Mommy & Presley's Birthday!

Since my and Presley's birthdays are so close, we like to celebrate together! My celebration started first. I had a Mom's Group meeting at church one evening and when I came home there was this incredible card waiting for me! Daddie and the kids worked on it the whole time I was gone. It is 36 things that I do!

Seriously THE BEST CARD EVER!!

On Saturday, we planned to celebrate both of our birthdays with the extended family. That morning, I laid out Presley's presents from us.

Of course she needed to open one immediately and it was a Baby Alive!

This year, instead of having a birthday party somewhere with her friends, Presley asked if she could get a REAL manicure and pedicure (the one where you put your feet in the water and they rub your feet! Usually when we take her she just gets them painted), and after her mani/pedi she wanted to go shopping at Bath & Body Works. That was easy, even though she sounds like she is 5 going on 16! Marmee and Mycah came with us!

After our mani/pedi, we went to lunch!

You can tell what Presley's favorite part was!

And then we went to the mall. I stopped into Athleta and got a new pair of pants. Thanks Honey! And then we headed to Bath & Body works. Presley's favorite store. She loves Hand Sanitizer!

After shopping, we headed home for our family celebration! Mom made Taco Pizza!!

Bentley helped Presley open her presents!

Mikey kept asking me what I wanted to do on my actual birthday. He took the day off. I couldn't think of anything I wanted to do, so I finally said "nothing" and that is what we did. Mikey went to the store and got some wine, fruit and cheese and we sat by the pool and did absolutely nothing!

Presley joined us after school!

On Presley's actual birthday, she got up a little early and we curled her hair!

Presley's friend, Hadley walked to school with us!

I took Presley lunch!

Presley's friends Braelyn and Ollie ate lunch with us!

This is a picture of Presley the day of her 6 year old checkup!

Her checkup went great! Like I always say, she is my easy kid...never any concerns.

She is 45.25" tall(52.3%) and weighs 44 pounds(46.2%).

Presley is now six years old and she is still our sweet angel. She is so sweet and caring and has a heart of gold. Since she has started Kinder, she has definitely matured more. Instead of always playing with her baby, which she is the best Sister ever to, (the baby is always my baby but she takes care of it), she now likes to play school! She still helps with Kiley and is slowly starting to understand that Kiley is different and has special needs. She still gives the best koala hugs ever!! She eats well and sleeps good at night (do I still talk about that at 6?). She loves watching youtube videos of other families with kids. She is still in gymnastics. She had a hard time going after she started her long days of kinder but once she is there, she absolutely loves it! She is my little helper and she never misses a beat! I sure miss her home with me during the day, but Kinder is so good for her and she was so ready! Presley Marie Baird, saying that you are a special girl is an understatement. You are such a blessing to our family. We love you with all of our hearts!

Bentley's Soccer

Bentley started playing REAL soccer with REAL games this Fall. Once we registered him, we kept getting emails that they were short Head Coaches for his age group, so Mikey finally gave in and volunteered. The good thing about Mikey being Head Coach is that he gets to pick when and where practice is held, so it is in our neighborhood each week! Daddie and Bentley ready for their first practice!

Luckily we had two other Dad's volunteer to be Assistant Coaches.

With eight 3 year old boys running around, Mikey needs all the help he can get.

The first few practices were a bit chaotic, but we were ready for the first game.

Our first game got rained out, so Mikey was out of town for his actual first game. Coach Jason stepped in.

We had no idea what to expect, but Bentley did awesome! He scored the first goal of the season and 2 more goals! Grampy said he did exactly what Mikey did in his first game ever. He scored the very first goal and it went right between the defenders legs. Like Father, Like Son. Bentley got the game ball!

It was soooo HOT. Look how red Bentley's face was after the game!

So far, Bentley has scored at least one goal in every game! They had pictures before one game and Mikey took pictures of how well Bentley listened and did what he was supposed to.

The hard work paid off. Look how handsome he looks in his first soccer picture!

This is his team picture!

All of the boys have gotten better and better each week. We are so excited that the team is going to stay together in the Spring. That is a huge compliment to Coach Mike and the other coaches! Bentley absolutely loves playing in each game. If it were up to him, he would play the entire game each time. He tells me that sitting out is boring. We are working on sitting out and cheering for his team. After Bentley finishes the Fall Season, he is going to play indoor in the Winter.

1st Day(s) of School

Prior to the kids' first day of school, we did some school shopping! Presley and I went school shopping in Missouri! This is one of the outfits that we bought.

After we came home from Missouri, all SIX of us went school shopping for Kiley. Now that was fun.

We had Meet the Teacher for both girls on the same night at two different schools. And of course it was pouring rain.

The girls started school the last week in August.

We first got Kiley off to Second Grade. She is always so cooperative with the sign...

And it was this sweet girl's first day of KINDERGARTEN!!

She knew exactly what to do with the sign!

Bentley wanted to get in on the action too!

Marmee even came up for the special occasion! I'm not sure if it was more for Presley or more for Mommy!

We got to walk her in on the first two days. She did great, of course!

Once the girls were back in school, I took Bentley school shopping. The only fun things to buy with boys are shoes!

He's all set!

Bentley started school a couple of weeks after the girls. Our little handsome man and his many faces.

Now that Bentley is 3, he gets to be on the Academy side of the school. He is so excited to be able to play on the big playground.

These are the pictures his teacher sent me of his first day.

Since Bentley has started back to school, his teachers have been so proud of him. Remember, last year he was in and out of time out and the office pretty frequently. Well, this year, he is a completely different kid. All of his teachers have come up to me at different times to tell me how well he is doing. He is literally a star student. He listens, he participates, and does everything he is asked to do. He is a good helper. We are so proud of him. This is a teacher comment one day after school.

And another picture!

We all survived the first days of school. Mommy is glad to have a little free time a couple of days a week to catch up from the Summer! We will have more school updates soon!