Our sweet Caitlin has had a busy summer:
In May she became a Big Sister to our little Madeline and has been better at it then I ever could have hoped for! She helps with diaper changes, fetching things for Mommy while I am nursing and she loves to help cheer up Maddie by making crazy faces at her. Her favorite thing is to see her baby sister smile at her. It is one of the best parts of my day to see my two little ones smiling at each other.
In June she learned that the Summer Camp she was attending at our neighborhood preschool would close for the summer due to low attendance, but that it would be back in the fall. She was so sad, as we had both come to be very found of Ms Sara. Caitlin was so excited to attend everyday, see her friends and tell me what she had learned. I was looking forward to knowing that Caitlin would have some time with kids her own age while we were adjusting to having a baby around the house, but life changes and we change with it. I enrolled Caitlin in a Toddler Hip Hop class at her Ballet School, she loved it! She was not great at it, but she gave it her all and had a great time doing it.
Last week we learned that Ms Sara was going to move out of state and that we would need to find a new preschool for the upcoming school year. I spent a good junk of the weekend researching other schools in our area and finally found one. It starts in Sept and Caitlin is thrilled that her friend Brianna will be attending with her, that there is a large playground AND that the four year old class room is purple!
In July our little baby became a Big Girl; she turned 4! She got a bike and had her party at Chuck E Cheese's! Her favorite gifts were her bike from Mommy and Daddy and her Leapster2 from her Godfather Mike. We were so lucky to have her close friends celebrate with us. Jamie, Ryan and Daddy scored her all kinds of tickets from all the games and she got so many wonderful gifts from everyone! Thanks again to everyone who came. She is still talking about her party.
Caitlin also got to attend the Dora the Explorer Live show! We had a big girl day out with Avery and her Mom and Sofia and her Mom. The six of us went out to lunch and then out to the show. It was a great day for the girls and the Mommies!
