First day of KINDERGARTEN!!!

I may just bawl through this post....my little princess is in Kindergarten....FULL day Kindergarten. As you can see above with her "you are special" plate and her smiley face pancakes, Madi is very excited for her first day. We've all heard it a million times about how quickly our kids grow up and we are always asking ourselves "where did the time go?" but seriously I can not believe she has started her school career. Okay okay she did to 3 and 4 year old preschool but that was just the fun stuff, at the time I didn't think it really counted - kind of like 2 practice runs for me :)

We actually bought her back pack last year and when she put it on with her lunch attached and water bottle it was so heavy she could hardly stand up straight. So since the first day we've purchased a more suitable light weight one for her.

We are very lucky to live right across the street from Madi's elementary school so we are able to save some gas and walk (when it's not scorching hot.....we do drive on those days). So here we are walking Madi to her first day. I didn't want a picture of my face because I was trying so hard to hold back the tears so don't be jealous of the backside picture :) There were a zillion kids and parents watching their kids and taking pictures so we decided to join in...we got to watch Madi play on the little Kindergarten playground.

When the bell rang and teacher blew the whistle all the little kiddos got their backpacks off the fence and lined up as best they could and followed their teachers into school.

Here she is (sorry it's blurry) waving and saying bye. And that was it....well except for me crying all the way home.

She had a blast the first day. She did come home hot and exhausted but very excited to go back the next day.

Preschool Christmas Party

At Madi's Preschool party for Christmas this year she got to decorate cookies, there was suppose to be one for her and one for me but some how she gobbled both of them right up :) I guess that's what happens when I'm taking the pictures and she's just "tasting them" as she told me.

She was consentrating so much on getting just the right amount of frosting on each cooking then she would take them to the decorating table where she would put sprinkles on each one and bring them back to show me how cute they were.

These 2 are the end result before she ate them up, she did say they were delicious!! All her hard work paid off :) Yum Yumm!

After her little cookie snack they opened their little gifts which were stickers to and from each other and they used them to decorate their green wreaths-very cute!! As soon as she came home she hung hers up in her play area so she could enjoy it for the rest of the holiday season!

Madi also made a cute little gift for me to open-it is an angel made from her feet and handprints. Her teacher put in on some frabric and said that we could make in into a pillow or something like that if we'd like....I figure I could aleast to that to keep it and cherish it for years to come, it is so precious and I absolutely love it!

Thanksgiving Feast

The morning that Madi's preschool class was having their Thanksgiving feast Madi was so excited for me to come to her classroom and see all of the things they had been making in preparation for this fun day. This is all of the cute kiddos in her class. They all made fun vests and necklaces to wear. You could tell on each of their faces that they were all so proud to be wearing each piece that they had made themselves.

This was the kids getting ready to march from the classroom to the dinning room where the feast was to be held. Madi could hardly wait to get going! She has the biggest smile on her face just waiting to march, march, march!After Madi got into the feast and all of the food was served and eaten, she looked at me and said, "I think I need to be done now mom." I am so thankful that Madi has such a wonderful preschool teacher and the fun children in her class that she gets to see each week. She just loves going to school and is even more excited when she gets to go all day, as she tells me.
When we were in the car riding home I asked Madi what she was most thankful for, thinking her answer would probably be something reflective of her day, but to my surprise she said, "I'm so thankful for God and my parties. Mom I love my parties-maybe for my 5 year old party God can come and see how fun they are." All I could say was "I'm sure He is smiling right now Madi." I hope you are too!