Preschool Bound!!

Time for Preschool!! My girls headed off to school last week - yay!! It was a long wait as Austin started a few weeks ago. Finally, it was their turn to head out for school. As Gabriella said, "I went to school today. For real. For real, I went to school." It's like she didn't think anyone would believe her that she went to school. She was so excited to be one of the big kids. And I was so so proud of her.

First things first, we must start every day off with a strong, healthy breakfast! Here's the clan chowing down. Aren't they cute?!?
And now these pics are totally out of order, but oh well. Here's Gabriella in her classroom ready to start the day!

Ummmm...what can I say? That's my Gab.
Dropping my Gabriella off at school!! Love you, girl!!
And here's my big girl, Ashlyn off to her first day too!

These crazies had a hard time sitting still for an early morning picture (this is at seven in the morning, you know)

The girls are getting ready to head in with their buddy, Lucy.
And of course, Grandma had to stop by and see the girls before they took off. She was as teary as I was!!
The girls had a great day. We are still getting use to being back on schedule, but things are going great. We are super duper busy these days, but still find time to snuggle up here and there. Lucas and I are adjusting to having 3 mornings a week with just us - he would prefer to have some playmates I think....maybe a puppy? hahahahaha - no way. I think it's going to be a great school year!!

New traditions are the best!

Ok, so I'm a little behind on posting...with three kids in school now my days are flying by like you wouldn't believe. I feel like I wake up and an hour later it's time for bed again! How does that happen? Austin is already on week 3 of Kindergarten and the girls started preschool today. My babies are growing up! More on that on the next post though. Tonight I need to rewind and show some fun picks of our newest hopeful tradition - Stonewall Pizza the night of the first day of school. We went to our favorite place, known to us as the "Towney bar". We went with our BFF's the Hudson's and the Punswicks and had a blast with all the kids. It was a great way to kick off the school year this year and we hope to continue it on for the next 12 years...holy moly.
Anyway, got some fun picks so thought I better share.
Let's start with this cute couple - me and my hubs!
And all the chillins...well...most of them...

Silly, silly girls! Ash, Gab and Lucy.
Messy, messy boys. Love me some chocolate chip cookies. Sam and Lucas are best buds.


Waiting oh so patiently for some pizza...and disregard the beer on the kid table...oops...
Our big studs.
And the misses....
So, there you have it. That's what it looks like when we go out to dinner with our friends and have to get a table for 17. It can be done!!! What a great day!