First Day of School

The hair, the clothes, the backpack- it was Savannah's first day of 1st grade. She hopped out of bed at 7am and had a very specific vision of how she wanted her hair, clothes, etc. Thank goodness she was happy with the end result. What a cutie! She caught the bus at 8:30 am and got home at 4pm- it felt like a very long day for us but she loved it and is ready to "eat lunch in the cafeteria again tomorrow".

Savannah and Breanna ready to catch the bus.

Its a ......

We went today for our ultrasound and found out that we are having a ......BOY! What?! This will definitely be a major switch for us. With our 3 girls we all were expecting another little girl, but we'll have fun with a little boy in the house :)

The monsters

Meet Stella and Flower (little one) the monsters. The big monster, Stella, was Savannah’s first sewing project. I thought I’d let her try sewing on fabric yesterday since she has been sewing on paper all summer long. I was amazed at how well she did. She sewed the entire body by herself (or little to no help from me)- all I did was sew the eyes on and make it a quick apron. Pretty good for a 6 year old. My niece Breanna sewed the little monster. She did a great job also.
When Dan saw the monster he told Savannah that he thought monsters were too scary. Savannah thought this was pretty funny and when we went to bed last night she had them hidden under Dan’s pillow. Savannah- you made your dad scream.

A day with Grandma Malan

Yesterday the girls and I spent the day with Grandma Malan. We had a picnic, went to Cleo’s Museum (an outdoor still life museum), and fed the ducks. We enjoyed getting out of the house for the day, and we had a great time.

Savannah & Paige mimicking the little frog with binoculars.

Savannah with a wart hog and a giraffe.The girls loved feeding the ducks- we started out with 4 and within minutes there were 40.