First day of kindergarten!!

The day has come. Caidence is in school everyday! She could not be more excited. I was more than ready to send her back. No tears from any of us! With a new baby in the house, she was going a bit stir crazy and was becoming a little trouble maker so some routine and getting out of the house a few hours every day will be good for all of us. But the hardest part (at least for me) was going to pick her up after school and putting her on the bus. Yes, I went to her school, helped her on the bus, and then hurried home to meet her at the bus stop. She was nervous to ride it until she got on and realized she knew a lot of the kids from church. And I was nervous until the older kids from church told me that they would make sure she got on the right bus everyday. 

Sisters

These two are so excited to have a brother, but they are still the best of friends! It's so nice having two girls in a row to play with each other and keep each other entertained!

Happy 9 years!

Our anniversary this year happened to be when I was in the hospital so we celebrated a few weeks early. We went to dinner and a movie and then on our actual anniversary got to celebrate by coming home with our cute new baby!!

Caid Quotes

The girls were playing outside and next thing I know Jordyn comes running inside crying. She had thick black grease all over her nose. This girl hates to be messy! I asked her what happened and she said Caidence made her smell the garage door handle. Jord is usually the tease so this was probably Caid's way of getting back at her. 

Our biggest battle everyday is getting Caid to clean up her toys/clothes. She acts like its the end of the world when I ask her. One day she said, "I wish adults weren't real and I had kids as my parents. Then they wouldn't care if I left out all my messes."

We went to Yellowstone this summer but Zach had to stay home for school so the girls wanted to pick out a present for him. They ended up buying him a pen that looks like a finger and when you pull it, it farts. Very fitting. So one night we were saying prayers and in the middle of the prayer, this pen started farting from across the room. Caid immediately said, "Please bless the fart finger will stop farting so everyone will stop laughing." Every night after that the girls thought it was funny to bless the fart finger wouldn't fart during prayers. 

Caidence is a pretty profound little girl. I had said prayers with them and tucked them in bed one night and then she said to me, "When I pray, I can feel heaven all around me." I asked her what that felt like and she said, "Like I'm floating on clouds and all my family and friends are with me and I'm happy."

We were at Target and had been in the toy aisle. Caid found something she liked and next thing I know she was trying to put it in the cart. She said, "Here, pretend I don't see this. Then I'll act surprised when I open it on Christmas."

Jordy Quotes

Jord came into my room one morning and climbed into bed with me. I told her good morning and asked how she slept. She said, "Eww your voice smells weird."

We were driving and saw a kid with a colored Mohawk. Jord said, "That boys hair is awkward."

Whenever she needs to blow her nose, she tells me she has a "snuffy nose."

She had just gotten out of the shower and we were in a hurry trying to get ready so I started brushing her hair and her towel fell off. I told her not to worry about it and I was almost done so she could get dressed. She pointed to her goosebumps and said, "See all these spots? They mean I'm fweezing!"