Gabby Lost her Front Teeth!

So Travis took Gabby to the dentist today because her front tooth was a little loose from being bumped by another kiddo... She came back with BOTH teeth extracted. SURPRISE! I had no idea that was happening... Apparently, they grow in straighter when both teeth are gone. I love this look, though. Losing your front teeth is such a milestone.

Gabby's First Slumber Party

Eating ice-cream sundaes

Playing with the kiddies

Watching Star Wars

Twins!

The t-shirt says Shoot for the Stars

Gabby and her buddy, Emily, had their first sleep-over at our house. They've known each other since they were two... She is Gabby's "first friend" and is moving to Singapore so we wanted to do something special to say goodbye. The girls ate junk food and hardly slept, but they had a blast and got along great. All in all, a first successful sleep-over.

Easter 2013

My BFF, Beth, bought me egg decorating stuff and sent it

in a care package four years ago... finally used it today :)

Pink Bunny Peeps!

Nothin' like candy at 6:45 in the morning

Easter bunny was nice this year

Bouncy Castle at our Clubhouse

So stinkin' happy!

My pink cupcake bunnies

The Tebo girls

Olivia's First Easter

Another successful Easter! The bunny came and hid the girls' baskets. He did a great job with Gabriella's-- it took her awhile to find it. We went to a celebration a the clubhouse, which was pretty lame and cold, but there was a bouncy castle so the girls at least got some exercise. We watched some Easter movies, ate candy, and had a nice day together as a family. No major melt-downs or craziness, which always makes mommy happy.

Gabby's Chinese Presentation

Singing, talking, and basically showing-off her Chinese ability in the presentation. It was super awesome seeing her interact with her Chinese teacher. We're so thankful she gets this experience of learning a new language in a fun way... 

Livvy's First Sister Bath

The girls having a good laugh

Everything in the mouth!

Isabelle liked cleaning her lil' sis

She smelled SO GOOD after this bath

Olivia had her first bath with her big sister and it went REALLY good. I was watching the girls by myself and haven't attempted this yet, so I was pleasantly surprised. All three girls are water babies--yay!

Book for Kids w/ Cleft Lip

Gabriella speaking in front of about 500 Middle School Kids.

She loved it! They knew who she was and she loved

the attention-- she asked if she could be in a movie now.

Proud mama here. She did great.

Ms. Christine, Gabby, Kyung Yun, and Rachel

She helped out her buddy, Kyung Yun, when she forgot the words

Email below from Gabby's Kindergarten Teacher

Dear KCI families,

Did you know that during the past 3 weeks your child has been working tirelessly on creating a beautiful book as a gift for children with cleft lip? They asked me to find out how they could give the book to a child to enjoy and "make them feel happy." This is a project that the children thought up on their own and worked on independently over several days, adding a bit more to their project every day. It just so happens that it is Smile Week in the Middle School this week. During Smile Week, the Middle School raises funds and awareness to support a foster hospital that helps treat children with cleft palette. Tomorrow, Middle School will be having an assembly where a representative from the organization that helps spearhead this worthy cause will attend.

When I asked Mr. Fidler in the Middle School how we could get the KCI children's book to a child, he suggested that we come to the assembly and present the book to the organization directly. The children know nothing about this yet! I plan to tell them tomorrow morning. We will be going to the assembly and presenting at 3:00. I will update you on the location tomorrow morning if you wish to come and watch. We will only be there for about 2 or 3 minutes at most before we have to return to class.

I hope you are as proud of the children as I am for their commitment to a project that was embarked upon for the sole purpose of making another person happy.

Congratulations to all 4 girls!

Happy Smile Week!

Christine

Gabby's Kindergarten Performance

All done!

Gabby was in charge of the chimes-- she was great!

Group shot of all the Kindergarten kiddos

Kellan and Gabriella

I forced them to take this picture!

Gabby and Sydney

Ella, Gabriella, and Reagan

I preface this first by saying that these pictures are horrible quality... Next time, bring the good camera. the light in the theatre is hard. 

Anyway, all of the Kindergarten classes worked together on a musical performance. Gabby's class did a rendition of "Billy Goats Gruff." It was super cute!