Ansley turns 6

Ansley was over the top pumped to turn 6 this year especially since her birthday was during the school year!! She was on cloud 9 when she got off the bus! She continued until her head hit the pillow! That night we celebrated with family. She wants a friend party so we are waiting until September to have her classmates and friends over.
Caroline got her a strawberry shortcake necklace that she loves! She also received some Doc Mcstuffins gear and Barbie dolls. This was the best birthday yet she says!

First day of school!!

I can't believe school has already started! Ansley and James had been up since at least 6 am waiting for the school bus to come. She put her backpack on around 7 and the bus didn't arrive until 8:15. Around 8:10 she finally decided it was really heavy and took it off just in time for the bus to come around the corner. She was a completely different child than last year. No tears just excitement!




Grandma even came to see her off on her first bus ride!




James was too interested in the Rollie pollies to join the picture. But he is in the background! Can you tell Ansley was ready to be done with pictures.




The bus stop gang!
















Of course I have to add one of the boys on their way to school!!



This was Ansley getting off the bus.



She summed up her day as awesome.
I asked her about her day; this was what she liked about it:
- she has her own desk.
- they get to go to the bathroom in the hallway with a partner.
- at recess she got to swing.
- she can't wait for Spanish tomorrow.
It is funny what kids pick out of their day! She is ready to go back tomorrow with just as much excitement.

The fun continues!

Henry has taken his first move to be like the big kids. I left him with my mom on Friday for a couple hours and I come back to Henry
army crawling. I got a video of it this morning. He is now getting mad when he can't quite get it together to move.



This is the result of mommy pouring applesauce on his tray. He loved it!!


This last week Ansley was able to visit her new neighborhood school and meet her teacher. She was of course timid and overwhelmed but as we left she saw some friends and relaxed a little.


This weekend she found out just how much she loves rock climbing. She went to Addison's birthday and had a blast!









She would not give up!
James starts school on Monday too. He will be at his old school until mid august and then starts half day preschool!!! He is at the good age of loving to help me out with anything! The greatest thing he says these days is "I can't know how." He has the sweetest voice when he says this.



This weekend we celebrated our nephew Logan who graduated from Georgia Tech with high honors in civil engineering.



When they headed to graduation we headed next door to Fellini's pizza!








We ended Saturday with the kids participating in the Olympics! I have to give Liz all the credit for putting together the best kids Olympics. My three had a blast!
Saying the pledge.





First medals of the night!


Ansley receiving a medal.


First event. Ribbon unrolling!!











After dinner it was time to hose them down!!!

Poor kid

It's a rainy day so what do the kids play.. House with Henry. He actually enjoyed the attention.

Lake

We spent the week at the Lake! We celebrated Bob's birthday, hiked, and played with cousins!




Emma feeding Henry!




Happy Birthday Bob!




Morning boat ride!




James trying to get a word in with all of the girls!







Ansley loved tubing with the girls. This week James and Ansley became pros at tubing.
















Our fisherman!!






With all babies so much can happen in one week. This week Henry has been very interested in moving to things. You can see the wheels turning on how to make this happen. He is not quite there but really interested! Another big step for him is the discovery of two bottom teeth. I was making him laugh after lunch and discovered two teeth that had broken through!



We took the two older kids hiking! They loved it.




At the first waterfall!





Ansley is our new photographer!


Mile and half and we made it to the big waterfall. We swam and played in it and even climbed onto it for some pictures.