1st Day of School

Today was Hannah's 1st day of school and she couldn't wait!!! She has been talking about it for a week solid and she woke up bright and early shouting "Summer's Over!!!" The 1st thing she said when she got up was, "Mommy, we were supposed to do a manicure and pedicure before school. We need to hurry!" So we did a quick manicure and saved the pedicure for this afternoon after explaining to her several times that she was going to have socks and shoes on and no one would see her pedicure anyway (really...is she only 2?!?!) She ate her breakfast faster than I've ever seen her eat and put her backpack on 30 minutes before we left. She was very excited about her lunch that she helped me make last night but she quickly requested when I picked her up this afternoon that we "go to the store and get pretzels please so I can have them in my lunch next time." Apparently there were several kids with pretzels that she really wanted! When we got in the car I told her to tell me all about her day. Her response was, "not right now, I'll tell you when we get home." Then as soon as we walked in the door she went and sat on the couch and said, "come on, let me tell you about my school!" She told me every little detail...who she played with and what they played; who said what; who ate what; told me all about the book she read; what colors she colored with; who took a nap and who didn't (because apparently she was the nap police since she wasn't taking one). She told me that she used her manners, but hesitantly confessed that she forgot to say "thank you" when her teacher brought her a napkin at lunch. She seemed so big sitting there telling me all of this!!! I just sat there and listened as my eyes teared up. My sweet little girl is growing up faster than I want!!!

Getting her manicure at the breakfast table

She was very excited about her ABC dress

Telling me to please hurry up and get in the car

Alice Anne and I had such a fun day together!! It's really funny, but she is such a different child when big sister's not around. It made me glad that I kept her at home because I think the one-on-one time will really be good for her! She is such a talker when chatterbox Hannah isn't here and she's a little comedian, too. She made me laugh all day with her sweet little games and then she would crack herself up! She wanted to read books and play ball all day! I think we read every book we own at least twice and probably played ball for 30 minutes. I put a lot of pics on here of her throwing the ball because I think they're hilarious!! She REALLY gets into throwing it and she yells "BA" ever time she throws it! So cute!! We also went and got her some new church shoes that she's pretty proud of!!

Sweet Little Girl waking up from her nap excited to play with Mommy!!!

Happy Girl getting ALL of this attention!!

Time to play ball!!! Can you see her top teeth in this pic?

On to the books...

Calling "Nana" to see if she was home yet. When I told her it was time to go pick Hannah up she started laughing and got so excited!! The 1st thing Hannah did when we got there was gave Alice Anne a big kiss!!

Checking out her new shoes!!

Both girls are wiped out from their big day and are sound asleep in their beds!!!