Open House

I can't believe Kayla only has 9 more days of Kindergarten left.

It feels like she just started and I just got used to her going 5 days a week and now all of a sudden she will be in first grade going to school until almost 3pm!

I want her to go back to being in preschool twice a week so we can be home together playing and doing crafts all the time.

She has gotten so big this past year and she already says certain phrases and gives me looks like a teenager would!

Last night was her Open House at school and she was so excited to show us all of her work she has done.

She is so creative and loves to write as well as create.

Her writing is pretty amazing for a 6 year old, she can easily write paragraphs describing just about anything in detail and spells things out correctly on her own 98% of the time.

Her teacher said she uses Kayla's work as an example because it is so good.

While we were there Kayla took us around to show us all of her projects and also showed us her art book she made, which was filled with beautiful pictures she has made throughout the year. 

We got to bring that home as well as her Kindergarten journal which is full of little stories and illustrations she made.

Kayla has had so much fun this year, she's made so many great friends and has learned so much.

We have loved her Kindergarten teacher and can only hope her first grade teacher is as wonderful!

Tiny Dancer

The end of the school year also brings the end to all the extra activities the girls have been involved in.

Kayla finished softball last week and this week dance will be over as well.

Brooklyn's last day of ballet will be tomorrow morning.

She has enjoyed it so much and I don't think there is a cuter outfit than a little girl in a ballet tutu and tights.

She has already made sure to let us know that she wants to do ballet again next season and wants to try tap as well.

I know these pictures are not the clearest but I had to make sure I shared them before I forgot.

I took them about 2 weeks before we cut her hair short, good thing it has time to grow back over the Summer ;)

I do love the little bun that goes along with being a ballerina.

Such a sweet little ballerina she is.
We are so happy she's found something she enjoys and looks forward to going to!

InstaFriday

I'm way behind on posting my Instagram pics so this is going to be a long post of all my phone pics from the past month or so.

Up first we have the girls enjoying a hot Spring day swimming.  They were so happy playing in the water all day!

Every year Anthropologie has an Earth day event I took Kayla again this year and she got to plant a flower in a pot she decorated.

Brooklyn sat up all her friends to watch the Springtime with Roo movie

This particular day was not a good one for myself or daddy but luckily our little goofballs know just how to cheer us up.

I love this picture.

Brooklyn looks perfectly cozy reading her book ;)

My 6 year old on her Birthday

I found this iron bistro set at a yard sale for $10, came home threw a table cloth over the table and quickly recovered the chairs.

Brooklyn eats breakfast and lunch at it everyday.

Here she is eating breakfast with her puppy in the bag next to her.

Us 

Kayla and her bright blue birthday cake

Brooklyn wanted short hair just like grandma's and Rapunzel's when Eugene cuts her hair at the end of the movie.

She looks so cute and I love how fast I can get her ready now although she now wants her hair really long again!

Here she is with all her 'friends' watching a movie again.

Kayla did so awesome last week at her game that she got the game ball at the end of the game!

Proud mommy moment, so glad she found a sport that she really likes and is really good at :)

The girls taking rides in papa's toy.

Happy Girls

Done decorating Uncle Matt's hair

On the tram to Disneyland, do the girls look excited?

Kayla and Brooklyn waiting for daddy to go by on the big rollercoaster

Two nights ago after dinner the girls played in the backyard and after I got all the cushions on the chair and brought out all their Summer toys I sat down with a glass of wine and some magazines to relax, it was perfect.

Wouldn't you know this morning I brought all the cushions back in since it's now drizzling :(

We ordered our caterpillars for Kayla's Butterfly habitat that she got for her birthday.

We got them the other day and I decided that Brooklyn and I could do some crafts to help teach her about the life cycle of a butterfly.  First up was to make the caterpillar!

Well that's just about all the instagram pics from the past month.

  I'll try to stay more up to date from now on.

Have a great weekend!

Cruisin'

Over the weekend while celebrating Mother's day at my parents house we all got to take a ride in my dads new/old toy.

He's been working on his 1967 GTO for the past few years taking time off  here and there to help build or fix things for either our home or my brothers.

It seemed like it was never going to be ready but within the last month he got it up and running so this past weekend we all got to take turns riding in it.

Kayla was outside first so she hopped in for the first ride.

Soon enough Brooklyn came out to see what was going on and wanted to take a ride.

Next hubby got in to drive us up and down the street.

The girls were having so much fun, you would have thought we were on a roller coaster!

I'm sure the excitement of not being in a car seat had a lot to do with it as well but I will say it is much more fun to drive around in a classic car than any other.

Hopefully someday we'll have our own classic car to cruise around town in too!