Update

Gosh, I'm 34 already!  That is a crazy number!  Only 6 years until I'm 40!  FORTY!!!!  

Jadyn is now 4 and a half and has started to calm down.  We went to dinner with her the other night, and we really enjoyed her company.  There wasn't the constant need to correct her.  I look forward to many more outings as a result!  She is becoming a very big help around the house as well!  Extra bonus for MOM!!!  She still makes me laugh everyday!  (With her behavior, her statements, her just overall mannerisms!)  She absolutely LOVES dressing up.  In fact, I had to ground her for a week from her dress-up stuff after she dumped 2 loads of clean clothes into her dirty clothes hamper.  Since then...(about a month ago) her room has been quite tidy!!!  Only about once a week do I have to ask her to pick it up, and even then...it maybe a pair of shoes on the floor....nothing major!

Ashlyn is doing great in school.  Her lowest grade on her report card all year was a 93.  I can't complain about that....as she is doing awesome, learning lots, and is loved by her teacher!  She is just as beautiful as always, inside and out.  She learned her first cuss word the other day.  (Completely my fault!)  I had bought a card last year as a joke about being on Santa's "$___" list.  Needless to say...she found it, read it, and asked what it meant!  Oops.

Kynsley has started giving kisses when you ask for them.  I just love them....they are the open mouth face plants that last about 15 seconds each.  She is beginning to get picky in what she eats.  She loves anything spaghetti flavored as well as peach flavored yogurt melts (it's like a freeze dried yogurt).    She still drinks from a bottle about 6 ounces at a time.  I've introduced juice to her in a sippy cup.  She is okay with it, but still prefers her milk and from a bottle!  She doesn't care for the sippy cups!

Kynsley attends Mother's Day Out with Jadyn.  She has been going since she was 5 weeks old.  She is a teacher favorite.  Her teacher's are Ms. Melissa and helper Ms. Neva.  Jadyn is in Pre-K with Mrs. Brenda and helper Mrs. Gail.  Mrs. Brenda loves Jadie's sense of humor and says she makes her laugh everyday!

Surprise Girls....We're going to Disney World.

Monday was Halloween.  During the day, my Mom came over to get Kynsley for the week.  The girls thought she was coming to get her just for the night so that we (John and I) could take the big girls trick or treating and not have to worry about getting Kynsley home for bed.  

We took the girls Trick or Treating with some neighbor friends who have a 7 year old named Emily.  The girls rode in the bucket attachment on the golf cart as we went around.  Both Ashlyn and Jadyn were jaguar cats.  When we returned home at 7, we told the girls to get dressed in black leggings and a long sleeve shirt.  I went ahead and put Ashlyn's hair in a pony tail so that I wouldn't have to wake her up in the morning.  We told the girls we had to wake up super early to take Daddy to a meeting in Houston.  While we were there, Grandma was going to meet us for Breakfast and give us Kynsley.  The real story was we were leaving the house at 4 am to make a 7:35 flight in Houston to Orlando.   We were headed to Disney World.  We had planned on surprising the girls at a Shipley's close to the airport, but we drove past it and didn't have extra time to turn around.  So we had to tell them in the parking lot of the Parking Spot.  

We got the girls out of the car, told them I wanted to take their picture with Daddy.  (I was recording)  I said okay...one two three.....We're going to DISNEY!!!    Ashlyn was so confused but smiling the whole time.  Looking at both John and me trying to figure it all out!  And Jadie was clueless, I don't think she knew what Disney was!  She was upset because her leggings were falling down and she wanted Daddy to fix them.   

We stayed at Disney 6 days!!!  It was a perfect amount of time.  It was fast and furious and crammed pack with excitement.  We all were in need of a day long nap upon our return home!!!  It was an awesome adventure and we can't wait until Kynsley is 4 years old and we can take her with us!!!

Pictures

Tumbling Cheerleading and Ballet

Jadie declined playing soccer this year, and instead chose tumbling and ballet.  I'm a little apprehensive about tumbling since there are 15 kids in there and only 1 instructor.  It just seems like a lot of 3-4 year olds to handle and teach a skill at the same time.  She loves it though...so we are sticking with it.   She is in ballet as well with about 8 other girls.  Her teacher is Mrs. Roberta.  She is about 70 years old, and is so good with the little girls.  She is 100% ballerina, and Jadie just eats it up!  She wants to have a bun for every class just like Mrs. Roberta.  I can't wait to see her perform, in May.  The way this dance academy works:  no parents are allowed to watch during instruction.  So I have no idea how she is doing? what she is learning? and if she is behaving?  

Soccer

Ashlyn played Soccer again this Fall.  She is really getting pretty good.  She really has a knowledge of the game and anticipates plays that most kids her age....don't see coming!  She plays Puma or Rhino most often.  Puma is up front and has the ability to go all over the field.  Rhino is our last line of defense since there are no goalies at this age.  She isn't supposed to score as a rhino, although she does sometimes!  ;)