March 2019

Soccer games started off at the beginning of the month with a freezing cold beach tournament.  The girls were all such troopers, playing in the cold rain.  There were very few teams there but they powered through and were good sports about it the entire weekend.  It would've been super fun if the weather had been nice!

We celebrated Kayleigh's 8th birthday with a PJ & Pancakes, unicorn themed party.

I caught Nellie in her room reading about Pete and His White Shoes...CUTEST THING EVER!!!

We've been working really hard with Nellie on learning her letters, starting with the letters in her name.  She is so funny because I think she likes pretending like she doesn't know the letters because she thinks it's cute.  That's not anything a little ice cream bribe can't change :) We are so happy for her when she spelled her name on her own, and a few days later she spelled out her name in the driveway without any help! Go Nellie!

We have decided to enroll Nellie in Jr. Kindergarten at Grace next year.  She's getting to the point where she is bored at home and is asking to go to school five days a week.  It may be a transition at first but I think it will be good for her.  I know Robert is excited, he gets his Mondays back after 6.5 years!!!

I can't believe how grown up she looks in her spring pictures!  Our little goose is growing up so fast.

Mila had her spring pictures at school and I don't think they look anything like her!  I totally think they photoshopped it, she just looks not herself!

Her school had a talent show and the Kindergarten class decided to do a performance to Who Let the Dogs Out but Mila and two other girls decided not to do it.  All of the kids would practice during class time so Mila knew all of the moves and a couple of days before the performance she asked if it would be okay if she participated.  We were so proud of her for overcoming her fear and trying something new.

Also this month Mila lost her first tooth!  She has had a couple wiggly ones for a couple weeks now and we never thought it would fall out.  Soon it was dangling by just one corner and after she met with her reading buddy (a 5th grader!) he told her she should pull it out....and she did!

She's still loving soccer, which is good since we spend so much time at it!!

She even scored her first goal!!!!

March, of course, brings about my favorite time of year: MARCH MADNESS!  This year was a special year because the stars aligned and we were able to go to Vegas for a few days!  This has always been on my bucket list but we could never make it happen. This year was perfect because the first weekend happened to be when Grandma was on spring break AND, after 10 years, Cypress had a team participating in Baker to Vegas so a bunch of people were going, including Matt and Aimee!

The girls had an ABSOLUTE blast with Grandma and Grandpa and went to Kern for the weekend.  They went on walks, visited the museum, had ice cream and s'mores; Grandma and Grandpa said they were exhausted after it was all over!

 What we're looking forward to next month:  Nellie starts a singing/performing class, Spirit Week and VIP day at school and our first camp of the year: Easter at Crystal Cove