A weekend of firsts!

After the spring program at preschool I took Grace and Lyla to Hunters Bend Elementary for a little open house for upcoming kindergarten families. Grace was very excited. It was nice. They took us on a tour of the building, showed us the playgrounds, and even took us on a bus ride around the parking lot. Grace and Lyla really like the bus. Grace told me on the way there that she was excited about kindergarten but she was going to be nervous. "I know it will be ok, but I'm still going to be nervous, because it's ok to be nervous about new things, but I know it will be ok, but I'll still be a little nervous." It's so interesting to hear them process things out loud. Bless her little heart.

Anyway, after the open house, I left for a girls weekend in Atlanta. I met my three college roommates for a girls weekend. It was so nice to be able to sleep through the night uninterupted! I think that is what I was most excited about. Eric took the girls to his parents' house for the weekend. I packed the girls' suitcase for him but didn't put the diapers in the suitcase. Lyla is potty trained but still wore diapers at night. Well, at about 9pm Friday night he called me asking where the diapers were. I told him they were left on the kitchen counter for him to take. They weren't in the suitcase though! Well, Lyla has been in panties at night since that Friday night! Eric takes her to the potty when we go to bed at 11pm (or so) and then she can make it the rest of the night! Exciting! For the first time in 5 years we are diaper free in our household!!!!!! Wow, it's weird....does that mean it's time for another? Eric says yes....Jenny says no!

The next first that happened that weekend was that Grace started riding her bike without training wheels!!! When I pulled into the driveway Sunday afternoon she was speeding by! Eric said she asked him to take the wheels off and then she just took off. We tried this last fall but it didn't work out so well. We have a home video of that weekend. ha ha Below is a picture of Grace riding like a big girl!!! She can really fly. Lyla gets so mad b/c her little bike just won't go that fast. I feel so sorry for her. She wants to be big so bad.