Jive 2018 with our little Bumblebee dancer!

We don’t have an apricot tree, but we still get popcorn popping in our yard.  It’s a favorite spot for fun pictures.  Here are some from this year on Mother’s day.

We finally did it.  One night when Kathryn was off at Orchestra, I took the girls to Walmart and we went bike shopping.  This ultimate pink princess girls bike, complete with streamers, heart pedals, and a super duper cool Mini Mouse Car Seat was the winner that we brought home.  And Ashley loves it!  Eliza was pretty bummed that she didn’t get a new bike, and even went so far as to call me a “mean dad!”  However, I reminded her of that really cool, new, blue motorcycle balance bike that she got for Christmas.  Yes, that same bike that she got and said “that’s not my bike!”  She cheered up when she thought about that bike and realized that life wasn’t so bad after all.  I’m thrilled to report that she has really taken to that bike and I just love watching her ride it.  I love her blond curls sticking out from her helmet. Love love love it!  Now when we go on family walks, we’re the slow ones while the girls zoom off ahead and have to wait for us.  Check out this photo evidence of just how much fun these girls are having on their bikes!

This is the summer of bike.  Check out the smile on this girl!

Remember back last September when Ashley started preschool…
https://kandldesign.com/2017/09/27/summer_dreams/

Well, it’s already been a whole school year and this girl has finished her first year of preschool.  Here she was on day one:

And here she is one day done:

She really has had a blast and has learned a lot. She loved her teacher Miss Teresa. Miss T was everything that childhood memories are made of.

And here she is with her best bud Jackson. These two had a blast being in school together.