No more babies.......first day of kindy and preschool

Well, one person cried at drop off today for Ava's first day of kindergarten and Sophie's first day of preschool and it wasn't mommy, Ava or Sophie......poor daddy had a hard time. Both girls were so excited and had a great time and are COMPLETELY worn out this evening. Ava was absolutely exhausted when we picked her up this afternoon but both girls are eager to return! When we dropped Ava off she said, "don't worry guys, you don't have to miss me too much, you'll see me again this afternoon!" :)

Disney World 2009

Just returned home from a fabulous trip to Walt Disney World! What better place to celebrate Ava turning 5 (my b-day too) and the girls heading off to school....sniff, sniff :( We stayed for 6 HOT days and covered lots of territory and here are a few highlights. Ava spent her b-day having breakfast at Cinderella's castle, getting the "royal" treatment at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and transformed into Princess Jasmine and dancing with Prince Charming after dinner. Sophie decided she didn't want the Bibbidi Bobbidi makeover but she really enjoyed herself and finally warmed up to the characters. She still denied Peter Pan, Prince Charming, the Mad Hatter and Cinderella's stepmother any hugs. She LOVED the "It's a small world after all" boat ride, so we had to do that one twice. It rained a few times when we were there and Ava said, "I thought that it never rained at Disney World?" LOL! She said she wants to live there and we told her that we would have to start playing the lottery if that was going to ever happen :) A big thank you to Aunt Bev for going with us and making the girls several Disney outfits. They were just darling. Sophie had a strong attraction to Jiminey Cricket and Chip & Dale and Ava was very happy to finally meet Pochahontas. We filled 4 autograph books and have over 500 pictures, here are a few. I will post more later.

The girls start kindergarten and preschool in the morning.....wish mommy and daddy luck!

Ava's 5th birthday party!

Ava had a GREAT 5th birthday party yesterday. She won't turn 5 for a few more days but she wanted to have party with her friends before we left for Disney. She decided on a Hello Kitty theme and MaMa did a great job making her Hello Kitty cake. Ava loved having her friends Phoebe, Leah, Caroline, Charlotte and Nathan over for games and fun. Ava's "big" gift was her first American Girl doll, Julie, from Aunt Bev and she got other great gifts including a jaguar kitty costume, Julie's pet cat, a gift card to use at WDW from her friends, an easy bake oven, Ice Agee Wii game and a wheelchair/glasses for Julie. She even got a replica of her favorite Matilda Jane dress for Julie! Thanks to everyone and we are so excited to head to WDW tomorrow for more birthday celebrations and a much needed vacation. Stay tuned for those pictures! Also, the girls met their new teachers last week and are very excited for their first day of kindergarten/preschool on 8/31.