First Day of School!!

I'm a little behind on this post but we have had a crazy busy week!  I have a feeling it is just the beginning as our calendar keeps filling up! 

Ashley had her very first day of preschool on Thursday!  When we got there she was a little nervous when we started walking in to school and she asked me to hold her - who am I to refuse that?  I know it won't be much longer and she won't want anything to do with me so I better take advantage.  When we walked in side we immediately found her buddy Will and Ashley was excited to see Will's dad Matt (or as Ashley calls him Mr. Map Will Daddy).  She has a serious crush on him - it's sort of creepy :)

We all waited outside the classroom until Mrs. Jackie opened the door and we dropped the kids off one at a time.  Ashley went in fine but after a few minutes in the classroom she tried to escape!  Heather and I were still standing out in the hallway waiting for the new parent meeting and I see her scurrying out the door.  I panicked and tried to hide behind Heather, which is funny in itself considering Heather is a tiny size 0!  It probably looked like a tree stump trying to hide behind a toothpick :)  Mrs. Jackie corralled her back in and everything was fine.

After the meeting Heather and I decided we should just go to Target and shop to deal with our children's first day of school for the rest of their lives!!!  So Heather, Caroline and I roamed around Target until it was time to go pick up the kids.

When we went and picked up the kids they were so excited and Mrs. Jackie said they had a great day!  They had a few criers in the class but luckily Ashley wasn't one of them.  I'm sure the fact that she goes to daycare helps since she knows the routine.  She told me later in the day that she wanted to go back so it sounds like it was a success!

Preschool Orientation

This morning Ashley had preschool orientation and got to see her new classroom, meet her teachers Mrs. Jackie and Mrs. Cindy and make some new friends.  She was pretty shy at first but it didn't take too long for her to open up and relax.  She was a little upset that her best buddy Will wasn't in her orientation session but we did run in to them in the parking lot and she wanted to go back in with Will and do orientation again!

I am excited for her to start and think it is going to be a lot of fun and really good for her.  I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast!!!  Her first official day is Thursday.

After orientation we had our last Occupational Therapy session with Miss Becky.  Since Ashley is going to be in school we decided to take a break - hopefully for good!  She got to put her hand print on the wall of fame again and this time she chose purple.  I am so proud of her and what she has accomplished in the last two years of therapy :)  We will miss Miss Becky but we are excited for our next journey!

O-H-I-O!!!!!!

This weekend we went to my favorite place on Earth...ATHENS OHIO!!!!  We usually just go to the Homecoming game but we decided to buy the family season pack this year and will go to at least two games.  We took Papaw Dilbert with us for the game and Ashley had fun hanging out with him all by herself!  She absolutely loved the cheerleaders and Rufus (or Rupus to her) the Bobcat.  She had her picture taken with me and Rufus - I thought for sure she would be freaked out by him but seriously, look at that huge smile!!!  After the picture was taken she said "I love the Bobcat!"  Yes Ashley, it is in your blood to love Ohio University!!!

 

 

Loved getting down with the Marching 110 too!  The best band in the land!!! 

 

 

 

Today Ashley and I went to Nisbet Park so she could play some and then we got a Hawaiian Ice to celebrate the end of summer.  Ashley has Orientation tomorrow for preschool and she has her first day of class on Thursday. 

 

 

Tonight was the start of Ladies Bible Study.  We had it at my friend Heather's house.  It was so nice to meet some new people and I am looking forward to the next six weeks of getting to know these women a little better.  It is so much easier doing life with others that know what you are going through!

 

While I was away daddy and Ashley ran a few errands and they went to the store and Ashley got to pick out another toy for filling up her potty chart with stickers.  She picked a Thomas the Train track and train.  Justin said she was pretty excited about it!  She was already in bed by the time I got home tonight so I didn't get to see her in action but Justin took this picture.  He said she was in heaven :)

 







Painting Cabinets and Potty Training

So much for not laboring on Labor Day weekend!  I have been wanting to paint our ugly oak kitchen cabinets for a while now but I kept putting it off thinking it was going to be a major pain.  It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be - seems to be like that with a lot of things I procrastinate on!  I am super excited to get it all put back together and the finished project but we are going to let everything sit for a week so we make sure it is good and dry.  I will post pictures after it is all done.  Our next project is putting in a back splash too.

Other then the cabinet project we did get to have some fun over the weekend and we have made serious progress on the potty training too - THANK GOD!!!  We still have a few accidents but at least we are going on the potty! 

We all went out for dinner on Friday to a restaurant called Smoq and had some really good BBQ.  On Saturday we went down to Findley Market and met up with Uncle Jason and Tanya down there.  We got to hang out with them for a little bit and bought some yummy food we are going to have for dinner tonight!  Sunday we had the Dilbert family picnic and we got to see my Uncle Jeff and Aunt Barb who were in from Minnesota.  Yesterday we finished up with our last coat of paint on the cabinets and cleaned the house.  We just hung out around the house and Papaw Platt came to visit Ashley.  We were planning on going to the bike trail and go for a ride but the rain didn't let up so Ashley and Papaw just played in her playroom.

Overall we had a great weekend and I am happy to have a home improvement project checked off the to-do list!!!