Maya's First Haircut

I took Maya to get her first official haircut today!  I took her to the same place that we took Kate - Cookie Cutters - and I think Maya enjoyed it!  She's been with me to get my haircut and has seen Kate get hers cut too, so she was more than excited for it to be her turn!  Plus a surprise egg and a lollipop at the end never hurt!

Well done, beautiful girl!  You did a fantastic job!

Rise and shine!  It's haircut time!!

She chose the pink car to sit in.  #allpink

Ready to drive; but not so sure about the haircut thing...

Here we go!

So sweet.

And a little braid to top it off!

Be still my beating heart!  She takes my breath away!

Surprise egg!

We still don't even know what that is...

Amy's White Coat Ceremony

My sister, Amy, is in PA school in Richmond, VA.  She is one of the hardest working women I know.  And she just got her white coat at a ceremony that we weren't able to make.  I was bummed that we couldn't make the trip work, but I am so, SO proud of her accomplishments thus far and am so excited to see what the future holds for her.  Congratulations, Amy!

Love this photo of my Mom and her youngest
granddaughter, Heidi.

Quintessential Amy photo!

Proud parents!  (And one super intriguing necklace!)

Proud Grands!

Spring Photos

We received photos back from Kate's Spring portraits and Sibling portraits.  These are Kate's last preschool photos.  The next photos she gets will be school photos in Kindergarten.  So here is what I want to remember about these:

-Kate rarely wears her hair like this.  But she wanted to today.
-She looks so little in this photo, but somehow she seems so big to me.
-She is SO excited to start Kindergarten and I am SO excited for summer!
-She 100% put her outfit together, and Maya's too.  Sometimes they want to match and sometimes they don't.
-They love each other more than anything.  Kate is the absolute best thing in Maya's world and their sweet hugs goodbye and hello at school each morning seriously tug on my heart strings.

Time, please slow down.

xo,
me

Spring Polar Bear.

My babes.

Also, Kate really wants to be a part of her friend Mia's
family.  Like, even sit in for photos.
They settled for this one!

Cleanings...and Cavities

My little ladies went to the dentist today for teeth cleanings.  Unfortunately, we learned that Kate has five cavities.  Five.  My heart sunk.  Three are very small.  (Thankfully.)  Two are very big, like, most likely will need caps big.  I am devastated.  I have had cavities and caps my whole life.  Brian has not had a single cavity.  Looks like my little love inherited my chompers.  Sorry, babe.  What's even more is they don't make white caps for kiddos.  They are still stainless still silver looking.  There is something seriously missing in this market right now.  How have kiddo caps not changed in 30+ years?!

Anyway, our dentist mentioned that were her cavities are located they are most likely caused from snacking.  As in eating more than 3 meals and 2 snacks.  He said that she can have a bite of a carrot and that's considered a snack.  Conversely, so are jelly beans, obviously.  But we really need to try to stick with 3 meals and 2 snacks.  Done.  We will try.

The was the absolute last thing I wanted to hear from our dentist, but I guess there's nothing I can do about it now.  In better news, Maya's teeth were clean and sparkling from our visit.  It was her first official visit with a cleaning and so far we are good on her chompers.  (Also, thankfully.)

She is ready!

At least she thought she was...

Kate goes first!

Maya gets geared up!

Like a pro!

Picking out stickers and prizes.  The best part!

UPDATE: Kate received her fillings and caps with windows in two separate appointments over the summer and did phenomenally.  She was so good and even though the caps are visible if you are looking for them, they are not as bad because we had our dentist cut windows in them so that more of her tooth would show.  #success

It always seems like I stress over something and my kids handle it like champs.  They are so strong and brave and they surprise me every time.  What resilience!