Nayeli's First Day of Kindergarten

The emotions first started pouring out on my way to the grocery store. I was getting teary eyed thinking about buying Nayeli food for her school lunches. The people at the store were probably wondering what was wrong with me. I mean really. Who cries over picking out fruit?

Although I had mixed emotions about Nayeli starting kindergarten, she was one hundred percent excited! The last couple of weeks she was counting down the days to kindergarten.

When we got to her school we had to figure out what line to wait in before they opened up the school. Once we were safely in line I started to well up with tears again. Luckily they never flowed. The teachers were busy enough trying to comfort a few kindergartners who were crying. They didn't need to worry about a parent too!

I walked Nayeli to the school gym and stood there while the principal welcomed the students. I thought the whole assembly was pointless. It took forever to get all the kids in the gym. For what? A few short boring words from the principal. There was one bright spot though. I met a parent who was also sending off her first kindergartner to school. It helped me to keep the tears from flowing again. I think I was as scared as Nayeli was. It was a weird feeling dropping your child off to a new school that was a little unfamiliar.

After the assembly I walked Nayeli to her classroom. Her school has 3 stories. Luckily Nayeli's classroom is not on the third floor! After an opening exercise I kissed her goodbye and walked away. I felt sad, but I was glad I stayed and was there with her the first hour of school. I think we were both less scared when we parted.

6am Smile

There is nothing more wonderful then getting up early in the morning to go walking and seeing Brockden smile! I wish I looked that cute at six am.

I've been walking with Brockden most mornings. I walk about three miles around Forest Park. I wanted to walk farther, but it takes too long pushing Brockden in the stroller. I'm hoping to start biking around Forest Park some evenings, so I can get even more exercise. If I want to loose this baby weight I'm going to have to do some intense working out!

Brockden's 2 Month Check-up

Brockden had a great check-up today. The doctor said he is gaining weight wonderfully, so I should keep doing what I'm doing. He now weighs 13lbs. 13oz. and is in the 90th percentile for weight. He is 24 1/4 inches long and in the 80th percentile for height. When the doctor asked me if I had any concerns about Brockden, I just brought up his umbilical hernia again. He reassured me once more that he's okay. It's not causing him any pain. It will probably just go away on it's own.

Brockden is starting to get on a schedule now which makes my life so much easier! It's just nice knowing what to expect with his moods and knowing why he is crying. I'm not in such a hurry for him to grow out of the baby phase anymore! He is so cute and dazzles us with his amazing smiles.

Happy Easter!

I didn't think I'd make it to Easter without giving birth. It wasn't until Thursday that I decided it was probably safe to plan something for Easter. As much as I really wanted to go into labor before Easter, I'm glad I didn't. It was worth seeing how much fun the girls had.

On Thursday I picked up a ham at the grocery store. I've only cooked a few hams in my life, but I though why not. It's an Easter tradition. I may not be able to stand long enough to prepare a fancy Easter dinner, but I could at least bake a ham. I picked easy side dishes to prepare including frozen spring vegetables, instant mash potatoes and Pillsbury Grands.

On Friday I colored Easter eggs with the girls. I had an Easter egg coloring kit leftover from last year. Nayeli and Karyna had a lot of fun watching the eggs turn colors and decorating them with princess stickers.

On Saturday Nayeli made homemade Easter presents for Nick and I. She also made one for my Dad becasue he was going to celebrate Easter with us. Nayeli is so sweet. I don't think I ever thought about making Easter presents for people at that age. I just couldn't wait to see what the Easter bunny would bring me.

On Easter Sunday the girls woke up at 6:30am. They were so excited to see what was in their Easter baskets, and, Nayeli couldn't wait for Nick and I to open our presents. She drew us cute pictures. Mid-morning we went to church for stake conference. Then we came home and I prepared for my Dad to come over, while Nick graded student papers. We had so much fun with my Dad. He and Nick helped the girls work on a few puzzles while I prepared dinner. At dinner I read an Easter message from the first presidency of the LDS church. After dinner Nick hid plastic eggs for the girls to find. It was fun watching them try to find all the eggs. Then the girls watched an animated film about the Savior and his resurrection while we all ate dessert.

Now that Easter is over I am completely ready to go into Labor. I have been getting contractions all week. The most intense contractions came today while I was making the girls lunch. I thought I was really going into labor, but then they just stopped. Ahh, I was so frustrated. I don't like that my body is teasing me. Hopefully my next post will be about the arrival of our new baby boy.

Karyna as Mulan

Karyna and Nayeli absolutely love the movie Mulan. It was actually Nick who got them into it. Mulan is the only Disney Princess movie he actually likes, so he didn't mind watching it with them. Nick bought the soundtrack to it and the girls love dancing and singing to the songs. Nayeli memorized the songs pretty quickly. What we didn't expect was Karyna did too. In this video she's singing along to "How to Make a Man Out of You" by Donnie Osmond.

Nayeli's Theatre Debut

Nayeli was in her first play last week. She played the lead role of Nicki in "The Mitten", by Jan Brett. I was surprised when I found out she was playing Nicki, but it made sense because she is such a ham at home. She loves singing and dancing and putting on shows for us, especially when I get out the movie camera.

She did a great job in the play! She only had a few lines, but she acted out a lot of the actions of the book. After the play her whole preschool class performed a few songs they had been practicing. All the kids were so cute! I can't wait to watch her in more plays when she enters elementary school.

Now she is very into plays and decided she wants to make a Sleeping Beauty Play. She assigned her friends and family to all the parts in the story. She even made up invitations and a playbill! She said we have to wait and do the play after her brother is born. She said I could be the Queen, and, I have to be able to pick her up when she is playing the part of Aurora as a baby.