First Day is Almost Here!

I'm finally going to school this year,
and now the big day's almost here.
I'll learn to write and count and read--
Only two more days till school.
I got new pants and shirts and socks,
a brand-new red and blue lunch box;
I'll paint and sing and dance and play--
Only one more day fill school.
My hair is washed, my sneakers squeak,
I'm so excited, I can hardly speak!
New things to do, new friends to meet--
Hooray! It's the first day of school!

Few More Days!

It's almost time for school! We have a few more last minute things to get on the kids school supply list, and I am trying to make sure everything is together. I was hoping to get the kids up today at their regular 'school time' however I'm fighting a sinus infection and just wanted to sleep!

Tomorrow the twins have 'Meet the Teacher' and we are also bringing all of their supplies, because I know they will not be able to carry all of it on Monday on the BUS! I am excited for them to start school, however I know that will be another emotional day for me as they will be gone ALL DAY!! New adventures are always scary, but this will be great for them. I can't wait to hear all of the stories they bring home, and see how they like the BIG SCHOOL!

Time to get this day started, a list together of what we still need since I am behind and get ready for tomorrow! Kindergarten here WE come!

Getting Ready!

Well it's that time of year to get things ready. Kindergarten is right around the corner and summer is almost over. Quinn and Bella have had their yearly check ups at the pediatrician, and let me tell you between Quinn and Brinlee I ahven't been to the pedi office that much in a week let alone a year!

I have gotten most of their school supplies on the list, with a few more to purchase yet. They got new backpacks and lunch bags ready to go! We have 'Meet the Teacher Night' on August 19th. So we are very excited!!

I don't know if I told you or not but they both were accepted into the Dual-Language Program! Only 36 kindergarteners are accepted and they BOTH GOT IN!! They will be doing half of their day in English and half of their day in Spanish. I better get my translation book soon and start learning my Spanish! All I know right now, is...uno, dose, tres. (Is that the correct spelling anyways?) Oh boy....

Anyway I hope that you choose to follow their school blog. I think I will be able to keep up this year with posting once a week, or here and there since they are in school all day. Thanks for reading!!

We are Kindergarteners!

Last night the twins had their Promotion Night at Family Christian Center School. They did a wonderful job, I also did great at holding back my tears! I was crying inside because they have grown so much, so fast.

Thanks to Bella's teachers Ms. Patricia and Ms. Christi; and Quinn's teachers Ms. Denissa and Ms. Kim. You all have done such a wonderful job from taking our children under your loving care from day one and treating them as one of your own children. I will admit the first day we dropped them off I was so nervous about leaving them, how they would do, if they would get scared, make friends, etc. They talked about school everyday and were excited to go to school each day. Thanks to your hard work they are exceptional students and have a great head start for Kindergarten! We will miss all of you dearly and hope you will stay in touch.

We are very proud of both of you QUinn and Bella and can not wait to see what you accomplish next year in Kindergarten. You will be going to school ALL DAY! I can still see you both as little babies when you were born and it's hard to imagine you are going to be going to school on your own on the BUS!

Here is to a new year in KINDERGARTEN!!

Family Picture

Quinn with Ms. Kim & Ms. Denissa

Bella with Ms. Patricia

Bella with Ms. Christi

Start of Something New!

It ha sbeen a whirlwind of a year with the twins in VPK!! I wish I would have kept up our blog but with our crazy family schedule it just wasn't possible. I hope to have a little more free time to ocassionally update their blog during the next year. Well, I say that now! Haha!

We are very proud of Quinn and Bella as they have VPK Promotion Night this Thursday, June 9th!! They have both tested very very high, and have showed great improvement from the first day. They ahve made friends in their classrooms and hae had fun attending birthday parties. They have also loved their teachers: Ms. Patricia, Ms. Christi, Ms. Denissa and Ms. Kim! We will miss them all dearly as they ahve helped our children through their first year of school!

We are waiting to see if they are accepted into the Dual Language Program at Sawgrass Bay, there are limited places so we will see. They are very excited to go to the BIG SCHOOL next year. With them attending a uniform school and Kindergarten we have tons of supplies to get for each of them. If anyone can help, or would like to donate townards Quinn & Bella's supply list it would be greatly appreciated! I couldn't believe how much they need each!!!

They need the amount needed EACH, unless specified for Boy or Girl only!!

