Saturday with the Sandidges

We had a busy Saturday afternoon...



Greg & Cooper mowed the grass

 following in his daddy's footsteps

 checking in to make sure he's doing it just right

 Reagan and Cooper played in the sandbox

 We went shopping for a new bicycle for Reagan, but Cooper found a little something for himself

 Reagan thought that it looked like fun

 Cooper was the second customer of the Salon de Sandidge

 Greg and I had another date night while Cooper and Reagan went to Parents' Night Out at their gymnastics facility.  We went to dinner, grocery shopping and then surprised Reagan with a brand new bicycle when she got home. When she walked through the door she excitedly exclaimed, "Who's bike is this?  How did it get here?  Who bought it?"  She ran to both me and Greg and gave us hugs and kisses and kept saying "thank you, thank you"

 Cooper had to test it out too!

Friday Follies

Just a glimpse into our Friday evening.

riding bikes for exercise

look how sweet he is!

concentrating really hard

Reagan had a meltdown during our bike ride.  She wanted everyone to be quiet because we were "getting on her nerves" and she "couldn't concentrate on bike riding".  So, for her tantrum, she had to sit a few minutes in time-out on the side of the road.  She kept screaming saying, "no fun for Reagan.  I'll never have any fun for the rest of my life.  I'l just sit here not having fun"  It was so hard not to laugh at her.

Cooper on the other hand thought it was hilarious that he was the one having good behavior and Reagan was in time-out.

things finally got back to normal and bike riding resumed

then, we went inside to play in the toy room

"zoo" is their favorite thing to play

and garbage trucks

precious hands

First Day of First Grade

The first day of school is finally here!

Reagan began the morning with special pancakes in honor of beginning 1st grade

she LOVED them!

Reagan told me that I needed special pancakes for going to work, so she suggested...

Look at my big girl ~ the 1st grader

we had a mini photo session before leaving for school

Reagan wanted her picture made in front of some flowers ~ not just bushes, so we had to go to the neighbor's yard for those photos!

isn't she beautiful?

 I convinced her to take a few photos in front of our house too!

they are so sweet!

Imagine our surprise when she got home from school today, our flower beds had been completely redone!  Reagan had to have a picture in front of "our very own flower garden"

First Day of FIRST GRADE!

here are few pictures of our new flower beds

A few quotes from the day:

• on the way to school, Reagan said,"I feel a little weird (nervous) in my belly"
•  when telling me about her day, Reagan said "1st grade is AWESOME!"; "1st graders know how to listen very well"; "I had THE BEST DAY"; "I hugged Ms A (her kindergarten teacher)two times today ~ it was pretty neat"
• Reagan got to be the line leader all day today.  When I asked  her why she was the line leader she said, "It was my lucky day!"

Pedal On

We practiced riding bikes again today.  Looks like a certain girl will be getting a new bicycle this weekend!!

Bike Ride

Just a little fun on the bikes tonight!!

Cooper still loving to ride his bicycle

 Reagan getting ready for more practice

 Greg came home from work just in time to ride bikes with the kids for a little while

 Look Ma, NO TRAINING WHEELS!!!!

 she's doing it all by herself

this is only her second time to practice without training wheels ~ look at her go!

I have to admit I got a little teary eyed watching her ride a bicycle without training wheels ~ when does this growing up phase stop?