Thankful

We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Love of family and friends and a job in a place that you can only experience once in a life time. The opportunity to be parents of two little girls and a wonderful marriage. God have given us so much and we have a lot to be thankful for.

Baby Milestones

Baby Heather has blessed us this year with her little smile in January and since then she has grown and grown and has achieved so many baby milestones that I can hardly keep up. She seems to be growing faster then Sydney did. She has said dadda and bye bye and I am still waiting on momma. She has already rolled over from stomach to back and back to stomach. She started commando crawling a few weeks ago, a few days shy of 8 months old. I am still blessed with being able to breastfeed and she has started baby food, while time seems to be flying bye. She loves her new walker and keeping up with her getting into stuff under the coffee table seems to be a daily adventure now. We added a high chair and we are about to lower the bed soon since we think she might be ready to stand on her own. She pulled to stand up at Sydney's school all on her own. I had showed her some toys in a box and I guess she really wanted the train set that she pulled to stand up beside the box. I am not ready for her to walk yet. I believe Sydney didn't walk until she was over 1 and now I think Heather might walk before 1. I believe having a bigger sister has made her grow faster, which I have to say I wish she would slow down. Sydney is a big help and is really good with her. Heather is truly a wonderful baby and has blessed our little family to make us a family of four.

Back to School

School is in full swing for Sydney. We had a drop in day at school on September 5 to meet the teacher and classroom. Her teacher seems really nice and most of the kids returned which is really something when we live in a country that people come and go. Ms. Hankinson, Pumpkin class. Can't wait to see how the little pumpkins grow this year. First day of school was September 6 and this week started with less hours to get the kids used to going to school again. I think the class has already adjusted to there new room and teacher. They have already sent a book home for homework, wow. A picture book, but homework just the same. So I guess we will have library books and books from the classroom, looks like a lot of reading for Mommy. :) Here's to another great year at BISAD.

Our trip home over the summer

Our trip home to TX was used to fix Gran's house up to sale and spending time with Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jimmy as well as Granny and Papa. We even got to see Paul's Grandpa and he seemed like he enjoyed the girls. Gran's house turned out nice and we currently have someone interested in buying the house, wow that was fast. I have to say all of our hard work paid off. I am so proud of Paul for taking the time to make the house look nice and to let someone live in it again. Gran had a nice house. Wish she could have seen the girls, but we did go to her grave on her birthday. Happy 80th Birthday Gran, you are missed more then you will ever know.

After 3 weeks of fixing up Gran's house and visiting Paul's family we headed to WV. I have to say I was glad to see my bed after all that work, but so glad we were able to do it. Spending time with my family and friends made for a wonderful trip back home. I am so glad Paul was able to see my grandma and other family members. I even got to take Sydney to see a Movie "Smurfs" I loved our time together on Mommy and Daughter day. Time seemed to travel fast and then we headed home to see Paul and the pugs.

After we adjusted to the time we went shopping for Sydney's school uniform and paid for her school. School starts back on September 5.

I have enjoyed being home with the girls and just taking an easy before school starts. Life gets really busy when school is in session. Here's to the new school year and seeing how Sydney grows from all that she has learned at school.

Home trip

Trip back home planned for June 24. Time seems to be going bye so fast. We will be in TX and WV. Three weeks in TX and One week in WV for Paul and an extra two weeks for me and the girls in WV to make Three weeks in WV. We leave August 10 for Abu Dhabi. Then back to school September 5. Can't believe Sydney will be in FS 2 next year. Looking forward to another great year at BISAD.

Last Month of School

Can't believe June is here and we are in our last month of school. We have been keeping busy with the end of the year functions at school and we even have a trip home planned. So looking forward to going home again and seeing family and friends. It seems we have something planned at school each week as we wind down. W0w, Mom must get her running shoes on.

June 5 Swim gala

June 16 End of the Year Singing concert

June 18 Dance Recital

June 22 Portfolio Celebration

Trip back home planned for June 24. Time seems to be going bye so fast. We will be in TX and WV. Three weeks in TX and One week in WV for Paul and an extra two weeks for me and the girls in WV to make Three weeks in WV. We leave August 10 for Abu Dhabi. Then back to school September 5. Can't believe Sydney will be in FS 2 next year. Looking forward to another great year at BISAD.

Letters, Sounds and Dot to Dot

I am so excited to share that Sydney is starting to pick out letters and sound them out. Today was the first time we heard her say the S sound. Paul told me to look and he said Sydney can you pick out a S in this word and sure enough she pointed to the S and she made the S sound. Looks like she has been learning a lot at school. She said S for Sydney.

I was also excited to get a worksheet today and it was a dot to dot and you follow it and make a circle it was a whole sheet of circles, wow. How exciting for our little girl to go to a great school. Can't wait to see what she will bring home next.