Jane, the kindergartener

Jane had a great first day of kindergarten! It was so awesome seeing her in the halls and at lunch and recess and I know she's in such great hands with her teacher and my very good friend Mrs. Reynolds! She said she already met a new friend, but she couldn't remember her name, lol!

Jane's teacher...

Grapevine Aquarium

We met my cousin Kerri and her daughter Kylie at the new aquarium in Grapevine today. It was PACKED!! Full of school field trips but the girls had a good time nonetheless. Here is a pic of the girls while we were waiting to go in...

 My friend Nancy and her daughter Jennifer and their newborn, Allison met us at the aquarium a little later. The three big girls enjoyed seeing it together.

 Here is part of our entourage with Nancy and baby Allison and Kerri pushing Jill in the stroller, then the three girls walked around together and I held Jena.

The touch tank at the end was a big hit!

A very fun outing for all the girls but boy their mommas were tired by the end!

Birthday Parties

The last two weekends we were lucky enough to go to two different birthday parties. The first of which was for my friend, Erin's little girl Sophia. She had a princess themed birthday party complete with a little castle for the kids to play in...

Jane enjoyed coloring her sword.

While Jill enjoyed fighting with hers.

She played swords with my friend Tricia's son, Atticus.

And also with some other little boys she met at the party.

Jane then enjoyed decorating her crown.

Here is the birthday girl, Sophia with her beautiful cake! So cute!

Here is Jill and a new friend inside the castle!

We had a great time at the princess birthday party! Thanks for inviting us Erin!

Side note: Erin gave all of the guests at the birthday party little favor bags with these cool necklaces inside and jewelry, the girls LOVED them. Funny thing is Jill somehow ended up with a "boy" bag and so when the girls were opening them up Jane was so excited to get an Ariel necklace and so I asked Jill which princess was on her necklace and she says excitedly, "Mine's a race car!" I had gotten an extra bag from Erin for Jena so I offered Jill to trade for a girl bag and she says, "No! I want my boy bag! I like my race car!" Ok then.

 This weekend we went to my cousin Kerri's little girl Kylie's birthday party. She had it at Sugar and Spice where the girls dress up and strut their stuff. Here's the birthday girl Kylie. Precious!

 The girls picked out their dress up outfits and got their hair and nails done. The girl put Jill's hair up in a bow (like her hair was shaped into a bow). So cute. I was worried that Jill wouldn't really be able to participate but she went right along with everything.

 Jena and Maw Maw sat watching the girls the whole time and both were very happy to do that I think.

Quick hug from a big sister!

Jane ate up every second. Dress up, hair and nails done- right up her alley!

 Jane and her cousin Kylie!

 All the birthday party guests!

The girls finished the party with a freeze dance!

So much fun! Thanks for having us Kerri!!

Legoland

Sunday we went to Legoland with my cousin Kerri and her husband J.D. and their daughter Kylie. Here are the girls right before we went in. Jill wasn't so sure about this place...

We are waiting for the doors to open for the lego factory... Jill still isn't sure.

After the factory tour there is a short ride to go on...

And then a huge playscape for the girls to run around in. It reminded me of the one at Paradise Pond if you have been there.

There were lots of things to climb and ride on made out of legos...

There are legos for the big and the little!

They have a theatre they show a couple of different 3D lego movies in.

We stopped by the Princess Parlor for some Karaoke. (You should see the video of this!- I will have to try to load it later on here or facebook!)

They have a whole room decked out with the Dallas skyline and other important local buildings made out of legos.

I had to take a pic of this one for my friend Janelle ;) Let's go Rangers!

After three hours of fun (yes, really THREE hours) at legoland we ventured into the mall for food and of course had to take a turn on the carousel!

 And then we finished the day off with some candy from a candy store called "It's Sugar".