Charlotte's First Day of Preschool

Charlotte started Preschool today.  She is going five days a week for 3 hours each day.  She said goodbye to me and was off to play.  She has three friends/neighbors with her in the same class: Hailey, Jocelyn, & Isabella.  She got to paint, have a snack, and play outside. 

Andie's First Day of Kindergarten

The first day of school is exciting and scary for parents and their kids.  When I dropped off Andie, she was too excited to be sad.  We talked with Mrs. Ladd and Mrs. Oliver, and then after saying the pledge we (the parents) were asked to leave.  Andie, along with one other girl, are in a reading group.  She can read quite well already.  I have a paper that asks me to have her read the "sight words" for the first week (which are "I & am").  I pointed to the place I wanted her to read and she said, "What are your sight words for the week?".  I think she knows I & am already :)

Our Home in Mannheim

Our neighbor has this really great family blog, and I don't know why I haven't started this before now.  I thought we would begin by sharing a few pictures of our home.  There may be some pictures posted that are out of order, but better late than never...

 We share the duplex with another family... the MacDonalds.

We have a bird feeder out front, and the birds are quite greedy.  We fill it almost everyday.

Charlotte likes to jump across the speed bumps in the middle of the road.  Check out her new red sparkle shoes.  I want her to be Dorothy (she has the shoes!) but she wants to be Flash.