Little Gamecocks

Of course we had to dress the girls as little Gamecocks for the first game of the season. GOOOOO COCKS!!!!!

Three Naked and Dramatic Videos

Maya's new favorite thing is to be "Naked Baby". Doodle bug chimes in with some questions about a movie. I love these girls.

A little naked Maya causes a little naked Laney. Must be contagious.

So Delaney is once again getting into her dramatic dancing while the piano plays. Maya joins in briefly and then gets distracted by a puzzle and then Delaney goes over to play the piano.

Last Day in toddler and 3's room :(

Both girls had parties in their rooms to celebrate their last day. Maya has been with Mrs. Vickie and Ms. Meredith and has loved this class. She learned to spell her name and apparently count to 10 in here so these teachers are amazing!!! They celebrated with cheese puffs and cupcakes.

Delaney's room was festive upon arrival and the kids were excited about a party. Here are Sally and Abby jumping for joy!

The kids had one last circle time before their party. Look at their concentration while Ms. Kim reads a book. Ms. Kim says that this class was always so attentive compared to other classes and she feels like she was really "teaching" versus just trying to keep order. I love that!!

The party theme was a LEGO party and Kim got crafty and made LEGO bags for the kids along with LEGO cake. Each child got an adorable book called "I Know I Can" about a little train along his life journey.

Ms. Kim and her "love bug".

This moment made me cry because neither one of them would let go. Delaney kept kissing her cheek and telling her she loved her. It was too sweet.

And back to the toddler room where the little diva was getting her last bit of Vickie love. I feel so honored that the teachers at their daycare have really grown fond of my two girls. Vickie loved Delaney but I think she has even more love for my little Maya. The two of them have a bond too and Maya keeps Vickie in giggles all day long.

My Beautiful Bug-a-Boo

I was taking a million pics of Maya because I wanted to find a good one to put on her birthday party invitation. I ended up with a true assortment of Maya's various faces. I love them all and couldn't delete a single one. She is such a character and a beautiful funny little thing

Dave brought the kids over to go swimming and of course the two girls were stuck together like glue.

Davis did a little water gun action with the doggies.

Pajamas and EdVenture

Delaney had pajama day in class one Friday where she and her friends got to wear their PJ's to school. Delaney usually doesn't go to school on Fridays because that is when I get to have some time with my girls but I brought her to school for about an hour so she could participate.

The kids lined up to have a pajama parade. As you see Delaney brought her blankie and bunny and wore her princess slippers for the occasion. She also wore her princess pajamas with her name on it.

Dancing down the hallway during the parade.

Delaney's class did a pajama day where the kids could wear their pajamas all day. This was on a Friday when Delaney normally doesn't go to school but I let her go for an hour for circle time and then for the pajama parade past the other classes singing lullabies. Delaney loved it!

Ms. Kim loves these kids. I haven't talked a lot about her in the blog but I certainly should have. Ms. Kim is possibly Delaney's favorite person and I believe that Delaney is probably at the very top of Ms. Kim's list. They truly have a bond and Delaney spends most of the day on Ms. Kim's lap or being her "love bug". Delaney talks about Ms. Kim all of the time at home and we tend to use Kim's name for situations like "Would Ms. Kim want you to be doing that right now??". I am dreading when Delaney leaves the class, not only for my emotional well being that my child is growing up, but mostly because she won't be cuddled all day by Kim. In this hard year of moving into a new house and Delaney realizing that her baby sister was getting older and into her business, Kim has been Delaney's rock. I treasure her as a teacher and as a friend and hope she realizes how much she means to both Delaney and I. Okay....starting to well up. Just seeing someone outside of family that truly treasures Delaney is really special.

The pajama kids pose for a group shot.

After an exciting pajama morning, Randy and I took the girls to EdVenture. Maya hasn't been since we pushed her around in a stroller when she was really little so we thought it was about time we took her again. We were right. She loved it!!

Loving on a pig at the farm.

Taking care of a poor sick kitty at the animal hospital.

Delaney doing the nightly news in the TV station.

And drumming with the African drummers.

Maya....meet camel.

The butterfly exhibit is absolutely beautiful and both girls loved looking at all of the butterflies.

Finally I have a good camera where it takes no effort on my part to take beautiful pictures!! I loved being able to take these I think somewhat decent pics of the butterflies.

Maya has a laugh that can make anyone laugh. She sometimes laughs so hard it sounds like she is crying. Randy getting the dogs riled up usually puts her into hysterics.