Reagan turns 5!

Reagan was so excited that it was her birthday that she woke up at 7 am! She ran into our room and woke me up and told me it was her birthday. She was also ready to eat a chocolate donut for breakfast! Now that is a yummy birthday breakfast! We went to Sunday School and after that we met Eric at IHOP for a late breakfast. Reagan got the choice of going out to breakfast or dinner and she chose breakfast. Her & Bailey split the Funny Face chocolate chip pancake and both loved it! After that Reagan went shopping with Eric to get some stuff her party. When she got home she was able to open a few gifts and cards that we had at home. Then it was finally time for her party! As we were packing up the car for her party, she asked us where our gifts were. We asked her what she meant by that and she said "the gifts for me from you guys!" We told her she would open those when we got home from the party. Her party was at Imaginations at Play with some friends and family. Everyone had a wonderful time! There wasn't another party going on at the same time so we had the place to ourselves! They of course were ready for some cake & ice cream and we think Bailey & Peyton enjoyed that more than anyone! She got to open the gifts from her friends after eating some yummy cake.

I don't have too many pics from her party yet, we added a photographer to our party price so we have to get the CD from her with all 300 something pictures on it! That should be fun to go through!

When we got home from her party she got to open up the rest of her gifts. She got lots of wonderful things; pretty outfits, CD player, CD's, Learning Tag system and books and all sorts of other great stuff!

I think she has tried to make sure she has played with everything!

At school she got a ribbon and pencil for her birthday and "hat" to wear. On Tuesday I will bring cupcakes for her birthday treat, she is so excited!

When we asked her what her favorite gift was she said "All of it!"

Birthday breakfast
Having a yummy pancake

Reagan & Daddy at breakfast

What a mess!

One of the dresses Aunt Rachel gave her

A dress that Ganny got her

Party time!

Playing in the sand box with her buddy Parker

Having some fun

They loved this part of the place; they ran every time the bubbles came out!

Imagine that, Bailey & Peyton still eating!

Opening her gift from Riley & Peyton

Austin got Reagan a Ga purse

This was fun; I think this is one of the better ones

Uncle Danny got Reagan a dress

Opening her gift from Mama & Papa D, a CD player

A skirt from Krista & Chad, part of the cute outfit they gave her

Opa & Grandma gave her the Learning Tag system, she loves it!

Aunt Julie gave her this cute dress

More clothes from Aunt Julie!

All dressed up in her Hannah Montana costume that Emma gave her

Her gifts from Bailey

A Pet Shop birthday light up dome from us

A big book from us

Me with my birthday girl!

Bulldog Dash 5k and Fun Run

I ran the Bulldog Dash 5k with my new running group (well I really went with Krista & Donna D) on Saturday. Donna, Krista & I got in a mile warm up run before hand along with everyone else I think. Then we got ready to start the race with all the high school cross country teams and everyone else (there were around 600 ppl there they said). We were a little nervous that those young runners might run over us at the start but they all were all on the right side because they knew we were going to be turning right not far up from the start. It was a tough course with some good hills but also some good downhill to help out. But they didn't have any water on the course at all and that was tough with the warm morning! I ended up running it under 30 mins and having one of my best 5k times, definitely one of my best in a long time! Krista set a new PR so that was exciting!

There were some fast runners in this race, the woman winner came in 4th overall and she ran it in under 17 minutes! Amazing!

The girls did the Fun Run that started after the 5k and that was a mile. They were to run 4 times around the track. We only made it 3 times around but that is good for them! Reagan wanted to stop on the 2nd time around but she kept going. She had fun and loved doing it! It is so much fun to do that with them and get to experience something you love doing with them!

Reagan & I running around the track

Reagan with her goodies for doing the Fun Run!

Mommy & her runner girl!

The girls goofing around

So cute! And they ran some of the race this way also and finished like this!

Reagan is now a Kindergartner!

