Hallie's First Day of Preschool

The girls have been getting up at 6am all summer and now this past weekend decided that sleeping in until 8:45 is much better! That would be fine except for the fact that Hallie has to be at preschool by 8:30. Wednesday morning was a little crazy and was a bit of a change from having all of us dressed, fed and waiting outside Walmart at 7:55 for it to open. I had to wake both the girls up at 7:45 to get them ready.

Hallie went in to her class with no problem at all. Raya fussed as she didn't want to leave without Hallie. I went and did some shopping and visiting while Chris watched Hallie from his office on the "online security web cam". We have a password and are able to watch her while she is there. It is quite neat.

Her class is 3 hours long and she did say "it took you a long time to come back and get me Mom". She hasn't been left for that length of time before but I'm sure she will get used to it really soon.

More "Firsts"

Raya wore her first barette today as seen in the photo. Raya looks so much like me in this photo. It's freaky. I have a few pictures of me at 16 months (raya is now 15 months) that look so incredibly similar to this. Both of the girls have gone through phases where they looked just like I did and then they change a bit. Raya's mouth isn't the same but the shape of her face and her eyes and nose are exactly the same. Hallie right now looks nothing like me....and Raya could be my clone! Looks wise I mean, not personality!!!! In all seriousness, I think that Hallie is smart like Chris and Raya will be a little more social like me.





Here is a picture of Hallie and her FIRST school BackPack. She picked it herself. I tried to get her to choose between two that I didn't mind but she spotted this one at the bottom of the bin and there was no changing her mind. She loves blue and green. She will rarely pick something pink when given a choice...although her favorite color is "rosada" which is spanish for pink.

Yesterday was fun

Hallie blowing bubbles for Raya







Raya looking at all the bubbles




Hallie and Raya in their Cool Shades





Raya admiring herself in the bathroom...once again she disappeared on me and this is where I found her!