Psalm 31:3
Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

Aunt Lisa Visits

Aunt Lisa came to South Texas to visit us! Annabelle was so excited to see Aunt Lisa, the last time we saw her in person was at Christmas at Sitti & Papa's house. We had a wonderful week with her, it started out a little rocky with her flight getting cancelled but we were able to recover from that and have a really great time. We spent the weekend at The Pearl resort on South Padre island. The beach access was nice, Annabelle did some boogie boarding in the ocean and had a blast at the giant pool at the resort while Lisa, Justin & I enjoyed the great views and the swim up bar :)! The picture above is the view from our hotel room. Now if we could only get the rest of the family to come to the Island instead of Kansas for Christmas.
We shopped at the outlet malls in Mercedes & downtown McAllen, we ate some wonderful donuts at Shipley's and we got to see Lion King 3D - a big hit with Annabelle. It was so nice to have family around.
We were sad to see Lisa go, Annabelle asked her if she could come live with us forever.

Coconut Milk

This week at story time Mrs. McCook read "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". After reading the story to the kids she came around the room and let each child hold a real coconut. When she got to Annabelle, she held the coconut to Annabelle's ear and said "Do you hear the milk?", then she let Annabelle hold the coconut. As she walked away Annabelle looked at me and said "I didn't know MILK came from coconuts?".

Reading with Daddy

Perusing the new American Girl catalog, one of Annabelle's favorite things!

Preschool

First Day of Preschool

Swinging in our backyard

Annabelle started her second year of preschool on Tuesday. This year was a totally different experience than last, she already knew who her teacher was going to be and she was very familiar with her school, she was so excited for school to start! She was even more excited when she found out most of her friends from last year are in her class again this year. Yay! Her only complaint is about nap time, she's not a fan of naps and hasn't taken one in over a year. I talked to the teacher about it and they agreed to let her put her cot in the library center and read books instead of napping. Great solution! I can't believe we only have one more year of preschool and then she will be off to kindergarten. Time sure does fly!