starbucks, and got to walk around at my own pace no dragging me into the toy aisles. And surprisingly I only spent $20! Headed home to do some stuff around the house and before I knew it was time to go pick her up! She loved it and I am not surprised! So should be a great year for my big girl!!!