Finally...

Just a quick post to say Savannah is sleeping in her own bed all night! I know most of you think it's five years too late, but we are happy. Each night she wakes up and gets me to go to the bathroom, then she just climbs back in her bed and snores away. She says it's because she is almost six. I can't believe she is so big.

Kindergarten!!!

I don't know how it happened, but five years flew by and Savannah started kindergarten yesterday. I have shed a few tears over it (hard to believe I know). I'm sure I wouldn't have cried if I was current on my meds, but it feels good to feel sad about it. While I hope it's not the case, I realize it is possible she will be the only child I ever send to kindergarten. I am tearing up thinking about it now. Enough of that - I will focus on how excited Savannah is about school.

Last Thursday we attended the open house at her school. She got to meet her teacher (Mrs. Morales) and find her seat. She has three friends from preschool who are in her class and I have no doubt she will make a bunch more.

I made her favorite dinner on Sunday night - chicken crescents. She ate the leftovers with a rootbeer for breakfast at 8:30 and again for lunch a few hours later.

Here she is all ready to go. Jer took most of the day off work so he could be part of the milestone. We walked with her to the playground outside of her classroom, she gave us a love and lined up saying "hello kindergarten!"

She had a great day and even got a green card to prove it. (When she gets 10 green cards she can pick out a prize from the treasure box) Today when I dropped her off at school she didn't even want me to walk her to her room. She just shouted "love you more" and ran to play with her friends. It might have made me sad if I wasn't on crutches. I can't wait to hear all about her day and hope she never loses her enthusiasm for school.

 

I really can't believe how fast she has grown up. I wish I remembered more details from when she was little. Maybe we will watch old videos of her tonight while I try not to cry.

 

 

Hello again

Yes, we are still alive.

And yes, I am still as lazy as ever.

Here is another quick update in pictures.

Daddy let Savannah make my bed and get herself ready for the day.

Since Saturday morning donut runs don't involve me,

I'm sure everyone thinks Jer is a single dad!

Here she is with the tissue cover she made all by herself on the sewing machine she got for Christmas. Last week she mended Bear-Bear's clothes for me. She's talented!

The Friend has a section where they show pictures of kids reading the magazine. Of course she wanted in on the action.

Savannah loved the cruise and trip to Florida. Her favorite parts were swimming without a life jacket and holding the baby alligator.

Here she is skipping down the street in Key West. She stopped passers-by to ask if they thought her new dress was pretty. She doesn't have a problem with confidence!

Savannah has amazing fashion sense!

This is what she wore to play in the backyard the other day.

I will leave you with a peek at Savannah's smart, funny mind.

I picked up McDonald's and met up with Tracy and Kayla at a soccer game down here.

While Savannah was dipping her french fries in ranch, I was telling Kayla about our cruise and said that Savannah was in seventh heaven. Savannah chimed in with, "Yeah, and now I'm in eighth because this ranch is so good!"

Love and miss you!