Daddy's Helper

Anytime Reese has a project that Sage can help with she loves it!  We got a new shop vac last weekend and it needed a little bit of assembly.  She was so excited to help her Daddy out with a project.  I stayed in the other room and just listened as they worked together.  Just popping in once to get this picture.  They are so cute together!

Hair Down

"I want to wear my hair down," this is the request I have been hearing from Sage lately.  But she doesn't like it when her hair gets in her eyes, so she wears either a headband or barrettes.  She has been loving wearing her hair down and so have I - she looks so old with her hair down.  Can't believe she is going to be four soon!

Patterns

I have been working on patterns with Sage.  We have been using pipe cleaners and small  beads and she usually loses interest pretty quickly.  This time she wanted to play with her counting bears and she loved doing patterns with the bears.  We worked on patterns for 30 minutes and she was loving it!   I would create a pattern with the bears and she would repeat it below. 

 She was pointing at it - like here you go Mom!

Love this smile!

First Day of Preschool Celebration

The first week of preschool each day is only two hours.  On the first day we went out to lunch and got frozen yogurt to celebrate a good first day of school!   We went to Subway for lunch and then had to wait a few minutes after lunch for Orange Leaf to open.  We love Orange Leaf!

Loving her chocolate frozen yogurt with M&M's and sprinkles!

First day of Preschool!

Tuesday, August 20th was the first day of preschool for Sage.  She was so excited to go.  As soon as I got done taking pictures at the house she was ready to leave - even though we had about 15 minutes before we had to leave.  She kept her backpack on until it was time to leave.  She loved her new teachers and has a few friends in her class from last year and said she has already made new friends!  

 Ready for her first day!

Waiting to go into her classroom.  She was so excited, she was the first one in the door.  I had to stop her for a hug! 

Headband

When we were up at my parents Sage kept asking me if she could wear a headband.  I didn't bring any up north and we only have one at home.  So, on a trip to Target last week we got some headbands.  She had to immediately put one on, right after we checked out. 

That afternoon she spilled something on her shirt at lunch and had to change.  She picked a different color shirt so she could wear another new headband!

Homemade Slip N' Slide

I have been getting organized for later in the year when this baby arrives.  So I have been buying ahead for birthdays and have already started my Christmas shopping.  I got a package in the mail last week that had a present for one of our nephews.  After Sage got over the disappointment that the package wasn't for her she turned her attention to the packing  materials.  It was paper all rolled up tight - first she used it as a hula hoop, then it was a noodle for the pool, then it ended up being a slip and slide.  She would run on it and pretend to slide into the water.  LOVE her imagination!

Ice Cream celebration!

Sage had tubes put in her ears at 7 months old.  She hasn't had any ear infections with the tubes in.  When we went to the ENT in February one of the tubes was in her ear canal and one was still in her ear.  He said that if that one didn't come out on its own he would have to go in and get it - which would mean putting Sage under anesthesia.  Something we didn't really want to do again.  Well, a few weeks ago she went to the ENT and we got a good report.  Both tubes were out and in her ear canal.  The doctor did have to use a tool to go in and get the tubes.  Which meant Sage had to lay really still to let him get them out - but she did it!  We celebrated with ice cream with M&M's!  She was to busy eating her ice cream to smile.

Look at all those M&M's - she was loving it!

Zoo Day!

We went to the zoo the week we got back from my parents and had a great morning.  It was a little chilly for a summer morning - felt more like the fall.  Which I was loving!   The last time we were at the zoo and Sage rode the carousel she got really scared.  Happy to report that she loved it this time!!

Love seeing this smile:)