• 1 set of watercolor paints per child
• 2 composition books per child
• 4 boxes of 24 Crayola Crayons per child
• 12 glue sticks per child
• 1 4oz Elmer's Glue per child
• 3 Plastic pocket folders with prongs, any color per child
• 1 pack of 8 Classic Crayola markers per child
• 1 pack of brown paper lunch bags
• 1 box brad paper fasteners per child
• 1 pack of tissues per child
• 1 pair of blunt child scissors per child
• 2 reams of printer/copy paper per child
• 1 pack of small paper plates per child
• 24 sharpened #2 pencils per child
• 1 four pack dry erase markers per child
• 1 pack of 4 play dough (girls only)
• 1 box of 40 ZipLoc gallon size bags (girls only)
• 1 pack of pencil top erasers (boys only)
• 1 box of 25 ZipLoc Quart size bags (boys only)
• 1 bottle of hand sanitizer (boys only)

Holy Cow that was a list!! These poor kids will need a UHaul the first day of school! If you can help in any way it would be greatly appreciated.

Love- Quinn & Bella

Valentine's Day!

Quinn and Bella are starting to learn what Valentine's Day is. Tonight they wrote out their V-Day cards for their classmates, and it was so nice to see them writing their names! How fast a year goes by. Quinn of course too forever, but Bella zipped right through!

They are each having their own little party in their classes tomorrow. I know that they will get some Valentine's Day cards from their friends, but didn't want tons in their backpacks, so silly me forgot to get a craft at Michael's to hold their Valentines. So we did then next best thing that I used to do when I was little. We made our own Valentine's Day boxes! They had a ton of fun decorating their boxes!! Here are some pictures. Enjoy and Happy Valentines Day!!!

Monkey Business

Quinn singing his 'Monkey Song.' He learned this in Ms. Denissa's class and he LOVES it!! We recorded this back on November 10th, 2010. He even tried teaching Brinlee how to sing it.

Back to School

Well it's the lat day of Christmas Break for the twins. They had a wonderful time off, lots to do, sometime not enough to do and got some cabin fever!! I can tell you that I am ready for them to go back to school but I still need a vacation from my vacation to get things done!!

Bella is looking forward to seeing Gabriel again and giving him his Christmas gift. And Quinn has a gift for Stephanie too. Bella is looking forward to her homework and Quinn just want to play...LOL!

I love seeing the enjoyment they have telling me and showing me what they have done in school. This first week back will be rough as we try to get our bodies back and used to the schedule. My schedule for work is changing so that will get some getting used to as well as Brinlee being almost potty trained.

Let enjoy this last day of break and see you in SCHOOL TOMORROW!

Snowman Treats!

Here are the fun little treat bags the twins and I made up for their classmates for their Christmas parties. These are so easy and fun to make! The poem reads:

"It's cold outside so in this pack is a special mixed-up Snowman Snack!
Look very closely and you may spy little snowballs, chocolate hats and eyes.
There's a little nose and pretzel arms and a tasty scarf to give him some charm.
Have fun looking, then you know what to do...
gobble up this snack made especially for you!

In side were pretzels (arms), mini chocolate morsels (eyes, mouth, buttons), Junior mints (hats), Mike and Ikes (noese), marshmallows, Twizzlers Pull n' Peel (scarf)

Christmastime at School

The kids have been having a blast at school, and with so many events I can't keep up anymore! So here is a rundown of what has been going on in the past week or so. Bella has been complaining that she wants homework, so I talked to Ms. Patricia and she is going to start giving her some worksheets to take home. Can this last through high school? In my wildest dreams huh...haha! They do bring home a lot of papers that they do in class, but to try to continue to scan them all in this blog would me miles long!! I don't know how to choose which ones to keep, so at the end of the school year I will have them help me decide which ones to keep.

Bella with her teachers Ms. Patricia & Ms. Christi

Quinn with Ms. Denissa

Quinn with Ms. Kim

The twins did some Christmas shopping at school for each other, Nanny, Gramps and Papa. They were very excited about this!! They have done some really nice projects too in school, I'll have to take a picture of our family room wall! Quinn's teacher, Ms. Denissa, did a really adorable project with the kids. She did their hand print on an ornament and made it look like a family of snowmen. She even went a step further for us...she went over to Bella's class to have Bella do one too!! So we have 2 amazing ornaments hanging on our tree!!

This past week they each had a party in their classes too. In Bella's class they did a fun book exchange. Each child brought in a wrapped book with their name on it. They then played a game and got a book. Bella was all excited because Gabriel, they boy that likes her in class, got her book! Bella go a Dr Seus book. They then got to decorate cookies and eat them in class, yummy! In Quinn's class they decorated cookies one day, then the last day they got to play in the park outside, then they came in and have a little party with food. I got to come in and help out too.

Bella also got a gift from her 'boyfriend' Gabriel! She was confused at school but was very excited when we got home and she had a gift from him. She felt bad that she didn't get him anything and said, 'Mommy can we go get Gabriel something?' So we did pick a little something up for him and she will give it to him after Christmas break.

Bella and her gift!

Quinn got a huge coloring activity book from Ms. Kim and Ms. Denissa! Thank you he loves it!!

We love seeing them really enjoy school, and wanting to go. They have learned a lot and sometimes surprise us with what they know!!