Monday, August 27, 2007
First Day of Kindergarten
Today is Monday, August 27th, THE most traumatic day of my life........Gracie's first day of kindergarten! I really thought I would do okay, and I WAS doing okay until I saw Mimi, the mother of one of Gracie's little friends, start crying...then I lost it. Of course, it being my first child, I had a legitimate excuse right? Well, this was Mimi's second go-round at the whole "first day" thing so, obviously, it won't be any easier when its Adam's turn. Oh well, at least I'll know what to expect. : )
This picture is taken at home. Gracie has her backpack on, her lunch is packed and she is ready to go!! I was bearly able to talk her into posing for half a second.
Okay, at this point, we've made it to school and we're attempting to go throught the breakfast line. Gracie is suppose to find her teacher's name, then pull her cafeteria id card. First hurdle: Colwill, Ellie....the cards are filed by last name (first), then first name (last).......neither of which she is used to seeing on a routine basis. Second hurdle: opening the milk carton.....I watched as this little bitty paper carton even got the best of a fifth grader. How on earth will my child EVER master this seemingly simple task? Maybe we better do breakfast at home for a while longer. : )
After 10 minutes of struggling with the milk carton, Gracie finally starts eating breakfast. Her first official school cafeteria meal was a waffle and some peaches. All of which, with milk, cost .80 cents. Not bad. About 5 minutes in, the 8:20 bell rang and we had to go line up in the hallway with her classmates. Yes, I think we're going to have to fix breakfast at home.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Gracie's Day at Libby Lu
Gracie's friend, Molly, had her 3rd birthday party at Libby Lu and Gracie was invited! In case you're not familiar with the Libby Lu experience, it's a place where little girls can go to play dress-up. When the girls arrived, they each got to choose an outfit to wear, pick a hairstyle, got their make-up done, had their fingernails painted, and got to make their very own glitter lotion. This is a picture of Gracie having her hair done. She picked the "Princess" do.
Natural Bridges Wildlife Park
June 30, 2007
Here we are in San Antonio getting ready to leave our hotel to head home. We spent the entire day (before) at Sea World. Boy was it H-O-T!!! Gracie and Adam have their backpacks on for our trip to Natural Bridges Wildlife Park. Since most of our time at Sea World was spent at the wave pool we were very excited about seeing some actual wildlife.
If you've never been, I highly recommend going. The park is just outside of San Antonio and right off the highway so not much of a detour at all.
Check out their website: http://wildliferanchtexas.com/home.html
World Aquarium
Here are a few pictures from our day at the aquarium. This was a "first" for Adam so he was in for a big treat. We had a great time. I can remember when this place opened and the monkey's roamed free. They would come right up to you and eat right out of your hand. Those were the days..... : )
We had a great time. Gracie always loves visiting the manatee.
We had a great time. Gracie always loves visiting the manatee.
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