Lacey Officially Turns 3!!!

We celebrated her birthday at the Georgia/Georgia Southern football game in Athens. Everyone had a great time despite the heat. (It was 88 degrees at kickoff.) The girls ran around the tailgate area playing and climbing trees. They loved it!!! I swear those girls have never been that dirty in their entire lives. From the top of their little heads to inbetween their toes, they were covered in dirt.

Our Finished Masterpieces

Here is are a picture of our painted pottery we did last week....Lela painted the pink dog and the red/green Christmas tree. Lacey painted the black Christmas tree and blue and black dog. I guess you can figure which one I painted?

Excitement In The Air

We had the girls open house for school, this morning. Next Tuesday is the big day for Lela, her first day of Kindergarten. Lacey will start on Wednesday because she just goes three days a week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday. They both seem really excited, and so am I!!!

We met with the teachers even though we already knew them and the girls got to see their other classmates. I'm excited for both of them. Lela sat at the back of the assembly with her friends (it starts young not wanting to be seen with your parents) while Lacey sat up front with me and the other board members.

This school year has brought many changes in my life. I was asked to sit on the preschool board and as well as if I would be the room mom for Lela's class. I'm excited!!! I have some ideas, I just hope that I do a good job. Another thing I have volunteered to do is be a substitute teacher for the school when needed. Something I have never done.

Right now I can hear the song Changes by David Bowie going through my head. And I'm really excited about what lies ahead for the Daniell girls this school year.

Enjoying The Last Few Days Of Summer...

Well, seven more days and counting until school finally starts. YEAH!!! Can you tell I'm excited? It has been a long summer here at the Daniell Household. The girls are ready and I know I'm ready!!! Here is a picture of Lacey enjoying her last few days before school starts.....Can you believe this? It was our coffee table?

Lacey's 3rd Birthday Party

Lacey's 3rd Birthday party was today even though her actually birthday is not until this Saturday. (We are planning on taking the girls to their very first Georgia game that day, and it is also Labor Day Weekend. We figured with that combination the weekend before would work better for a party.)

Here are a few pictures from the big day:

Painting Pottery

For the past few weeks I had been promising the girls I would take them to paint pottery. It finally worked out that I could take them this afternoon. They were both so excited talking about what exactly they were going to paint.

I had never been to the studio but thought I knew where it was. Wrong!! After we drove around for 15 minutes looking for it I finally realized that we had driven by it about a dozen times. Only me.

We walked in and the lady who owns the studio was so nice. She took us around and showed us all the stuff we could paint, the play room where the girls could go to if they got tired of painting, etc. It was so much fun!

Lela had been saying that she was going to paint a dog and she did. She was sparkly pink with purple dots and black eyes. Lacey also did a dog, but hers was smaller. We are not quite sure what color hers will turn out because she used every color in the studio. I painted a coffee mug in my favorite colors - cream, brown, orange and lime green. I'm really excited to see them fired. Hopefully we will get them back some time next week.

I can't wait for us to go again.....

I Asked For It....I Got It!

The other day in the grocery store the girls wanted to make cupcakes. We bought the ingredients but I have been putting them off. Today, I gave in knowing what the consequences would be. Lela knocked over the bottle of sprinkles, so there were sprinkles everywhere. And Lacey in true Lacey form decided that instead of frosting the cupcakes she would frost her hands. Here's the proof....