Back-To-School Night

Went to my daughter's Back-To-School night

and this is what I saw hanging in the hallway...

This is a little hard to read because it is so small, here is what it says...

My name is Isabella.

I am six years old.

I like to play and party.

ummmmm, should I be a little bit worried about this????

Love her school, love her new teacher, and very excited about her school year:)

First Day of 1st Grade

My baby girl headed out the door today for her first day of 1st grade and this mama was full of mixed emotions! This is her first year of all day school and I just knew that I would be lost without my sidekick to keep me in line. She was definitely ready to make this transition, even telling me a few times this morning to "stop asking me if I am going to be okay mom!"

Last night as I was getting things together for the next day Kyle saw me plug in my camera battery. He then proceeded to give me a lecture that I was to not, under any circumstances, follow her into her classroom and take pictures of her at her new desk. He claimed that he was just not letting me do this to her.

Really?

A first grader?

Isn't this what we are supposed to do as mothers?

I thought about it all night and decided I would just ask her when she woke up. She let me know that "maybe we could just take some shots on the front porch before we leave for school, that way you don't have to carry your big old camera around mom!" Okay is this her sweet, polite, Isabella way of telling me to stop taking so many pictures of her?

When I picked her up at the end of the day I was greeted with a smiling face and a huge hug. She had a great day and is very excited to go back tomorrow!

I can't even explain how proud I am to be this girl's mama. She rocks my world in so many ways and really the only thing that makes me sad about this whole first-grade-all-day-thing is that deep down I know in my heart that she is growing up and there is just really nothing I can do to stop it!

Way to go bug!

First Grade Rocks!

Horn Wedding

Last weekend was another great weekend of family... and of course another wedding:) We have gone to so many beautiful weddings in the past couple of years that they have become like our date night out! Great people, great food, good drinks, and tons of fun on the dance floor, what else could you ask for?

Kyle's cousin Kelley was the beautiful bride!

With tons of family in town from near and far we were able to just make a weekend of it! My kids were on cloud nine getting to be with everyone and very excited to take part in all of the festivities.

Aunt Maureen making Caroline into a movie star!

Getting ready to head to rehearsal dinner

These girls were quite the trio! They were so honored to get to be the flower girls:)

Little man did a great job bringing those rings up once again. He kept a straight face the entire length of the aisle and would barely move his head. The only thing you saw moving on him was his eyes, he was soaking in all of our stares as he walked by.

The "younger" wedding party

Getting ready to dance with Aunt Kari

The Zimmerman's!

One of the prettiest brides I have seen:)

Loving on Uncle Ben!

What an honor it was for us to be a part of your special day

Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Horn!

Whirlwind of a Weekend!

Last weekend we topped it off with a trip to Topeka to spend time with Kyle's parents.

While in town we made it to the Discovery Center for some hands-on fun!

This girl knew where more things go than her mama, pretty sure she takes after her daddy on this one.

Got to spend some time with GranNana and GranPapa!

BIG Walter...little Walter

The girls and I had so much fun going to see Peter Pan with Nana.

Here we are with Captain Hook, the Lost Boys, and Indians.

Great picture with Tiger Lilly.

The girls have been trying to duplicate her dancing all week!

Love this shot of Margaret with Peter Pan!

It was a great show and the girls loved every bit of it.

I think we packed a little too much into last weekend. We have all been a little bit more tired than usual this week and lots of cranky pants being worn around here. I lost my voice on Monday and am just now able to produce a squeak here or there.

TGIF!

Getting ready to have a relaxing weekend!

Georgia's Chicken Run

Last weekend we headed to the farm for the

Georgia's Chicken Run!

This was Isabella's second year running and the first for the other two. Last summer we didn't make it to the race, I think I might have been busy trying to console a screaming newborn or something like that. It is a blur as to what was going on but this year these guys were ready to run. They love going here or there watching Kyle and I run so we figured this day would be all about them. They each got a t-shirt, bib number, and a goody bag of course:)

Before the race began there were fun little games for the kids to play. A few minutes before go time a storm rolled in and we all had to take cover because of lightening. It has been 100 + temperatures here and we haven't seen a raindrop for weeks so of course this was the time that it had to rain. I am not complaining, it actually felt nice and we needed it, it was just hard to keep them excited while they waited for 45 minutes for it to pass.

Once it was race time guess who turned into my competitive one....

Miss Margaret, she told us that she was "passing people!"

Little man did well with a hand from his daddy:)

Big sister Isabella placed sixth in her age group!

Way to go Zimmerman crew, we are so proud of you!

Let's Go T-Bones!

This past week the girls participated in a cheerleading camp that I had heard tons of good things about. Keep in mind I was never a cheerleader, dancing was more my thing, but I love exposing my kids to the unknown just so they can experience it all.

The camp is taught by a former NFL cheerleader who is very enthusiastic about pretty much everything. What I love most about it is that each day after practice they sit together as a group and have "girl talk". Their talks this week ranged from being a nice person inside and out, to smoking is bad for you, and how to keep your body healthy. Having three girls I feel that as many people they can hear this good stuff from the better. There are too many negative things out there that my girls can get themselves caught up in. My prayer is for them to know right from wrong and hopefully always speak up for what they believe in and what they think is the right choice.

This fun week ended with the girls cheering at the T-Bones baseball game last night. My girls were on cloud nine and loved every moment of it. Mimi, Papa, Nana, and GranStan all came out to watch them cheer.

Margaret was known as the "Sassy Shaker" and Isabella told me that she wanted to do this every summer until she was the best at it:)

Manor Park

The new park is finally open in our neighborhood!!!!

We have lived here for 5 1/2 years and they have been talking about the park and trails since we moved in. Well it is finally completed (minus the landscaping) and my kids were super excited to go check it out!

Although the park equipment said for 5-12 year olds we were happy to play. A bit challenging for the little ones but still lots of fun.

Kyle has been holding off on buying a play gym for our backyard because of this "park" that was being built. I really think our kids thought we were full of it! Now after many years of waiting the pieces are finally starting to come together:)