4 Year Check Up

***So I just realized I never posted about Alex's 4 year check up, and we are almost ready for her 5 year check up!  She still talks about the shots from this appointment :(

Alex had her 4 year well visit Wednesday.  We have been talking about it for weeks.  I knew she was going to have shots so I wanted her to be prepared.  She picked out her own bandaids to take and she took her bunny, Princess, to comfort her.  She had a hearing and vision test, then she said she was ready for her shots.  She did much much better than I expected.  The first 2 didn't seem to bother her, the 3rd one she said hurt and the 4th made her cry.  My poor girl.  Her legs were so sore later in the day, she insisted on being carried.  Dr. H said everything looks great! 

She is 36lbs (53rd percentile) and 41.5 inches tall (83rd percentile).

Mini Olympics

On Saturday Alex attended her gymnastic clubs Mini Olympics.  It was seriously cute (and long)!  She has been taking gymnastics since she was she turned two.  It's crazy to think she has been doing it more than half of her life!

 

This year she developed a fear of the bars, but she made us so proud by participating in every event and doing a great job!

 

 I hate that this picture turned out fuzzy because it perfectly shows her concentration face.  I love it!

 When all the kids finished each event they came out in their tee shirts with their trophies!

 They all had their names announced as they stood on the podium.  Alex has decided for her kindergarten year, she wants to stick with gymnastics and drop dance.  Hopefully this will be the first of many Mini Olympics!

 Alex and her coach for the last year and a half, Konea.  This was her last session to teach, she is starting her internship and will now be our number 1 go to babysitter!  Konea did such an amazing job with Alex.  She pushed her, but not to the point of being scared, she helped her overcome different fears that came up during classes and promised her each week that she would never let her fall!  Alex adores her!

Last Day of Pre-K

 

 

Last Thursday my girl "graduated" from pre school.  It was her second year at the school and we will miss the sweet teachers soo much! 

 

 

Her school did a school wide program with all of the kids participating in chapel.  They performed songs and little dances then they ushered all of the kids out while a slide show featuring every kid was shown.

 

When the 4 year olds came back, they had on caps and walked across the stage one by one to receive their diploma.

Alex and her class, minus one boy who was out of town.  She has made so many amazing friends this year.  I love all of the moms and we will miss them all next year when all of the kids move to different elementary schools.  Alex will have one class mate at her school next year.  Her mom and I are hoping they will end up in the same class again!

 Alex made her first best friend this year.  She has lots of great friends, but they were friends because Josh and I were friends with the parents.  This is her first friend she made on her own.  Victoria!  Because of their friendship, Josh and I have become great friends with her entire family and we love hanging out with the Brooks family!

 Alex and her fabulous teachers, Ms. Geralyn and Ms. Susan.  They are the sweetest women in the world.  The LOVE my girl and what else could a mom ask for in a teacher?

 Our family.  I love that Josh was able to take the day off to see his girl graduate!

 Alexandra in the garden after the graduation.  She is so ready for kindergarten! 



Our little garden!

I've been wanting a garden for years, but our backyard is on a slope and makes planting anything hard. This weekend, Josh and his dad built us a garden! It looked like lots of hard work, but it turned out great!!!

In addition to the garden, they planted a tree that Alex insisted on helping with!

I love that she enjoys doing stuff in the yard. While they were working on the garden, we went and bought seeds. I let Alex pick everything. I figured we'd start with seeds and if they don't do well we will move onto small established plants.

If all goes well our garden will have 2 types of lettuce, tomatoes, pole beams, carrots, cucumbers, onions, 2 types of basil and strawberries!

Little Projects

I tend to get on project kicks! Like organizing the craft/game closet, organizing the pantry, tossing 90% of the stuff in the freezer and starting over. By far my favorite projects are Alex projects!

Sometime last year I made her a chore chart. We aren't perfect when it comes to using it, but it keeps Alex pretty accountable with little daily task she has.  She is in charge of at least helping to clean up all of her toys, feeding Cooper, helping to set the table for dinner and clearing all of her stuff when dinner is done and gathering her clothes and shoes that always seem to be strewn around the house and putting dirty clothes away and shoes where they go.

I made it using a magnetic dry erase board, scrapbook stickers and buttons with magnets attached to the back.

One of my most recent projects was inspired by Pinterest, of course! I'd seen the oil drip pan magnet boards for some time and I finally decided Alex needed her own so she has a place to display all of her little things. I couldn't leave hers silver so I gave it a few quick coats of spray paint and we were good to go! I covered magnets with purple and clear jewels so now she can hang whatever she wants!  It has only been up for 3 days and it's full of pictures we have colored. 

My most recent project was inspired by Alex. She turned her playhouse/bed into a bedroom for her American Girl doll. All of her clothes have been in a trunk so she lays them out everywhere. I decided she needed a clothes rack for her doll clothes so I built this cute little rack with a shelf for shoes and accessories. I was so thankful we had tons of wood that was already cut from the bed so all I had to buy and cut was a dowel rod and of course screw everything together! It's currently being painted and adorable little hangers are in the works. Alex will get to see it Easter morning when the Easter bunny brings it! I'm so excited, I know she will just love it!!!

Roll on!

For Alex's 4th birthday she got a new bicycle. We had a little tumble on her first ride and she has refused to ride it since.

Sunday afternoon I told Alex I had a conversation with her rapunzel doll and she really wanted to go on a bike ride. I explained I was too big for the bicycle, daddy was too big so then I suggested Cooper. Alex then informed me Cooper couldn't ride her bike because he has too many legs. She finally decided she needed to be the person to take Rapunzel on a ride. She rode up and down our whole street! Josh and I were soo proud of her! She's asked to ride the last 2 days. We go for a ride after school then she and Josh go back out while I make dinner. I love that my girl overcame her bike fear and now loves to ride (slow an cautious)!

Cowboy Day

Alexandra had Cowboy Day at school yesterday. Her school plans so many fun activities, brings in a petting zoo and a cowboy to do lasso tricks! It happened to fall on a day where I do lunch for all of the students and what goes better with cowboy day than barbecue?!?!

It was so unbelievably cute seeing all of the boys and girls dressed in their cowboy and cowgirl attire. Alex loves her some boots!

My cute little cowgirl and a pic with her bestie, Victoria!