Butterfly

My recent favorite of Sierra's artwork...

She did did this on the easel at Poppa and Lala's house...approx 10 minutes after she woke up one morning. The girl could draw and color all day!

September fun

On an evening walk to the mailbox and we ran into Dusty, the horse, and his owner. I love that this happened right across from our house! Sierra was so excited but terrified at the same time - she sat just barely long enough for a photo :)

Entertaining ourselves while Reid was getting his hair cut :)

Such a big boy! He sits sooo still the whole time - it's like the cape turns him into a statue! But every time I caught his eye, he gave me a little smile - sweet boy.

Jumping princesses...and little brother. We pull out the trundle often to let the kids jump on it - they call it a trampoline bed.

What I found after sierra's rest time - she had played dress up with her animals :)

Sierra's first ever gymnastics class!

First day of school!

We met the teachers last week and ever since, Sierra has been SO excited to start school again!! Reid - not so much. He kept asking if Sierra could be in his room or if he could go to hers. Sweet and sad.

This is Sierra's 3rd year (crazy!) and Reid's 1st. Daddy went with us and Sierra was really shy, not wanting to let go of Mommy's arm. But of course she did great and loved it - in her words, "it was pretty cool!". Reid whined for just a second, went in to his teacher's arms and didn't even cry! What a big boy! He did great too, but didn't nap - no surprise, especially since he's only napping 50% of the time at home anyway.

I feel very thankful and blessed by their teachers this year already. I just can't believe how big our kiddos are!

Here are a few "before" shots of the first day...I think Reid was in denial - he would  not even touch his backpack and kept scooting farther away from it...it was quite amusing (to us)

Sand "box"

Who needs the beach when you have a sand "box" (i.e. volleyball court) at the park down the street!

They had a blast!

Kisses

The kids were in the cart at Target and out of nowhere Reid just started giving Sierra kisses - first on her shoulder and then on her cheek. It was the sweetest thing! And it made her smile and giggle each time!

I hope they always love each other this much and even more as they grow older!!! Despite their sibling disputes, they are great friends and don't know what to do when the other one isn't around!

Cinderella

Every day Sierra is getting more and more into very girly things - princesses, fairies, unicorns, jewels, dresses, etc.

It's so intriguing to me that it seems to be innate. But I also love it!!

While Reid was taking a long nap on Saturday, I asked if she wanted to watch Cinderella with me...oh, I wish I could have captured the excitement on her face! She has only seen a few movies ever in her little life and never a princess one.

It was a very sweet and special memory...oh, and she asked at the beginning if she could hold my hand :)

Here's the photo that captures her first time ever watching Cinderella, with her Mama :). (...and yes, she loved it)

little artist

This girl could literally sit and paint/color/draw/sticker all day long!!!! She loves it and I love to see her creativity and how she improves with staying in lines and drawing scenes!

I have way too many pieces of artwork to save and too little organization to know where to put them...so I've started taking pictures. Here are a few...

I did the tree and monkey, she did the grass, flowers, centipede and sun...and her name.

She looked for pets in magazines, cut and glued them and then added her touch of crayon and stickers - she is very methodical. I love that she did the same circle and line design around each - and of course added a touch of glam to each also!

She did this all by herself during rest time!!! She was looking at these words from a puzzle and wrote/copied them! I was so impressed!! "sun, hen, fish, cat, dog"

she said this is me. :)