1st Day of 1st Grade, 2 little kiddies go to Kiddie Kollege and 1 mom listens to the sound of silence

We've begun a new chapter in life here at the Cobb house. Everyone is officially in school. Hannah went to 1st Grade today and Grace and Sarah started pre-school three mornings a week.

Here they are all ready to go.

I had to get a shot of the hair. They all three wanted the same braids and bows hairstyle...time consuming but very cute.

Hannah was cautiously optimistic about her first day back at school. This is the best I could do at a picture of her at her desk. I thought it was interesting that she had a drawer full of new clothes, but instead she insisted on wearing the same shirt she wore to her first day of pre-school two years ago (I obviously buy her clothes with growing room). Maybe there was comfort in the same shirt that made it through that very first scary day of school.

Grace and Sarah were a little more than cautiously optimistic about their first day...it was more like unbridled enthusiasm. When I picked them up they had some cute little girl sandwiched in between them and they said, "Mom, this is our new friend. Can she come over to play?".

As for me, I came home to a quiet, empty house after everyone was dropped off. I have mixed feelings about my babies growing up so fast, but mostly, I am excited for them and look forward to watching them grow and learn this year.

Rainy Day

We had rain on Saturday! I told the girls in the morning that it was supposed to rain that day and they spent nearly all morning in the front yard waiting and watching, running in every so often to give us a status report on the clouds. When it finally did rain, they were thrilled and so excited to have a reason to use their umbrellas.

Congratulations Uncle Joe and Aunt Sarah!

Last weekend we celebrated the marriage of Rob's brother Joe to his longtime girlfriend Sarah. It was a beautiful ceremony complete with some really cute flower girls and an adorable ring bearer.

All lined up and ready to go.

Ms. Hannah

They still had lots of petals left in their baskets when they sat down, so they spent the ceremony dumping handfuls of them at their feet.

What can I say...they're cute!

 

After the ceremony and a delicious dinner we got our groove on. The girls were dancing machines. Papa Mike even cashed in on the dance Hannah promised him.

 

Which one of this is not like the other? Which one of these just doesn't belong?

Aunt Sarah made being a kid at a wedding really fun (even for big kids like Papa Mike). She had cupcakes especially for the kids and special lockets and goody bags for each of the flower girls. Thanks Aunt Sarah. It was a really beautiful and fun evening!

Girlie Girl's Weekend

We have had a busy couple weeks. After our visit with Cousin Cameron, the girls and I headed up to Gitty's house for a fun girl's weekend with my friend Kim and her daughter Sami.

We rode BART in to the city for a day of SF fun.

 

Such Girlie Cuteness!

We had a great time being girls in the City.

Splish Splash

Beating the heat in Bakersfield

 

Girl's Night

I love having daughters to hang out with. Last night the four of us snuggled up on the couch to watch "So You Think You Can Dance" while we soaked our feet, painted our toenails and ate ice cream. Great times!

Camp Coarsegold

We spent the 4th of July weekend at Camp Coarsegold (also known as Papa Mike and Grandma Kris's house). The boys worked hard trenching and laying pipe to Papa Mike's shop and orchard and the girls worked hard playing games, swimming, cooking and doing crafts. We had a great time. Here are a few photos...
Stringing Fruit Loops with Grandma Kris.

Papa Mike modeling his Fruit Loop necklace.

Daddy took a break to play teatherball with Sarah

Keeping cool

The girls made a yummy strawberry ice cream cake.

Twisted sisters

They each colored their own shirts. Mommy even got to help a little too.

Lighting up the night.

4th of July wouldn't be complete without homemade ice cream.

We had a great few days working and playing together.