On Thursday we went to Open House at Reagan's school to meet her teacher and bring in her supplies. She was so excited, she couldn't wait to meet Mrs Mobley! She loved meeting Mrs Mobley and a few new friends while we were there. She was even more ready for Kindergarten after seeing her classroom and meeting her teacher.

Headed to Open House

Helping put away her supplies


Coloring a picture

Showing off the picture she colored

The Birthdays in her class

Family photo

She loved this gift from Mrs Mobley

Now the big day is here and it's time to actually go to Kindergarten and ride the big school bus! She had been getting up at 6:45 all last week in preparation for Kindergarten and so far has done okay with it. We know we're going to have some rough mornings but we cherish all the good ones! We of course had the outfit picked out and the hairbows (which of course got changed to hairband) and all ready. She was up without any issues and was ready to eat her breakfast. We didn't even need to set the timer (she eats really slow and can be very slow to get ready so the timer helps with this)! She got dressed and couldn't wait to get out at the bus stop!

Eating waffles for breakfast

Posing for pictures with Bailey

Our Kindergartner!

Now it's time to head out to the bus stop! She couldn't wait to get over there with Jaime. Bailey had to go over there with us, she had to be with Reagan. When that bus came down the hill the grin on Reagan's face was priceless, she was so thrilled! She gave us a quick glance and hopped on that bus like she had been riding it forever! The bus driver (Miss Wendy) let her & Jaime know that Kindergartner's sit in the front seats so they sat together. And off they went to school!

Reagan & Jaime at the bus stop

Some of the bus stop crew on the first day back to school

Ava showed up in her little cute outfit

There goes the bus! It's here!

Reagan is so thrilled she's about to get on the bus!

There she goes!

Getting on the bus and getting directions from Miss Wendy on where to sit

And they are off to school!

So I was not going to miss an opportunity to get more pictures of Reagan on her first day of school; plus I wanted to be there and see her go into the school on her first day. So Eric dropped me off at the bus drop off driveway and I was able to get to the school entrance as they were headed in. I kind of just stayed in the background and kind of followed Reagan & Jaime to their class. They almost immediately knew what to do when they got in there. They put their backpack ups and swapped out their nametags and found their seats. Reagan actually met the girl, Camille, that sits opposite her at Open House. She knows the little boy that sits behind her at the other table so she might end up talking to him too much, we'll see. Riley is just a few seats down from her. They colored while the other kids came in and got settled. Then at 8:15 the morning news came on and they watched that. After that the parapro took attendance and they were supposed to say "here" or something like that when their name was called and of course Reagan didn't (Riley didn't either along with a few others). At that point, I left; I knew my time was up and I wanted Reagan to really start enjoying her first day of "older school". I joined a few other parents in the cafeteria for a little while then headed home.

Reagan & Jaime getting off the school bus and headed into school!

Headed to their classrooms

Jaime & Reagan in their classroom

Riley was already there coloring away

Reagan putting her backpack away

Reagan getting to her seat

She was thrilled to find this pencil box at her spot

Jaime at her spot

Reagan's table

Reagan busy coloring

Reagan & Mrs Mobley

Reagan & me

Reagan already turned around talking to Will & Jaime

Watching the morning announcements

We of course were outside waiting on the school bus to arrive so we could be sure to capture her getting off the bus. Plus we're still trying to figure out the exact time when it will be showing up. But she had a great day and loved it! She said her favorite parts were coloring, playing outside and playing with Jaime. She loves her teacher and we think she is going to be great. She even called us tonight to check on Reagan and to see how she was doing and to tell us she did good at school on her first day! We missed her call; busy with bedtime. We're so proud of Reagan and just can't believe what a big girl she is now! Time just flies to fast!

I held up pretty good, I did get teary eyed at some points, like when the bus drove off this morning; but seeing how much she was loving it all and how well she was doing made it all better. It was a wonderful experience and a memory we will have forever!

Here comes the girls after their first day at school

Reagan getting off the bus

There she is!

Our Kindergartner!

The grin says it all!