4 1/2 Years Old

Yesterday Mallory started Pre-K and today she turned four and a half. All I can say is WOW!  For lunch we celebrated with the traditional half birthday meal: pancakes with sprinkles and a side of bacon.  Mallory received a little something special from us too;  little Princess Sophia doll that she has been wanting for several months now.  I asked if I may take a picture of her with the doll and she said no.

I thought about writing what all Mallory likes and does as I always do, but this time I decided to let her fill in the blanks.  Not quite sure about all the answers, but this is what she told me her :favorites are right now

Show: Peter Rabbit

Food: string cheese (really??)

Color: green/verde (hum...this is new. It's typically pink and/or purple)

Toy: Doll and Pink Baby

Book: Jesus Loves Me

Thing to Do: play with dolls

Bible Study: Noah and the Ark 

Friend: Kaylee

Pet: Harold and Daisy

First Day of Pre-K and MDO

Today was the first day of school for the new year. Mallory started Pre-K at Wylie UMC and Maggie began another year of MDO at FBC Wylie.  Here are some cute pictures of the girls before we headed out the door.  Mallory chose to wear a dress that Mammy and Guy Guy bought her. For Maggie, I picked out this cute dress that Grandma and Papa Nick gave her.

I love this picture.  Mallory wanted to show her sister some love (without being asked) and Maggie's face is priceless. Those eyes look like they are saying "WHAT????"

Our first stop was to drop Maggie off at MDO. She did great until it was time to walk into the classroom. I put my hand on her back to gently push her into the room and it was like her feet were glued to the floor. She refused to budge.  Her teacher finally had to pick her up and move her into the room...and then the bawling started.  I felt so bad for her, but I had to leave fast because now I had to get Mallory to school.

On the way there, I reminder her how much fun she had last year and this would be a good year too.  I was having to convince myself that it would be a good year too.  Mallory rarely wants to go to school and gets upset on school days. She wants to be home with me instead.  I think that is so sweet and loving, but I get so tired of having to deal with her whining every Tuesday and Thursday. Next year is going to be crazy when she has to go to school FIVE days a week!

Mallory did really well when I dropped her off. She was a little shy, but she walked right in.

Mama's Beauty Salon

I have no idea why, but Mallory pretty much wants nobody in her personal space. This makes going to the doctor, dentist, or hair dresser a nightmare. She had told me that when she turned four she would let Claudia cut her hair. Well, she is now almost four and a half and has changed her tune. I told her that she really needs a haircut and she said she would let me do it. Lucky me!!! I borrowed my friends scissors and decided to at least try to make this experience fun for the both of us.

As with all the fashion magazines, you must take the "before" photo.

Waiting to get her hair washed.  I told her this was how I used to have my hair washed when I was a little girl so she was all for it.

The "after" photo.  Mallory did really well and sat very still while I cut her hair.  I'm pretty sure the promise of going to get good behavior frozen yogurt helped!

Happy Birthday Matt

This year Mallory has really gotten into birthdays and wanted to help make Matt's day extra special. She helped make lemon bars (his favorite), clean the house, and put up the "Happy Birthday" sign. While hanging up the sign she asked if we could put up streamers and balloons. I told her of course and mentioned how fun it would be to put up a ton of streamers for Matt to walk through when he came home. Mallory loved the idea and we went to get the crape paper and....well, let's just say we did the best with what we had!

Matt was a great sport and made Mallory feel so special for making him such wonderful decorations.

My Helpers

Mallory has been asking to make banana pie and I have no idea why. I keep asking her "why banana pie," and she just says "i don't know, but can we make it?" I finally said yes and kept thinking there is no way she is going to eat this and I'm not sure not eating it. I suggested we look for some recipes and I found basically found something that we could call banana pie in a cup. I showed Mallory the picture and she was ready to make it. We went to the store and got our ingredients and made it after Maggie woke up from her nap. I love this picture of the girls helping. 

This is the first time that I ever said "smile," and they both decided that the wanted to actually pose for the picture.  Now if they will just start actually looking at the camera!

Please No Autographs

Just in case the paparazzi where outside of Aldi, Maggie wore her shades into the store and during about 90% of our shopping trip.  I don't know what she was thinking because she rarely wears them.  Too funny and too cute!

Lunch with Dadda

After playing with our friends this morning, in Frisco, we stopped by Intuit and had lunch with Matt.  Mallory enjoyed walking through the office and seeing the large cafeteria that they have.  I brought pizza for the girls because they have never wanted to eat anything that was being served before.  Little did Matt and I know that we would only be eating about half of our delicious meals that we purchased from the cafeteria.

I chose the salmon with steamed broccoli and mashed potatoes. Mallory ate a ton of the salmon (I was completely shocked) and asked me to make some at home.  Maggie at Matt's soup (shocked again).  After lunch, we enjoyed yummy cookies and then headed home so Matt could work.  We all had a nice time and of course Matt enjoyed showing off the girls.