Fun with Cousins

We were able to meet up with some of our cousins on my side of the family. We don't get to see them too often. (Especially when Adley keeps coming up with some kind of sickness the day before one of their birthday parties!!) Anyway, they were headed to Incredible Pizza and we met up with them there. Thanks for the invite! We had fun! FYI - Jaylyn used her tickets to buy some "slime". As I figured, Adley already managed to get a big glob of it stuck in Jaylyn's carpet. But, I was able to scrape most of it up and then use the trusty Spot Bot to clean the rest. :)

Left to right: Mylee, Hailee's friend Maggie, Hailee, Jaylyn, Adley, Eli

Preschool Luau

The next preschool day after Jaylyn's graduation, they had a fun luau day just like last year. Adley didn't throw up this time thankfully. :) Jaylyn remembered that from last time. Some things leave lasting impressions, I guess. Ha! The weather was perfect and the kids had a blast.

Making leis

Hula Hoop

Limbo!

Hot "Coconut"

Digging for treasure (later Adley enjoyed the sand immensely. She and her friend Paige liked throwing it at each other. Let's just say, Adley needed a bath as soon as we got home.
The sand was everywhere)

Cupcakes and Hawaaiin Punch

Adley enjoyed her cupcake too!

Yum!

Delicious!

Hooray for blue icing!

The girls spent some free time searching for SNAILS! There are lots at the preschool and for some reason, the girls, not the boys, were most excited about getting the snails. Jaylyn's friends were rubbing off on her. She even wanted to hold them.

Adley was too interested destroying the ant hills.

And removing the ants from their home.

So sweet, huh?

The class

One more game with water balloons.

These are Jaylyn's closest friends from preschool. From left to right: Sarah, Jaylyn, Shanan, and Addison. Jaylyn and Shanan started off together since they were both kind of quiet and a little nervous. Then Sarah latched on to Jaylyn. Addison is a good friend from church. These girls had a great time this year.

Happy Days Are Here Again

Well, it is that time of year for the cute "Happy Days Ice Cream Shoppe" in our town to be open. A lot of times we will walk there, but this particular evening, TJ had sympathy on me and drove us there. :) The girls love it and so do we.

I scream, You scream, We all scream for Ice Cream!

The girls were really in to sharing. So, they had to move next to each other.

Then Jaylyn decided she really liked Adley's the best.
So, she just ate out of Adley's and Adley ate out of both.

Preschool Graduation

It is hard to believe, but Jaylyn's preschool time has ended. She has enjoyed two years at Zion Christian Preschool here in town. We were blessed to have this preschool very close to our house AND have our pastor's wife as her preschool teacher! And she was able to spend her first year there at the same time as cousin Malaine. How nice! She has changed a lot since her first day there two years ago. She really depended on Malaine a lot that first year to feel secure. If she arrived before Malaine, she would hang out by the door just waiting for Malaine to get there. But, this year, she really came out of her shell. She made two new good friends and talked and played with all the others. She is now comfortable and secure there. She has loved going to preschool. Most of all, I have loved what she has learned at chapel time. So, here are the pics from her preschool graduation. (which TJ thinks is hilarious. ha!)

Walking in. . .

Singing for us. Jaylyn really wanted to do a good job singing their songs.

Singing some more. (after her hat got knocked off)

Getting her "diploma"

Some who were able to come and see the graduation.

With Great Grandma Geist

With Great Papa Geist

With Ms. Sheila

So, Kindergarten here we come. Actually, after much prayer and research and reading, we have decided to home school. We are excited and I know we will have our hard days. But, right now, that is where we are headed. It is very nice that we have so many friends and family members that are also home schooling. There are LOTS of resources and a huge home school group that we will be participating with nearby. That will be our "Friday School". So, a new adventure ahead that we are really looking forward to. I am excited for our kindergarten year ahead. Woohoo!

T-Ball Game

Jaylyn has been trying T-Ball out this year. I know she enjoys parts of it, but sometimes her anxiety gets the best of her. :) She is not really convinced that she will want to play any more after this year. But, we will see how it goes now that they are playing games. She really tried to get out of this game! But, she had no choice and had to give it a try. Once the end came and they had ice cream snacks for the kids, she suddenly realized that this was pretty nice. Ha! Since the games should all go the same way, it will help her to know what to expect. She will enjoy that much more! We are very proud of her giving it a try and not really knowing anyone else on the team. That is a big deal for her! Go Green Gators!

A little pitch and catch before the game.

Some running to warm up. Jaylyn is very competitive at this. She wants to be the fastest and is usually one of the first 3 or 4. Although, in this picture, she had a slow start and was not happy about it, I don't think. Hee hee!

Lining it up

In the "pitcher" position.

More Bathroom Progress

We have finally made huge bathroom progress - and just in time! With 5 more weeks before baby comes, I can stop waddling down the stairs to pee at night. And we can finally start to get tubs of towels and cleaning products away from beside the bed and get the baby bassinet upstairs in it's place. TJ worked hard throughout this week to get the tile finished and the grout finished. Although, we still need it sealed. And he got it all painted so that Super Tim could put in our toilet and sink this weekend. So, now, all that is left is all those finishing touches. But, right now, I am just thankful I can pee in there! :)

Moving along. Tim and TJ and his dad worked together to get the floor finished.

Jaylyn was very excited to help paint.

Jaylyn enjoyed painted for about 5 minutes

Paint!

Baseboard heat put in by my dad. And potty by Tim!

View from window.

Shower

View from door

TJ cleaning up

Girly Girls

I was moving closet stuff around and looked over at the girls who were playing and this is what I saw. . .

Jaylyn had taken a blanket to wrap around Adley like a cape at the hair salon. She was fixing Adley's curly locks. It really was adorable.

Adley really enjoys Jaylyn's creative play and has really started to
come up with some great stuff herself.

What will it be like when we add another girl in this mix??? :)

No photos, please

Sometimes you are just not in the mood to pose for a picture with your sister.

Awana Commencement

We started Jaylyn in Awanas at church this year. She has absolutely enjoyed it. She is feeling much more confident and comfortable in that kind of setting this year. And of course, hiding more of God's word in her heart each week is super. :) Here are a couple pics from the commencement.

Jaylyn proud of her achievement.

Up front for her attendance prize.

Hanging out with Malaine through the end of the ceremony.

She is now excited to move from Cubbies to Sparks!