100th Day of School!

The cutest ever 100-year old I ever did see!!!

Five!

Happy 5th Birthday to our spunky, hilarious, mischievous, outgoing, cuddly, beautiful baby girl!  We love you, Ashby Grace!!!

Pearly Whites!

Last week the girls had their routine dentist appointments.  I was a little nervous as they were going to a new dentist, and it was at an office that was not a pediatric dentist office like their previous one.  Just a regular dentist who has a pediatric dentist come in once a week.

But they did amazing!  They had x-rays to start, and those looked great! Kennedy's two adult front teeth are right there & her baby teeth should be out in no time.  One of her 6-year molars has come through & the other ones are on their way up.  Ashby's teeth looked great too!  And best of all, both girls had NO sugar bugs (cavities)!

The dentist was fabulous with the girls & he had nothing but great things to say!  Minus the part where he mentioned how tight both of their teeth are & that orthodontics will both in their future...which we already knew, thanks to Daddy & Mommy's janky teeth & past orthodontic work.  Ha!

An overall great dentist appointment!  Way to go girls!!!

Grandma's Visit!

We just had a wonderful long weekend with Grandma!  I cannot say that we did anything over the top & super exciting, but it was so great to spend quality time with her and the girls loved their special time with her as well!

Grandma flew in on Friday afternoon & met us at the eye doctor where Ashby was getting her new glasses!

On Saturday, Ashby (and her preschool class) was invited to participate in the local Veteran's Day Parade, so we all went & enjoyed watching the floats & thanking the Veterans for their service & sacrifice.

The rest of the day we did our usual Saturday activities, swim lessons & church.  And then we all went out & enjoyed a yummy Mexican dinner.  Mama was lame & fell asleep with Ashby at 7:30 pm, but Daddy & Grandma watched some UNLV football that was on TV.  Unfortunately it didn't end well & they lost.  Boo.

Sunday, Grandma was ecstatic that her beloved Green Bay Packers were on TV, and Daddy & her watched that while I took Kennedy to a birthday party.  

The party was at Painting with a Twist & was the first time that I had ever been there.  The girls had a great time painting & I was super impressed with Kennedy's masterpiece!  I think I see some art classes in her future!  What a fun birthday party idea & it's one that I just may be stealing come March for Kennedy's 7th Birthday!

The rest of the day was spent working on homework (Kennedy), playing outside, and creating special memories with Grandma.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures besides Kennedy's homework assignment.  This was what Daddy & Kennedy worked on.  Her assignment was to disguise a turkey, and this is what they came up with!  Impressive!

Monday came way to fast, and it was time for Grandma to fly back home. Our time together went way to quickly & we wish she could have stayed longer!  Like I said, we didn't do anything over the top, but we had such a great visit with her!  And we are already counting down the days until we get to see her again at Christmas!  

Thank you for visiting, Grandma!!!  We love you, miss you & cannot wait to see you next month!!!

Doughnuts with Dad!

On Monday, Ashby's class had Doughnuts with Dad!  

At the start of the school day, all of the Dads came & enjoyed doughnuts & juice, and the kiddos presented their Dad with some special gifts.

Marc received his own special tie & a cute 'All About My Dad' project.  I bet he was surprised to learn that his favorite thing to do was to go to work!  Ha!  And I just love Ashby's portrait of Marc!  Though I cannot decipher what exactly is coming out of Marc's head (a pony tail perhaps?), I love to see that her drawings are more than just stick people now.  Marc definitely has on a shirt, pants (or is that a skirt?) and shoes.  Though he is missing his hands/fingers.  But it is still an adorable picture that she drew of her Daddy.

What a fun morning they had together!  Doughnuts & Daddy.  Two of Ashby's most favorite things!!!

Following In Her Daddy & Mommy's Footsteps!

Marc & I both got glasses at a young age.  Around the age of 3, but for different reasons.  He had an astigmatism in his left eye, while I had a lazy left eye.  I always joke around that we were meant to be, with our non-functioning left eyes!  Ha!

Over time, Marc's astigmatism corrected itself & he was able to stop wearing glasses at the age of 16.  My eyesight miraculously went to 20/20 as I got older and I stopped wearing glasses as well, however, they got worse again after college & I've been in contacts ever since.

So when we had the girls, it's as if we've just been waiting with baited breath for one (or both) of them to need glasses.  But up until this point, their eyes have been perfect.

Until now.

The girls' school does a vision & hearing test each year, and unfortunately, Ashby did not pass the vision portion of the test.  But when I got the email & letter confirming this news, I was not surprised.  Again, we've just been waiting for one of the girls to eventually need them.

Yesterday, I took Ashby to a follow up exam at the eye doctor to confirm/deny what the school nurse had told us about our sweet girl's eyes.

Ashby was a champ at the appointment!  She did everything the eye doctor asked her to do & was so brave during the entire appointment.  Unfortunately, I was not able to get many pictures documenting this life changing day as she had to sit on my lap for many of the tests.  But here is a cute one we sent to Daddy joking with him that these were the glasses that we picked out!

These oh so cute glasses were from one of the many tests that they did with her.

It has been determined that our baby girl has an astigmatism in her right eye.  While her eyes were not near as bad as the school nurse had said (20/40 in her left eye & 20/70 in her right eye), glasses are needed to correct the astigmatism.  He is hopeful that the astigmatism will correct itself over time & she will eventually grow out of glasses, but that is not a given.  However, if she does not get glasses right now, her eyes would definitely get worse.

I am so happy to say that Ashby is ECSTATIC to get glasses & loved trying all of them on yesterday!  That makes me sigh a BIG sigh of relief, because that means that she will willingly wear them everyday.  Plus, she is excited to look 'just like me'!  I loved hearing her say that to me yesterday!  My little mini-me!

Her new glasses should arrive in about 2 weeks & we cannot wait to see our beautiful baby girl in them, and hopefully correct that right eye of hers!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Cinderella & Doc McStuffins!

The girls had a great Halloween!  They didn't dress up/celebrate at school, however, after dinner they had some fun!

First stop was to the neighborhood Amenities Center where they had a little Halloween Party for the kids.  There was face painting, pumpkin decorating & lots of yummy treats.  We came too late for the costume contest, but *I* think they wore the cutest costumes of the whole group!

After some fun & a visit with our neighbors, we headed out to trick or treat.  Unfortunately, there are still too few completed houses in our neighborhood, so we headed to the neighborhood across the street where there were plenty of homes for the girls to choose from.  The girls were in heaven & I told Marc I felt like this was the first year BOTH girls really got into trick or treating!  Not to mention, it was the first year we didn't have to traipse through the rain nor layer the girls up nice & warm to battle the cold WA weather.  We definitely enjoyed the nice, dry weather!  

The girls had a great Halloween & got a lot of treats!  And I spy some yummy chocolate candy that may or may not be snatched up & {secretly} eaten!

And just for fun, here's a look back at the past few Halloweens!  My, how they've grown!!!