How is it possible that I have a kid in kindergarten? Most of the
time I still feel like I Just got out of high school. I totally should
not have a five year old! When Makella started preschool, I was just
really excited for her to go, but kindergarten is different! I have been
pretty nervous about it. I am just sad to see my little girl growing
up so much. But like it or not, today was the day! Ella has been more
than excited to go to school and she was so ready! She woke up this
morning at 6:30 and got dressed right away in the outfit she had chosen
last night to wear. Then the next 2 and 1/2 hours were torture for
her. She could hardly stand the waiting. It was finally time and we
all walked her to school since its not too far from our house. They
lined them all up in their lines and she had to wait for her teacher to
come out. She had her eyes locked on the doors waiting for her to come
out. While in line, she made sure to tell me that I couldn't stand in
line with her because she wanted to be to do it all by herself...But I
was allowed to take pictures. The bell rang, she blew kisses, waved and
then embarked on her kindergarten journey!
I went
home and sat on the couch and was not sure what to do, I decided that I
don't like not having my girl around every morning. But now I get to
have a little more time to focus on the things that Noah likes to do. It
will be good for everyone, I think.
I went back to
pick her up and when she ran up to me the first thing she said was, "My
day was Awesome!!" So I think that school is a hit. :) She had such a
good time and already knew a couple of girls in the class which just
made it all that much better.
I am so proud of Makella
and the little girl that she is. She is so kind to everyone around her
and is also such a fun girl who absolutely loves to laugh and have fun. I
hope that she can be challenged enough in the classes and enjoy
learning and I also hope she can be a good example to the kids around
her. I know she will be so great in school and I'm happy to see such a
great start to her school days.
After I found out I was pregnant, it was only a few weeks later that I found out my sister was pregnant too! Our due dates were only about 4 weeks apart. It was fun to call her all the time and talk/complain/compare everything about our pregnancies. She has been there for both of my kids' birth and I was there right after she had dixie, but we were due too close to do that again. Instead I got to go down there after I had Asher to see her new baby. Asher was born early and Willa was born a little late, so they ended up being about 6 weeks apart. I left right after Asher's blessing and it was just me and the baby. My mother in law came up from Utah to help Jon take care of the kids while I was gone. I am so grateful that she did that, so I could go see my sister. My mom was also there and it was so great to just hang with them! (And really relaxing to feel like I only had one kid for a few days, it seems so easy without 2 other little kids to chase around.) Asher did really good on the plane even when I missed my first flight and was held back awhile. We finally made it and being at Wendy's house was so great! I feel like I got to know Dixie so much better and she is such a fun little girl. I loved playing with her and hearing all the cute things she says.
If you know me at all, its no surprise that I kinda love animals. We
haven't lived anywhere that would allow us get any kind of pet, and Ive
learned to live with that. But lately Ive been really really
wanting to get a pet of some sort. Jon has a lot more sense when it
comes to things like that, so Long story short, after much annoyance and
pestering, I finally convinced Jon that getting a hamster would be
great for Makella. :) Give her something to do and take care of and be
responsible for. Ive never really had a hamster and was nervous because
I thought they all just bite and weren't very nice, but this hamster is
so cute and nice and never bites. Even after being manhandled by a five
year old. I've grown quite fond of her. Ella decided to name her Emma
and noah really wanted to name her too, so we let him pick her last
name. He chose Gamzy (no clue where that came from) So now we have our
Emma Gamzy and life is a little more fun :) Its fun to see Ella learn how to hold her and take of her and have her own little buddy. Ella still has a bit of learning to do but Im happy to say that after being given a bath, locked in a very small drawer of a jewelry box(for who knows how long), being dropped a couple times, and squeezed a little too hard....she is still alive :)
