Fast forward 15 years. We look the same, right?!
Funny story: he was sort of dried out, but when Nana sprayed him with the hose, he started moving again. It's a miracle! The girls were impressed.
Millie art
It's my 39th birthday! For some reason, August has been very rainy. Dylan came over for a playdate and the girls played in the rain. It was a low key day.
Beautiful cards from the girls
Millie's card looked very art-deco, no? I love it.
She's a master of wiki sticks and posing
Awwww, thanks Mills
classic piddy Video: Syd & Beck swimming
height 52 inches (96th percentile)
weight 65 lbs (92nd percentile)
BMI 80th percentile
Syd and I attended her kindergarten party on the playground the week before school started! She had a great time! Doing everything I can to make her feel comfortable there. She's had some wicked separation anxiety lately (sobbing and latching onto my leg), and I was soooo worried she would freak out when I left her on the first day.
Tontitown Grape Festival fun!
first time trying out a turkey leg
There were makeup artists there doing the girls makeup, and they did a good job of keeping it kid-friendly. Some fun bronzer, eyeshadow, and lip gloss. I wanted to kiss her whole face, she looked so cute and stylish. She loved it all. This is definitely her element.
Syd had the horrible (her word) job of holding our seats for the show. Looks painful, doesn't it?
And then it was show time! The show started with some professional kid models, and then followed with everyone else. Most of the kids just speed walked down the runway. I have no idea how Millie knew what to do, but when they called her name, she stepped up...struck a pose...waited calmly a beat...and strutted down the runway. She was beaming the whole time! I was so proud of her!! But more importantly, she was proud of herself! I love her confidence.
JKK missed the fashion show because he was in a bike race that morning. But look how he gets right back to work. ;) He's so good at being a dad.
All the 7 year olds want to do is watch youtube. Specifically, Millie wants to watch other kids do challenges on youtube. They make anything and everything into a challenge. So we had our own little challenge with the fab four - The Fruit by the Foot Challenge! Gotta eat it with no hands though.
Millie won!
Time to meet the teachers! Millie is in Ms. Lamp's 2nd grade class with besties Dylan and Sage!
And finally...this morning it was time for my Piddy to go to kindergarten. I've been so sad thinking about it for a year now, but we've talked about it so much the past few weeks, I think it gave us all time to get used to the idea. We gave our hugs and kisses in the driveway, so we don't hold up car line (and end up in major meltdown mode). And I sent a bag of pictures with her to look at, if she gets sad. Pictures of our family and the cats - she loved the idea. When it was time to go, she followed Millie out of the car and they walked in holding onto each other. No one cried. Not even me, which sort of surprised me. But now I'm all alone at home and miss her quite a bit. ;)
Is it freaky friday?? How have these two swapped places in the past year? Millie is now the one dressing up and getting fancy, even asking me to fix her hair if you can believe it?! And Syd is the one who now refuses to fix her hair, and she will no longer wear dresses or fancy shoes. What is happening?? As long as they are happy and comfortable with themselves, I guess I have to just let this phase ride. ;) They are super cute, no matter what they are wearing!!
