Michaleigh Loses Her First Tooth

Today was another big moment for Michaleigh...she lost her first tooth. We've been waiting for this moment for quite some time now. She has a big girl tooth that has been waiting behind her baby tooth for it to fall out and today it finally did! We thought for sure that she was going to lose it yesterday. It was hanging on by a thread so we ordered pizza for lunch in the hopes that it would fall out while she was eating. Andy and I were watching her so closely just waiting...and waiting...and waiting. But after two pieces of pizza it was still hanging on! This morning as Michaleigh was still in bed, I started getting her dressed for school and she sat up and put her cupped hands up to her mouth and suddenly it popped out!
Can you see her missing tooth on the bottom? The big tooth is already there.
Since it was a special day, Michaleigh got the special red plate for her snack. She of course wanted ice cream to celebrate...she is her dad's daughter! :)

Below is picture of Michaleigh placing her tooth in her pillow for the tooth fairy.This pillow was my pillow when I was a little girl. I'm excited to be able to pass it down to my girls to use for all of their lost teeth. Michaleigh included a note for the tooth fairy letting he or she know that she would like to keep her tooth. If you can't read the note, it says "Dear Tooth Fairy, This is my 1st tooth. Can I please keep it? Thank you! I (Heart) U MICHALEIGH"

Michaleigh's First Bus Ride

So today was another momentous day...the first trip on the school bus! We decided to try the bus for a few days to see how it goes. Poor kid has to get on the bus at 7:00 am! If you know Michaleigh, you know she's not much of a morning person. She prefers to sleep until about 9:00 or so. This could make for some interesting mornings in the future but today she was a trooper. She got up and got ready and couldn't wait for the bus to arrive. Below is picture of her waiting at the end of our driveway for the bus.
There she goes, getting on the bus and below is a picture of her bus coming in the afternoon to drop her off. Since she is the only kid on the bus in the afternoon, I couldn't get to the bus quick enough to get her picture getting off...oh well, there's always tomorrow. I asked her today what was the best part of her day and she told me riding the bus! Yeah bus ride!

Little Mermaid Part 2

Sorry for the delay in getting part two of the Little Mermaids posted. Well, I guess you never realized that we didn't have part two since we couldn't get part one to post. We haven't posted much this year because we've been having problems getting our posts to publish. Andy, smarty that he is, finally figured out another way to get this blog to work...so here we go again!
Anyhow, in our first Little Mermaid post (July 20th) we showed you how Michaleigh was doing with jumping into the pool. We had hoped to also show you how Anastin was doing with jumping into the pool but as I mentioned we couldn't get it to work. Here is a short video of Anastin and her love of the water. Enjoy!

Michaleigh's First Day of Kindergarten

Here is Michaleigh on her first day of Kindergarten, September 7th, 2011. She had a great time and is excited to go back tomorrow.




















Here is Michaleigh with her Kindergarten teacher, Miss Alexander.





















This is Michaleigh getting ready to head home after a busy day of school. You can also see her teacher's aide, Mrs. Yacono.