Hey, Tooth Fairy!!

It happened. FINALLY. Those are Ava's words, not mine. Ava has been chomping at the bit to lose a tooth. So many of her peeps have lost one, but not her. She has had a pretty lose tooth for awhile. But was afraid it would hurt to come out. We were tickling and playing around and all of her sudden her tooth was sticking straight out. I made her go to the bathroom for the final tug. She wouldn't let me near it. Ha! And a few minutes later, this happened.

My girl lost her tooth. She grabbed her tooth pillow, brushed it clean for the tooth fairy, and snuggled into bed. 

She was pretty pleased with her $2 the next morning. 

And stay tuned. The tooth right next to it? Any day. 

#houghtalinggirls

We are in the full swing of school, schedules, and homework. Ava is doing really well. She isn't loving how much work needs to be done. I'm not sure what she thought school was for! Her biggest struggle is Math. She just needs confidence in herself. She goes in so nervous but always ends up with an awesome grade! She has had two spelling tests and got a 100% on both! So proud of my girl! 

We got the pleasure of stopping (very quickly) and meeting our new friends Jia and Eden. Jia has been in her forever home for about a month now. Addy is missing from the picture because she was too interested in the contents of the garage. Ha! 

We had a bit of cooler weather this past week and I didn't check before we left the house. So Addy had to sport what I had in the car. Even if it says Ava on the back. 

I took a "work from home" day and surprised Ava Kate at lunch at school. I didn't even let on that this was a plan. The surprise on her face will make me a happy person for the rest of my time. 

One of the awesome spelling tests!!

Grocery shopping is so much better when you find things like this. Addy carried this box around all day. No joke. 

#Shareacoke with my SIS!!

This girls. This is a common look around our house. 

Practicing her skills with the church kids!

I had to do some work one night after dinner. And my mini me decided to pull out the little notebook and work herself. 

And we had to send Holly off to college. We knew all summer it was coming but I wasn't ready. She is only an hour away so I definitely see visits in our future!

 Friday night dinner out and we let Ava Kate pick. So Famous Daves BBQ it was. I had french fries. Ha!

Shower and Swimming!

We had a super fun weekend!! On Saturday we had our cousin, Noelle's bridal shower. She is getting married next weekend!

My sweet girls and the bride to be!

We even got to spend some time with cousin, Erika

On Sunday I got to hang with these awesome girls. 

The girls and I decided we needed to have one last summer swim party for our FCC friends! We had a wonderful time. 

Well, maybe some more than others. 

And then maybe it was just too much fun. She didn't even make it through dinner. Poor baby was exhausted. 

We are slowly saying goodbye to summer. And we're just not ready. 

Go Genoa!!!

And football season has started! We headed to Genoa campus Friday for the first game. Ava was so excited! They a big deal about it at school so she was really in the spirit! However, you will see no pictures of Ava. Because she sat a few rows up with her friends. Obviously, we aren't good enough for her! Ha!

And I absolutely adore this picture of Addy. In the top 5 for sure!

Unfortunately, Genoa wasn't able to pull off the win. But it's still great to be a Comet!!!

Addy Grace Moves Up!

This past week our FOUR year old was officially moved up to the FOUR year old room. This is always so emotional for me. Especially saying goodbye to Lisa again. Lisa was Ava's teacher when she came home from China and also Addy's teacher when she came home. We love her lots.

Lisa is on the right and Rachel is on the left. I'm so thankful for these fine teachers. 

But...we have moved to the big girl room and she has done awesome! She is really like Miss Kelly and Tom, the guinea pig. Ha!

Friday Night Lights!

I had heard from a friend of a friend that The University of Toledo was having a free movie night for kids at the foot ball field, known as The Glass Bowl. We decided to stop and grab a bite to eat on the way there.

It was so cool! They had bounce houses, games, coloring stations, and the entire football team was there to sign autographs. 

After the fun and games, we settled in to watch the movie. They were showing Wreck it Ralph. 

The girls had a wonderful time! It was great fun!!

Ava Kate Goes to First Grade!!!

I blinked and Ava Kate started 1st grade. How does time move so quickly?? Whew...

Monday night was Open House. John was working so I got a sitter for Addy. 

We headed straight to her room and met her teacher, Mrs. Avers. 

We found her desk and picked up her Comet folder. 

We visited the Art Room where the teacher brought out the chop she has from China! Ava and Emmett enjoyed it!

They had free pizza in the cafe' but the line was super long and we needed to get Addy. So we swung through and said hello to our friends.

Ava with Mya and Stella

On Tuesday night we packed her lunch. This year I bought the Yumbox. And we LOVE it!! It helps break up the sandwich, chips, and cookie. This gives us a more balanced lunch and forces me to choose different options. 

We woke up Wednesday as a bundle of nerves! Everyone was told the night before that pictures were at 7:40. Ha! The dealings of an OCD mom. 

This still gets me. 

Class of 2027

Her awesome backpack from The Feathers!

Here comes the bus!!

And because, again, I'm that mom. Off to the school we went to watch her get off the bus! 

We were thrilled to see Sophie in her class again!! 

All ready to go!

After we left I went to work and Addy went to school. But Daddy was off so he went back to the school to have lunch with her!

She came home from school and was super excited! I would say a success first day. We are back to lunches, homework, and stricter schedules. But we're ready! Come on 1st grade, we are ready!!