Our Little Geniuses

We have always been so proud of our oldest daughter and how smart she is.  She recognized all of her letters by the time she was two.  She knew her address and phone numbers by the age of three.  She can tell you when her birthday is, as well as her sister's, mine, her dad's, her Granny's, her Pawpaw's, her Uncle Bill's, her cousin Parker's, and her Grandma's, just to name a few.  She can "read" (recite) quite a number of books that she loves to hear.  Just in the past couple of weeks she has learned to add and subtract and has already memorized a number of those Math facts, namely all the doubles up to 20......1+1, 2+2, 3+3.....all the way to 20+20.  Bill enjoys doing the Sudoku puzzles in the paper and has even had Lauren in his lap explaining how those work.  Bill really enjoys Math, so I'm hoping that sticks with Lauren. 

Well, Allison is not one to be left out in the family, so my brother took this picture of her over  Easter weekend while we were at my parent's house.  Allison is working the crossword puzzle from the daily paper.

I love these pictures of Allison.  I think her hair is absolutely beautiful in each one.  I think she had just finished her bath before they were taken.  Allison is just as smart as her sister.  She is enjoying learning to use sign language and finger spell her name.  One of her favorite names to finger spell is her friend Josiah's.

OK, if you are really wondering, Allison is not really working the crossword puzzle, but she was writing the letter "O" perfectly in each square.  Needless to say, we are very proud of both of our daughters.

 

Kindergarten Round-Up

Today I walked in to Brickey Elementary to register my baby for Kindergarten. The school place has always been such a comfortable and familiar setting for me as a teacher, but today, I felt like a total stranger in this school that I will be leaving my daughter at beginning in August. Thank goodness my friend Krissy came by to take us with her for registration, or I would have been totally lost. She showed Lauren and I around the school a little bit while we were there.
Filling out the Knox County School enrollment form was such a foreign thing for me as a parent. I have read so many of those enrollment forms for the children I have taught, and now I am the parent filling it out.
I was very impressed with the school. I think it will be a wonderful place for the girls. The classrooms looked beautiful and the school itself seemed very inviting despite it's large size. I look forward to getting to know the people at the school and becoming a part of this wonderful community we have become part of.

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend is always a special tradition for me because Bill went up to my parent's house for the first time seven years ago while we were dating. We have been able to go back each Easter since then. I enjoy spending that time with the family.
Here are a couple of pictures of the the girls playing outside at Mom and Dad's house Friday evening.
Allison jumping off the patio to Daddy

Lauren taking her turn jumping to Daddy

Here are the girls sleeping together in Mom and Dad's bed Friday night. It didn't last long. When Mom and Dad actually got in bed, Allison woke up and came in to the room where Bill and I were sleeping and kept us awake for a long time.

Saturday morning Mom and Dad took the girls to Warrior's Path State Park to play. They had a wonderful playground the girls enjoyed. I didn't get any pictures at the park because Bill and I actually shopped at Lowe's and Target while the grandparents played with the girls.
Saturday afternoon we colored Easter Eggs outside on the side walk.
Lauren with her pretty orange egg.

Lauren and Allison checking on their eggs.

Allison checking out her pink egg. Unfortunately she dropped several of her eggs on the side walk and cracked them.

Daddy put Allison to bed Saturday night and fell asleep with her.

Allison showing off her Easter dress on Sunday morning.

Sweet kisses

I love this picture of Lauren

Sweet sister hugs

More hugs

Bare feet in the grass. I was so glad the weather was so beautiful for Easter.

Outside picture with their Easter dresses

Hunting for Easter eggs

Allison looking for eggs

Lauren was so tired from the busy weekend that she fell asleep on the ride back to Knoxville. You know she is really tired when she falls asleep anytime other than bedtime.