Finishing Up Birthday Season

 It's pretty much torture for poor MiKayla to
watch  5 birthdays from March 30th  till
May 28th.
Her June 3rd birthday puts her
at the very end of what we call
'the birthday season.'

She had her birthday dinner outfit picked out for weeks!

She loves sushi🍣

This year was all things 🍇🍎fruit🍒🍍

and llamas.🦙

This is what 5 different camera flashes looks like😄

 

Sweet MiKayla Kristine I can't believe you 

are one year away from double digits!

Officially heading to 3rd grade

in the 'big kid' school and

crazy excited to do so!

"Kylie,can you believe I'm going

to be at your school" said

roughly 100 times in the last month.

Some things never change.

*you still make straight A's📇

*you still wear socks 24/7🧦

*your a fashionista 👗

(you take the most time picking an outfit,

you try multiples on, and you always wear cute combos)

*you have the most shoes in the house 

and just received another pair in the mail🤣👟

I love the way you play with Gabriella and Daniel.

All the crazy games you come up with.

You have really helped open their imagination play

over the years and it's really sweet.

It's so fun to watch you grow.

You balance wanting to follow in your

sisters foot steps and being your own girl.

Both make me very proud.

Your in a special place in the family.

The middle means being the youngest

of the big girls and the oldest of the babies.

Neither of them are babies but we all refer

to them as such, probably for the rest of their lives😄🥰

Your the little big sister and I'm so glad 

that's where you are in the line up!

Happy Birthday baby girl🎂

We love you so much💖💖💖

Sporty Spice?

Sport baby. That's what Kylie has been calling herself lately.

This year when the 'Girls on the Run' flyer came

home from school Kylie decided to give  it a try.

Kirstin participated in it for a few years when

she was younger so Kylie was familiar with it.

Basically your on a girls team from school and

they train from February to the end of May for

a marathon that all the Pittsburgh schools can participate in.

This was the practice run. 

3.5 miles on a very hill-y course to get the 

full experience. Kylie was the first girl to complete

the practice race and she kept pace with one

of the male teachers who is an experience marathon runner.

He was so shocked she was able to keep pace and they actually

did an extra lap plus finished more than 10 minutes

before any other girls!!!

All the other moms kept making comments

about her being lightning fast and I was beaming

with pride. 

I had no idea she was so fast!

She was the first girl from our school

to cross the finish line🏃🏅

She really enjoyed doing

girls on the run,

but after playing softball

she decided she would rather focus

her time and attention on softball.

She was happy with the experience and

hey she got a metal!

End of the Year Program

MiKayla's last program in second grade.

 🎵🎵

Bye Second Grade 👋

This cutie is moving on!

Kirstin's Turn!

                                                                          17!🤯😭

There she goes again making me older!

 I tell her that every year on her birthday 😄

 Everyone was snapping pics of Kirstin on their devices

and Daniel was not about to miss out🤣

I sent some blank shirts to Aunt Wenny and she put

on all the cute sayings.

Thanks Wenny!

So this year after watching Gabriella open a bunch

of cute toys on her bday Kirstin

had requested similar presents.

I was definitely willing to oblige so 

our 4 year old and our 17 year ended up having

several of the same gifts.

She loved them and everyone

got a kick out of it.

We had cheese cake at gramma's house.

Hibachi/sushi date with mom and dad 

was her choice. 

She got to bang the Happy Birthday gong.

Kirstin Renee HOW ARE YOU 17?

Officially a senior..... A SENIOR!

It's just plain crazy!

This year has been crazy.

You had your first job and

worked 30 hrs a week.

You saved every single paycheck and

used your tip money for spending.

Of course you continued to

work hard in your AP classes.

You have been getting weekly

college letters and booklets for months.

And you've had surgery on your back.

(more on that in another post)

It has been filled with ups and downs.

You survived your junior year and your looking forward 

to your senior year.

I however am still in shock. 

You love to bake and you

and your sisters are always 

staying up late to make

scratch cookies, brownies, and 

cakes.

You love slime.

Yea that's right, I'm outing you😜

You have your bin that holds

all your slimes and you play with them 

every day!

Some nights I'm laying in bed

and I hear these loud cracking noises.

I come down stairs and there you are 

popping a bunch of slime bubbles🤣

So excited to see what next year holds for you!

We love you lots Renee!