Tuesday, August 19, 2008

My Girls...

OUR SCHOOL GIRL I can't believe it!!! Today is Brynlee's first day of preschool. She was so excited to go but asked me several times if I would watch her for a little while. She wasn't sure about me leaving her there. I just told her that it was like when she went to nursery and I would be back to pick her up. Well the hesitation didn't last long when we got there. She met one of her teachers Miss Anna, and they took her into the "Blue" classroom where she started right off playing with some purple sand. I think she forgot I even existed at that point. I really hope I chose a good preschool. I am pretty clueless since she is my first, but when we did a little tour of the school Brynlee seemed to love it. It is set up with 3 different classrooms, with 3 different teacher. There is a red room, a blue room, and a yellow room. They rotate rooms every hour, and each room has a different focus of learning. I just can't believe that I am already doing this. I know that it will be great for both she and I, but it is still a little sad. One of the ladies asked if she was going to let me leave. I told her she should be fine and went in to give her a hug and a kiss. To be honest it was ME who was having the hard time leaving. I only stayed for about 15 minutes, and then I sat in the car for a couple more with a few tears in my eyes. I know she is doing fine though (she is there right now) and I am so excited for her! ____________________________________ MY LITTLE TORNADO!!!!! It really is amazing how different two children can be. With Brynlee I didn't have to baby proof my house much at all, because she just didn't get into anything. Well Halle is a different story!! :) If I leave all of her messes you can see the path of her tornado through the house. She loves to climb up and push the computer keys, pull off all the papers on the desk, turn off the directv box, etc... She keeps us on our toes! She already has a really goofy personality and it is so much fun!
This is Halle enjoying her first Oreo cookie!
YUMMIE!!

I'm so sweet and innocent mommy!!!! Ha....NOT!

21 comments:

SueAnn said...

I could have written this same post about my girls! Brynlee looks so dang cute all ready for school. Our Brynly starts preschool next week! She is so excited!! We have a little tornado in our house too, Emry looks all sweet and innocent but oh no she isn't!! Looks like Halle will keep you on your toes!!

Chels and Blake said...

SMOOCH HEADS!!!! I can't wait to see them in a couple of weeks! Love you guys!

thepainterfamily said...

Preschool! ahhhh! She looks so cute and so excited! It sounds like a WONDERFUL school, so organized and fun! She is going to have such a great year! and your little tornado is cute in spite of her destruction path! haha! How cool to be able to have more alone time with her! :)

Adrian and Danell said...

Brynlee looks so cute all ready for school, she will do great in preschool she is such a smart girl already! Halle sure is a cutie too!

Court and Britt said...

Oh how fun for Brynlee!! Hard for mom though. She is SO STINKIN smart and social that she will do great. Still wish we lived close to each other so that we could do all of these fun things together:). Halle is so cute too, hopefully you don't have a Lexi on your hands, ha ha (I can say that because she is my kid:). Mac was always so sweet and calm, but Alexis has been wild since she started crawling!! I have a theory about the "2nd Child syndrom". For starters they are the 2nd child, so naturally they want to do what their bigger sibling is doing and second they have to come with a little more sas to keep us on our toes, 2 kids are a lot of work!!

Jon and Nicole Palmer said...

I know what you mean!! Can you even imagine how hard it's going to be to let them go to Kindergarten?? Ellie is so excited for preschool too, but I feel like my little girl is getting so independant:( P.S. We got Ellie the same backpack, and she insists on wearing it everyday, school or not!!!! She's just a little excited!

Doug and Kristi said...

I know, those first days of school are so hard! On Isaiah's first day of kindergarten last year the teacher had to carry him in thrashing & crying because he didn't want me to go! Yeah, I cried the whole way home. Brynlee sounds like she did great! Hope she's loving it! Oh, and don't worry, after a couple weeks you realize school is the greatest thing that could have happened to a mom!

Our Family said...

Your preschool sounds like a great one! The only thing I can find around here is Lady's doing it in there homes... in the basement... not very kid friendly... but, I did find one for Elizabeth this year that is really nice, and so cute... I will see how she does. I know just how you feel about letting your little girl go, and I hate to tell you, but it only gets harder... My baby just went to the first grade today, and it is killing me. (maybe home school isn't so bad)? Good luck!
Jill

JEFF AND LINDSY said...

I about started crying for you! Oh my heck, I cant believe she is already going to preschool!! That means Aniston is going soon too and it makes me sick.....ahhh. She looks adorable though and so does the little tornado!! love ya tons

Jecca Lee Ivie Johnson said...

You are braver than I. Everyone keeps asking me which pre-school I am sending June to, and I tell them I'm not. I'm very selfish about my time with my girls before they absolutely have to go to school, even though I'm sure June wouldn't look back if I let her go! I justify it by saying that she can already read and interacts fine with other kids but really, I just don't want to let her go. But I must say, that's is the cutest first day of school picture I have ever seen!

Renegade said...

Brynlee looks so cute and grown up. They should have her teach the kids, she is such a smart little thing. She will love every minute of it. It sounds like you chose a great preschool. I saw Halle the other day crawling around at the gym. She is so cute, I just wanted to pick her up. Your girls both have such gorgeous eyes!

Renegade said...

I just realized I posted that under Anneka's blog..oops. Julie W.

emily and adrian said...

They grow up so fast! I can't believe she's so big already!
I hope my next child is organized and calm...like Adrian...because we have a little Halle who loves to make a mess!

Beth Davis said...

That's great that you got her into a good preschool! I hear that you have to get your baby on a waiting list from the time they are born if you want to get them into a good preschool these days. Crazy!
I'm sure it was a bitter sweet moment for you! I still can't believe you have a child old enough to go to preschool! Time goes by way too fast when you get older.

Emily said...

Good luck at preschool Brynlee! You are funny with your tongue - from Ava

The Wyatt's said...

I bet Brynlee will love preschool. She looks so cute. And Hallee looks so much bigger than the last pictures I have seen of her! Crazy how they grow and change so much!

Adam and Brittany said...

Hey Tiff! Sorry it took me forever to get back to you, I've been out of town. I'm so excited to see you have a blog, your family is adorable! There is no question those girls are yours, they look exactly like you! So is your husband still in school, is that why you live out there??? Do you plan to stay there, or move closer to your family? Well keep it touch, I'll keep checking your blog!

Kristin and Jay said...

My friend Jeni just told me she was next door neighbors with you! I am so jealous you get to live by her =). I just wanted to tell you you are so lucky, she is an amazing person, you will love her! And her girls LOVE babies! Sami will be the best babysitter in a couple of years! YOu are one lucky person =)! My friends and I are so sad they moved!

Stephanie Johnson said...

Tif I thought maybe you had posted a picture of yourself on your first day of school you two look so much a like- I mean I know you are the mother but I can't believe how much you look alike- way to be strong and wait until you got to the car to shed a tear- I'm sure I will be the same way

Beth said...

i think we have twinner girls with their personalities and ages. reagan will start preschool next week too and i am dying! how did it all go?

Kandis said...

Yeah for first day of school pictures! Brynlee looked super cute. Halle is seriously so grown-up these days!!!!!