The Saylor Girls

Friday, June 17, 2011

Avery's Last Day of Pre-School

Now that we have our computer and internet back up and running, I can finally get caught up with all of our pictures. Here are some from Avery's last day of pre-school. As emotional as she is, Avery was not upset, in the least, to be done with pre-school! She knew that it meant she was moving on to kindergarten and she could not be more excited about it!!!!

Avery & Sierra getting ready to go to Avery's Last Day

Avery and her class put on a great show!

And the party was great, too!

Avery and her friends playing at school one last time

Avery showing off her final Pre-School Certificate

Friday, June 10, 2011

We Are Big Kids Now!

I am very proud to announce that Sierra is officially potty trained!! We have been working on it for the last several weeeks, but last week it just clicked. She is now wearing her Dora and Ariel underwear all day and she goes all by herself whenever she needs to. She still wears a Pull-Up at night, although I'm not sure why because she is dry every morning. She even got up the other morning and went potty all by herself and then went right back to bed. So I am sure we will be ditching the Pull-ups any day now! Yeah Sierra!!

Avery also had a good weekend last week. At soccer, she scored seven goals! She was so excited. I did think to try to get her to pass the ball to her teammates but they just kind of stood there, so I just let it go. We did explain the term "Ball Hog" afterwards.

Then, on Sunday, she tried riding her bike without the training wheels! She did great for her first time! Her balance needs a little work. And we have a little bit of a focus problem. She was more interested in watching butterflies and bugs fly around, than paying attention to what she was doing. But she had fun and she didn't fall, so I think we might be trying again soon.

Daddy & Avery taking the training wheels off

Here she goes!

Avery's Kindergarten Carnival

Last weekend, Avery had a Carnival at her new Kindergarten. They have it every year to welcome the incoming class and say good-bye to kids going off to First grade. It was lots of fun! There was a Bounce House and tons of games and activities where the girls won so mant great prizes. Avery got her face painted and both her and Sierra got balloon animals from a silly clown. And we all had some yummy popcorn, hot dogs, and sno-cones. We had a great time!

Avery & Sierra getting ready for their turn in the Bounce House

Avery's Pretty Butterfly

Getting Balloon Animals from The Clown

Avery showing off some of the great prizes she won!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Memorial Day Fun

Here are some pictures from all the fun we had over the weekend!

Some Sprinkler Fun with Gracie and Jack

Corn on the Cob!!!

Getting Ready to Plant our First Vegetable Garden

Avery Hard at Work

And Sierra Lending a Hand

Here we are at a Cookout with our new friend, Vader

Avery loved the sparklers!

And so did Sierra!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sierra's First Dentist Appointment

Last week, the girls both had dentist appointments and for Sierra it was the first. She did so great! After watching her big sister show her the ropes, she hopped right up into the chair and was an excellent patient. We were very excited that there were no tears and, even better, no cavities! Avery was also very excited about her appointment because she got x-rays taken for the first time and the hygienist said that she has two slightly loose teeth. The tooth fairy better start saving up!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Cape Cod

We had a few fun filled days at The Cape Codder Resort with Gramma, Grampa, Aunt Jacey, and Uncle Paul. First of all, we stayed in a beautiful three bedroom suite with a living room, full kitchen, and dining room. It was so nice! And the indoor water area had a big wave pool with a fountain-like thing, two water slides and a huge hot tub. The girls had so much fun. Avery went down the water slides a hundred times and Sierra loved playing in the waves. We also had a chance to go down to the beach to hunt for seashells. It was not much of a hunt, though, there were just mounds of seashells everywhere. We didn't stay long though because it was so windy we couldn't even hear each other talking!

Avery getting a Shower in the Fountain

And getting dried off

One of the highlights of the resort....A Dippin' Dots Machine in the Hallway

Everyone having Fun in the Wave pool!

And now Sierra looks ready for a Nap!

Avery digging for shells

Gramma, Mommy, and Avery at the beach

Daddy and Sierra finding some shells, too

After a few days at the resort, everyone came back to our house for a night to relax and celebrate Mother's Day. Then, on Saturday all of the grown-ups went into Boston for Tamala and Ben's Wedding!

Happy Mother's Day Gramma!

Giving mommy her Mother's Day Flowers

Tamala and Ben's Wedding

All of us having a great time!

Saturday, May 14, 2011

A Weekend in NJ

The first weekend in May we took a trip down to New Jersey for cousin Travis' First Communion. First, we were able to spend all of Saturday and Sunday morning with Alex and Stacy. Saturday morning Mommy, Daddy, and Sierra went to watch Alex at karate. He did awesome! And Sierra was really getting into too. She was trying to mimic all of the kids doing karate moves. Meanwhile, Avery went with Aunt Jenna and Stacy to her soccer practice. Luckily for Avery, they were short one player so Avery was able to practice with Stacy and her team. She loved it! The rest of the day was spent playing, jumping in the trampoline and planting some flowers. We even got some dessert from the ice cream truck. Sunday morning we watched Alex and Stacy's soccer games before heading over to Travis' party. The girls had lots of fun playing with Travis, Kennedy and Caleigh and their dog, of course. It was a great weekend!