Maia on Front Page of the Newspaper!

To my surprise when I looked at the paper on Friday, Maia was on the front page along with a nice sentimental story of Scott and I on their first day of school. You can click on the photo to enlarge.

1st Day of Kindergarten!

I had Carissa & Maia wear the same dress I wore on my first day of school (see photo below). I had the other one wear a similar dress of mine that I owned when I was 5. I had to do a quick change in the bathroom at the school so that they could both take a picture in the same dress. A newspaper reporter took their picture and also took a picture of my old picture below. I hope it's in the newspaper tomorrow! A different newspaper reporter interviewed both Scott and I on our feelings. Hopefully, we'll see this in the paper too!

Scott packed them a snack to bring to school and wrote a sweet message on them.

Christine - 5 years old - 1st day of Kindergarten

Their best friend, Hailey is in the same class! How fun for them!

Maia's cubby hole for her backpack.

Carissa's cubby hole for her backpack.

Waving good-bye to us! Scott and I cried when we got back to the car.

I sneeked a peek into the classroom and took this photo. There are 28 kids in their class. You can see Carissa & Maia sitting together with Hailey. Carissa has a big smile on her face.

Kindergarten Orientation - Aug 19

Carissa & Maia got to meet their teachers in their classroom: Ms. Feins (left pink) & Ms. Harris (right black). Ms. Feins is their teacher Mon-Thur and Ms. Harris takes Friday. Both are very sweet and nice. Carissa and Maia liked the little potties in the bathroom that's connected to their classroom. They asked me, "What if I have to go the the bathroom during class?". I told them to raise their hand. They then asked, what if the teacher says no?" Also, Carissa was very concerened when I told her that she probably won't be sitting next to Maia. She almost cried and said she promised if she could sit next to Maia that she won't copy Maia's school work. Cute, huh?

Utah Trip Aug 9 - 17

I drove in a separate car with my sister and mother(in-laws)to Utah. Scott flew in over the weekend and drove back with us. We got to celebrate Kyle's 14th birthday and Stacie's 33rd birthday. We were also there for Kyle's ordination to Teacher. Carissa & Maia love all their cousins and miss them very much! We all miss the Whitney's! Thanks for having us for the week!

Solano County Fair - July 22, 2009

We thought it would be fun to enter some of our artwork into the Fair this year. Carissa & Maia entered 13 art pieces each! They entered into 4 different categories: Drawing/Printmaking, Painting, Crafts, Mixed Media, and Jewelry. They pretty much dominated the entire Preschool display, which was funny (see slide show below).

Maia won twelve 1st place ribbons & one 2nd place ribbon
Carissa won seven 1st place ribbons & six 2nd place ribbons

Scott entered into the fair too. He made 4th of July pom poms and a firecracker from recycled materials. He won 3rd place for Mixed Recyclable Products in the Adult Recycling category.
I entered into the Fine Arts for Professional Photography. I won 3rd and 4th place ribbons for Computer Assisted. I also won a 4th place ribbon for Black & White Portrait. Not bad for my first time entering into the fair. There were a lot of entries and some good competition.

This is the actual Lolly Ride from Michael Jackson's Neverland.

Solano County Fair - Carissa & Maia's Entries