The rest of the school week

Allie Kate will be going 3 days a week to 3k this year on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday :) Tuesday morning I woke her up for school same way (except 2nd day of school, 2nd day of school) she got ready so sweet and never said a word about not wanting to go until we got in the car and then she started to get scared and said she didn't want to go and kept asking me why she had to go :( Bless her bones! She did okay when I dropped her off, worse than the first day but not terrible...I was down in the floor and she hugged me and would not let go and started to cry (not like a loud cry but a little pitiful cry...which is even worse) and then she said "Momma!!!" when the teacher pried her off of me, talk about a knife to the heart!

When I picked her up she said she had so much fun and told the lady putting her in the car that she was coming back the next day because she had so much fun! We went and got ice cream after I picked her up :)

Today (her third and last day this week of school) she told me all morning that she didn't want to go to school and kept saying "If I don't want to go then I don't have to go" I think she thought I may give in and not make her go if she begged enough :( Wednesdays they have chapel and do little fun stuff so I knew she was going to have fun once she got there and I think that is why I haven't gotten upset or cried. I know she is having a good time once I leave and I know she needs time to gain her own independence and learn and make friends :) When I picked her up she said she had so much fun and loved chapel! I have to dig information out of her, she won't tell me a lot for some reason and some of the stuff she tells me I know isn't true...silly girl likes to make things up!

She told me while we were in bed singing our songs that "Momma I picked out some rocks for you on the playground today, but my teacher wouldn't let me bring them in. And it made me so sad because I knew my momma would really like that rock" I about cried when she told me that for some reason! I already feel like I am missing some of her little life :( I am normally with her 24/7 and I know what she is doing all the time so it's weird to hear about things she does, and even weirder to think about the things she won't tell me about and I have to imagine in my head!

I am very proud of my sweet girl and I hope next week goes a little smoother...maybe she will just skip right in the classroom ready to learn...or maybe not, but either way I am proud! I know it's scary for her, we have always been together and I think that is the part that bothers her! She will tell me "Momma you stay in the car line the whole time I'm at school and wait on me," so I think it's the fact that I am leaving her that bothers her :( And I am not too crazy about the idea either but I want her to learn and socialize and I know it's going to be great for her :)

First day of school :)

First day of school, first day of school!!! You better believe I woke Allie Kate up saying "first day of school, first day off school" like off of "Nemo" which we watch like 54 times a day! I have been anxious about today for a LONG time now and I am happy to say that today went about as well as I could expect! I woke Allie up at about 7am and she got a bath and watched "Sofia the first" while she ate breakfast (two mini pancakes with no syrup...her usual) she picked out her own outfit (with encouragement from me ;) last night so it went pretty smooth today, plus Gran came and got Ava Grace so I wouldn't have to take her with me up to the school so that helped a lot :) While we were getting ready she would make comments like "I don't want you to leave me there" or "I don't like my school" and I could tell that she was scared but she was really sweet about it. When we got there we took pictures by the fountain....

I walked her into her class and talked to the teacher for a minute and then I picked her up and gave her a hug and told her I love her and she wasn't crying out loud or even saying anything but I saw her wipe her eyes and when I put her down she hugged my leg for a second and then the teacher picked her up and carried her off to find her name :) I think we are really going to like her teacher! She seems very sweet!

Mrs. Christie

After I dropped her off and I was completely baby-less I went and ate breakfast at cracker-barrel with a friend and came home and picked up my house and then my love monkey came home and we played for a little bit and it was time to go pick up Allie! When I got her in the car she had stuff all over her little face and she looked at me and smiled so big and said "I ate lunch momma...I ate mashed potatoes" (which I could tell because they were still on her face ha! She said she loves her teachers and had so much fun :)

Her little new letter for the first day :) Allie Kate talkative? I would have never guessed ;)

We went and got a shaved ice with Destiny and Kolby later in the afternoon and Allie Kate was telling everyone that she went to school and "I'm in 3k" this girl is so sweet and smart and I am so proud of her! 

And when she got home she was pretending to be a teacher  :)

Sunday School and a crawler!!!

Allie Kate moved up to 3k in Sunday school (even though she is almost 4 years old, they go by the same dates as school) :) We were sad that she won't be with Mrs. Danielle anymore but she was excited to be in Ms. Ami's class (I think she secretly thought Maci was going to be in there too :) She did good when I dropped her off...a little clingy but not bad! She came home and said she loved her new teachers and had so much fun :)

This is how she felt about taking pictures with her sister

And sweet Ava Grace did not move up :) She is still in the "bed babies" and she did good too :)

AND this sweet little doll started crawling today!!! She has been trying really hard and today she did it! She crawled to a bottle of Mtn. Dew and Allie Kate's first time to crawl was to a Mtn. Dew can...we raise them right here in the Vaughn house!

Bottle baby...VBS and first tooth :)

SO much has happened in the last couple of weeks! I quit breastfeeding Ava Grace 2 weeks ago (and it was a very rough week or so following...for me not her!). I wished that I could remember all the details of when I stopped breast feeding Allie Kate to compare this time (mainly to know that my boobs wouldn't be hard lumpy melons forever and I would be okay emotionally soon :) Ava did great she didn't mind at all...I on the other hand felt AWFUL!! I felt like the worst mom in the world...those dang hormones will make you crazy!

SO as a note to myself when I am hopefully looking back on this blog with baby number 3....it takes about a week until you no longer want to hang your self in the back yard, 4-5 days until your boobs aren't about to burst (I only pumped when I HAD to which was like once and suffered the rest of the time), about a week and a half before your milk goes away completely...and at that point you REALLY wish it would come back for the physical aspect :) And with both Allie and Ava quitting cold turkey was the only way I could do it!

Allie Kate went to Vacation Bible School for the first time! She went to Mt. Vernon where she will also be starting school next week :) I remember when I was a kid we always went to my Granny's house and spent the week with her and went to VBS at her church and it was so much fun so I was really excited for Allie Kate to get to go! She did pretty good when I dropped her off every night (except one night and she acted like she was about to cry and I called for a little girl to come talk to her that we know and snuck off) every night when I picked her up she was having SO much fun that she didn't even care to see me she was worried about getting into the gym to sing! I am so glad she had a good time!

the first night we went to eat at Nana's house before vbs

this girl melts my heart :)

We picked Maci up from school one day and she went with Allie Kate to VBS that night...they played and played (Addie came over too) and we thought they may pass out on stage that night :)

Besties :)

Maci, Collin, Allie Kate and their teacher :)

Sweet heart!

I hope she never loses this innocent love for the Lord...that is my hope for her!

And we cry "hody, hody, hody" is the Lamb :)

Allie and Addie discovered the "real princess" 

sweet girls! Right before Addie licked her face...man I wish I had caught that on camera :)

We went to a wedding this past weekend and me and Allie were pretty excited about it...but let me say...we are NOT ready as a family to do things like that often :)

Lets just say we may or may not have spilled an entire container of puffs on the floor in the middle of the ceremony, Ava spit her passy out and it landed a row back and I was pretty embarrassed when the lady behind me tapped me on the shoulder with it, Allie whispered (very loudly) the whole time asking about the bride and her dress, Ava got tired and fussy and at the reception Allie pulled the back of my dress up past my panties...yes it will be awhile :)

But at least they looked cute for the wedding :)

AND guess who got her first tooth??? My sweet pea was sitting in the floor chewing her little hand and I picked her up and felt and she has a tooth!!!! It feels like a little razor in there :) You can't see it good yet but boy you can feel it!! Now I'm pretty glad I am done breast feeding ;)