Mallory R.O.C.K.s!

Mallory won the R.O.C.K award for her class for the month of January! R.O.C.K. stands for responsibility, organization, character, and knowledge.

 

We couldn't be prouder!

First Day of Kindergarten!

Hey, friends and family! It sure has been a long time since my last post...and so MUCH has been going on! Good thing I see most of the people who read this blog on a regular basis or y'all would have no clue what was going on in our lives. Are you following along on Instagram? I barely even find the time to share pics there ~ and I was doing pretty good for a little while.

We sure have had a busy and exciting summer to say the least, but hands down the most exciting thing that has happened around here in a long time is Anna Claire and Mallory starting kindergarten. I am so happy to report that tomorrow marks the one~and~a~half week point and they love it! Most of it, at least. We are still working out a few things like our morning routine, car rider line, making new friends,...but it hasn't even been two weeks, so I'd say we're ALL doing pretty awesome!

Here are just a few pics from the first day. NO TEARS...from any of us! I like to say that's because we all had a pretty rough time at meet the teacher {a little overwhelming to say the least}. I'm glad we all had that chance to get the butterflies out of our tummies, so we could start the first day on the right foot!!

Here's to a great year in kindergarten! {fingers crossed.}

Look Out Kindergarten, Here They Come!

 

Anna Claire and Mallory had kindergarten testing bright and early Monday morning ~ 7:30am ~ before their end~of~the~year play school picnic.

 

They were so excited to go, but not so excited about mommy waking them up at 6:30 to get there on time. Luckily their new school is less than four miles from our house. Nevertheless, today was a nice test run to see how mornings might work next school year!

 

The teachers took them back one at a time and asked them questions about their letters, numbers, colors, etc. Mallory told me she read a story out of a book {???} and that she told the teacher all about the chicks next door, one of which she's named Lollipop. Huh? We have no chicks next door. After some careful questioning, I figured out she was talking about the chicks next door to Grandmom's house. ha.ha.

 

Anna Claire's testing took forever. I'm pretty sure she talked the teacher's ear off! She came out with a huge smile on her face and didn't seem worried at all when she told me she missed a couple of her letters. It was painful not to be able to go back with them, but it sounds like they did a great job. So proud of them!!