Arianna is FIVE!

 

I’m so behind on blogging so the next few posts will have many more pictures than words.  Must get these post done before I have a four year old again!

Arianna was very excited to turn five and thought that being five gave her the ability to do so much more and to be so much bigger.  She thought I didn’t need to walk her to her class anymore, that she was taller in her carseat and that’s why the sun wasn’t shining in her eyes, and thought it was no longer necessary to hold hands crossing the street.  I let her have a little leeway on her birthday, but let’s just say all of these things are not still the norm.

We took cupcakes to Arianna’s class, she had balloons delivered to her class, and we had a princess birthday party that night with family.

  

 

 

Happy 5th Birthday sweet Arianna!  We are so thankful for you and just can’t help but love you more and more everyday!

First Timers

 

Courtesy of Papa and Mimi, we took Arianna and Bernie to their first big league game – Rays vs. Orioles.  We only sat and watched the game for 4 innings, there is just so much other fun stuff to do around the field. 

Pre-game

 

Hitting up all the activities around the field….

Sitting pretty for a caricature drawing.       

 

Enjoying the close up seats

 

Couldn’t skip batting practice

 

Our cheering must have helped – Rays won 8-1!

There are definitely 2 new Rays fans in the house, but only for 4 innings and a lot of stadium adventures!

Survival Kit

 

This is what the teacher gave the parents as we walked away from our children on their first day of school.

 

And this is what we found inside:

Kleenex, Hershey “kisses”, a magnet with the teacher’s info and a little note that reads

I will miss you today, but Mrs. Nigh and Mrs. Lazzeri will take very good care of me.  I packed you a few things to help you this morning. I love you and will see you in the car line at 11:30.

Very creative!  And I haven’t cried….yet.

First Day of School

 

Arianna started VPK – Voluntary Pre Kindergarten – today.

I waited until this morning to tell her that today was the first day.  I wanted her to get a good night’s rest.

 

She said she is ready to go back tomorrow.  I think Bernie liked the alone time with Daddy and is ready for his sister to go back too. 

Hot Day

 

In an effort to keep cool, we brought out the slip ‘n slide yesterday.  Other than wasting a tons of water, it’s a lot of fun for the kids.  They get covered in grass and dirt and absolutely LOVE it!  We got cleaned up and headed to Chick-fil-A for some lunch.  The cow was out, but Arianna did not cry even one time.  She didn’t want to get close to him or let him look at her, but we are making improvements.  Mimi and Papa praised her for being so brave this time.

 

The kids got to pick out some candy for our movie night later on, but only get the candy if they eat their dinner (which is always a struggle for Bernie and never for Arianna).  Arianna finished her dinner and we were waiting on Bernie to finish his before any candy was opened.  I glanced at Bernie’s corn dog to see how much he had left (about half) and then 2 seconds later he told me he ate it all.  It just so happens that Domino was suddenly chowing down on something.  Obviously I put 2 and 2 together and guess who gave their dinner to the dog?!!?  Bernie was smiling and still told me he ate it all.  Someone’s candy remains unopened. 

Marty came home early from work last night, actually right after that happened.  He couldn’t help but think it was funny.  I guess it was a pretty smart move….too bad I never had an indoor dog to give my Tijuana casserole to.

bye bye long locks

 

Marty took Arianna to get her hair cut today.  It’s been about 2 years and from all the swimming this summer it was definitely dried out from the chlorine. 

It’s a little longer than shoulder length and looks really good.  Before I saw it, I was a little upset that we got that much chopped off because I have always loved LONG hair, but once I saw it, I realized it looks so fresh and not stragly anymore.

This weekend we will load up on a few school supplies during our tax free weekend and get Arianna all set to start preschool.  I’m thinking about not telling her the exact day school will start so she will sleep that night.  As a child, I never slept well the night  before the first day of school, so I’m hoping that trait didn’t get passed on to her.

Bernie has been telling me that he is going to school too.  It will be nice for him and Marty to have some father/son bonding time while Arianna is at school (but not too much since her school only goes from 8:15 – 11:15).  I think Marty will do “school” for him at home to give him some of that individualized attention. 

We are thinking about signing Bernie and possibly Arianna up for some sort of soccer or team game that will start in the fall.  Most “games” are on Friday nights, which really won’t allow Marty to attend, so we will have to wait and see.

I would really like to increase the frequency of my blog posts, but I can’t promise anything.  Most of the time they will be about our day, but I like this blog, not necessarily for entertainment but a way for me to record the kids day to day activities, so when they are all grown up I have something easy to look back on.

Swimmers

 

After 6 weeks of swim lessons, we have 2 great swimmers who no longer need floaties or really much assistance in the water.

Take a look or yourself:

swimming across the pool

 

They are so grown UP!