A Day with Mrs. B.!

We had an amazing day yesterday! I think anyone would say it was a rare treat! The girls' Kindergarten teacher invited us to spend the day at her house. Mrs. B. is a great teacher and we are so grateful that the girls had her for their Kindergarten year! If all progresses as planned, she will be the girls' First Grade teacher next year too! We couldn't be happier!

Mrs. B has horses! Imagine our delight when we discovered this the first day of school! It was a match made in heaven between Mrs. B. and Emily! Below are the girls meeting Diesel. Mrs. B. has 3 horses but to make things easier the girls rode one horse- Bart. They each got a chance to brush Bart before saddling up. Emily was in heaven! The girls put their helmets on and were ready to go! Mrs. B introduced us to many people and animals along the path. She is patient, sweet and "gets" the girls and their individual personalities. They rode two at a time and switched out along the way. Grammie and I walked with whomever didn't ride- but Emily usually walked with Mrs. B., helping. There are peacocks everywhere- we saw quite a few males showing off their stuff to the ladies. Below we are returning from our adventure (notice the peacock on the roof!) The girls give Bart a well deserved treat! Maddie and Bart now have a special connection... While getting some solo riding time Bart almost rolled over on Maddie while she was riding him. Mrs. B was able to stop him from doing so, but the result was a buck and Maddie fell off. It was scary- but she is ok! After some TLC and rest, she was a trooper and got back on him for the ride back to the house. I am very proud of her for being so brave. We kept an eye on her the rest of the day (thank goodness she had her helmet on!) and gave her some Tylenol before bed. She was up and at 'em today- she's one tough cookie!
To finish the day we BBQ'ed hot dogs and then went for a swim in Mrs. B's pool. It really was a wonderful day and we are so grateful to Mrs. B. for having us at her home. It's not often you come across a teacher like Mrs. B.!!!!

We're still here- Part 2!

Yikes! It's been awhile since I've ventured over here. Valentine's Day to be exact! After taking this "short" blogging break- I am back and hoping to get on track with regular posting again. I have missed it! I have lots to share but I think rather than trying to go backwards and catch up- I will just start with the present and add updates here and there?? We'll try it and see how it goes!
First up? We have FIRST GRADERS in the house! The girls finished their Kindergarten year with tears in their eyes because they didn't want to stop going to school and seeing their teacher Mrs. B every day. Warms my heart to hear that since education is SO important to us and we want the girls to love school! Several tears later, Mrs. B and I reassured them that this wasn't the end- 1) we are going to Mrs. B's house TOMORROW to ride her horses and hang out in her pool (very cool and special!) and 2) Mrs. B is going to be their First Grade teacher next year!!! YAY!!!!!The girls have grown up so much this year- no more babies/toddlers/preschoolers in this house! They are little people now- with opinions and we are for sure busier than ever. (is it easier? yes- but busier- if that makes sense?)

So for now I will leave you with the girls Spring pictures from April and our family portraits from church taken in January.

EMILY ASHLEY MADELINE