Labor Day Weekend

Reesi's friends, the Jordan's, invited us up to their farm for a Labor day celebration.  The kids loved running around like crazy and enjoying the beautiful weather and scenery.  Everybody loaded in the jeeps for a ride to the top of the hill for the sunset.  We ended the night watching Frozen on the front of the barn.  Reesi loves all these girls so much and we are so thankful to call them friends!

Special Day

Reesi began talking this summer about wanting to be baptized.  Larry tried to talk her into doing it in the Harpeth River, but she wasn't too keen on that idea.  So a few weeks ago she had a talk with Papoo about it and the next Sunday we did it at Mimi and Papoo's church.  Meemaw, Granny and Papa Snoddy, Jenny and her family,  and Mimi and Papoo all came for the special occasion.  Afterwards we celebrated at Farmer's Restaurant.  Reesi has the sweetest heart and I am so proud of my little girl.

First Days of School

The glorious summer is over and school is back in session.  This year I am going back to work full time and at a new school so it has been an adjustment.  However, I couldn't ask for a better job!  I am the librarian at a wonderful school right down the road.  It's the first year in forever that I haven't had a 30 minute commute and I am loving it.  

Reesi is starting fifth grade and Elye is starting kindergarten at my school.  She hasn't been too happy about having to go to school five days a week and not have anymore Mimi/Elye days, but she has finally adjusted.  She still asks every morning when her next day off is.  

One day on the way home from school Elye asked me if she could change her name to Elsa.  I said no, but she had already told some friends that she was changing her name.  Elye is going to grow up to be a sales woman because she can be so persuasive.  I relented and agreed to changing her name to Elsa, but everybody was still going to call her Elye.  That was several weeks ago and I haven't heard another word about it.  Until this week when another kindergartener from a different class came in the library and said, "Elsa told me you were her mom!"  Apparently, Elye has been telling all the kids on the playground that her name is Elsa!

Elye Loses Her First Tooth

Elye's tooth has been loose forever.  Since it has been loose so long I kind of quit thinking about it.  I went for a girls weekend at the lake.  Elye and Reesi stayed a night at Meemaw's house while I was out of town.  That Sunday morning during church Elye's tooth came out!  I didn't even realize it was loose enough to come out!  She was so excited and couldn't wait for the tooth fairy to come.  And, of course, she had to spend her tooth fairy money the very next day.  

 On a second note, Elye has been too scared to sleep in her bed alone lately.  So she has started sleeping with Reesi every night.  Now I think Reesi is getting so used to it she doesn't like to sleep alone anymore!  It's pretty sweet.  Reesi will read a book to her at bedtime and they will even say their prayers together.

Preschool Graduation

 Her class sang "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from Lion King.  It's a tricky song so we downloaded it and listened to it in the car for weeks.  She would never sing it and I thought it was because she didn't know it.  Then she told me it was because she didn't want me to hear her until the actual show.  And she belted it out at the program!

 Elye and one of her besties, Sara McGee

 Reesi wanted to get some graduate attention too!

Our Little Gymnast

 Elye started gymnastics this past school year.  She is always bouncing around on her tip toes so a friend told me she should be a gymnast and apparently she was right.  She perfected the cartwheel before she even started gymnastics and has done great this whole year.  At the end of the school year she was asked to be on the Hot Shot Team for the summer.  She did so well this summer she is the only one from the team that is being asked to move up to the Mini Mights team, which is an extra half hour a week.