Keeley's 1st day of school!

Keeley had her first day of school yesterday!  Frankie and I both dropped her off and after a bunch of screaming, kicking and crying...Frankie finally got me calmed down.  Ok...after a lot of screaming (Keeley) and a lot of crying (me), we made it through her first day.  You people failed to inform me how hard it is to leave your baby girl at a brand new place where she is scared to death because everywhere she looks, there isn't one familiar face.  I headed off to work and balled my eyes out off and on all morning everytime I thought about how sad she was when we left.  I think yesterday might have just been the longest day in history.   I could hardly wait to go back and pick her up.  Her teacher Ms. Claire said she cried and was pretty upset at first, but once they went outside to play, she was good to go and had a GREAT day!  She was all smiles and playing when I walked in her classroom to pick her up.

Today's drop off was still a little traumatic, but she didn't scream with fear like she did yesterday, it was more of a "sad" cry.  Ms. Claire told us she had another great day and had lots of fun painting and playing with her new friend Keira! 

So far, so good!  We will keep you posted!

Last Day at La Petite Academy

Today was Keeley's last day at La Petite daycare.  We were all a little sad and teary-eyed because Keeley has been at this daycare since she was 12 weeks old!  She had a lot of great teachers whom we will miss dearly!  On Tuesday, she will be starting a childcare program at a new school.  It is right across the street from my office, so I can look out the window and possibly even see her playing on the playground!  Here are a few pictures we took today.  In this first one, you can tell she is a little upset because I made her give up the cookies that we brought for the class.  This was Keeley's infant room teacher Kristi, who was with her from the very beginning.  She loooved Kristi!  If I ever dropped Keeley off at daycare and she was crying, I knew all she needed to do was see Kristi and everything would be ok!

Kristi made Keeley this adorable blanket and also gave her a cute little heart knick-knack with her picture on it so she can put it in her bedroom.  When we got home today, Keeley went and hid her blanket in the closet.  I asked her why she put it there and she said " I have to hide it so Sissy's won't get it".  Oh lord.  I forsee many sibling fights in the future over that soft, warm, cuddly blanket!  Heck...I might even take it!

Here are three of Keeley's teachers that she loved...Libby Lu, Mandy and KiKi.

Giving KiKi a BIG hug!

Last but not least...her buddy Cameron wanted to give her a big hug before she left. How CUTE!

Say "Cheese"

We had fun playing with the self timer on the camera last night!:)

Our New Camera!

Soooo...I have been shopping around for a digital camera for awhile now and finally purchased one today on my lunch hour.  Last week, I thought I killed my old camera after dropping it on the floor for the 200th time.  The lens was jammed, therefore, I couldn't take any pictures.  After Frankie worked his magic, he somehow revived the poor thing.  He did not understand why I needed a new camera when our current one worked just fine, but I explained to him that our camera was really outdated compared to the new technology and we really needed one that was 12 megapixels or more. Don't get me wrong, our sony cybershot was a topnotch camera...back in 2000! It is 2010 people! A new camera for the new decade! Below is a picture taken with my old camera. The second picture was taken with my new camera.   I can definitely tell the quality is better with my new camera, but Frankie isn't so convinced.  I will still keep that Sony cybershot and remeber all the memories it captured throughout the years.  It had a good run!

Dancin' Queens

The holidays are over and we are trying to get back in our normal day to day routine. School (for the girls), Work (for Mommy and Daddy), come home-eat dinner, do homework, play, play and play some more! Here is a short video of the girls doing their favorite dance tonight :)

Keeley and her funky style

Sometimes you just have to pick and choose your battles.  Going head to head with Keeley on what she was going to wear today was not a battle I was interested in tackling today, so I threw in the towel and let her dress herself.  Here is the result:

WHAT'S UP HOMEY?

Happy New Year!

I don't have any pictures to post, but wanted to wish everyone a wonderful and Happy New Year!!!