Kindergarten Recap

Holy moly.  My last update was about oh...a year ago?!

So...time flies when you're having fun, right?!  A much needed update on the Beans is in order!

This year we started Kindergarten at FLE!  Here she is with her daddy on her first day of school, wearing her school uniform.  She was super excited!

First day of school! Daddy went back to school this year, too.

Along with uniforms this year, we also realized that we needed glasses!

Rocking the glasses in true Corbin fashion!

Snuggles with Sprinkles.

Kindergarten had its ups and downs, but mostly ups!  Corbin was nominated for placement in the gifted and talented program and after a battery of testing, she made it in!  I am so excited for her because my gifted classes were a huge part of my life and I hope that she enjoys the program as much as I did!

Just call her "jazzy."

Too happy!

Her 6th birthday was on Easter Sunday this year.  Can't believe that she is really six years old...she is growing up to be so beautiful and amazing; I'm truly proud to be her mother.

Birthday girl!

Showing some serious sass (she has plenty of it).

Time to blow out the candles!

Birthday party Easter egg hunt!  Barefoot, of course!

 Just like in years past, I took the check-up photo.  I love this picture so much because she came up with the pose all by herself.

Heart hands!

And just for fun, because I am in awe of how much she has grown over the years, I made a collage of all of her birthdays.  It really blows my mind!

Beautiful Beans.

Also during this time, we got a new puppy, Clover!  She is a Boston Terrier like Winston and Madison and she is craaaaazy energetic!  Life is pretty awesome these days!  Definitely looking forward to the upcoming summer break!

Until next time!

Five Years Old

Yesterday my baby girl turned five. Five years that have totally flown by and completely blown me away. I just don't know if I could gush enough about this wonderful girl that brightens our lives every day. She is vivacious, intelligent, clever, absolutely silly, curious, artistic, and so, so beautiful. Every day that goes by is another day that I'm proud to be her mom. It's not always easy: she is as stubborn and hot-tempered as she can possibly be, but I love it. She looks just like her daddy, but acts just like her mama. I would not have her any other way.

Tonight I cuddled up with her in bed after story time and we just talked. Mostly she talked about her ambitions of being on Hole in the Wall and I just listened, but it was amazing. As she closed her eyes and settled in to sleep, she threw her arm over me and snuggled up real close. It was such a perfect moment for me. I know I've said it before and I know I'll say it again, but I LOVE being her mom.

Happy Birthday, Corbi-lou. <3

Flying a Kite

This video is totally blowing my mind!! I cannot believe that my little baby girl is flying a kite all by herself!!

So jealous that I'm not home to play!



I will say, though, that I had a great weekend with my baby girl. We spent a lot of one-on-one time together, including a trip to the park, and we had a blast. I love that spring is almost here! It's almost time for the BEACH!! :D

My Baby's Growing Up

I haven't blogged in a while. Not long after the teaser post for Christmas pictures, our computer bluescreened. I'm REALLY hoping we can fix it because otherwise I'll be losing a LOT of pictures of Corbin from the past year or so, and so in the meantime blogging has, as usual, fallen to the wayside. I decided to do a quick update from Christmas until now, using pictures that I've taken on my cell phone. Some of them are terrible quality, but at least I have things to look back on, right? :)

DECEMBER:

If there's two things Corbin loves, it's her skateboard and her books. Here she combines her two hobbies.

Corbin also loves drawing, and lately has become interested in drawing faces and animals. This was one of her first distinctive faces. (It's a pirate with an eyepatch!)

Corbi-lou, being silly, probably wishing it wasn't December and that she could go to the pool!

Watching Olivia, skateboard close by.


JANUARY:

Corbin got a GIANT tutu for Christmas, along with some dress-up jewelry. Here she is playing around in her accessories.

I love this picture because she looks like such a baby hipster, haha. Check the tights/legwarmers!

Honey Bee-otch has returned to the rink, and Corbin finds my skates and helmet very fascinating! Future derby dame?

Getting ready to head outside for a walk on a chilly day!


FEBRUARY:

Corbin is finally PACI-FREE! I never thought the day would come, but when the paci went missing and the parents were exhausted and it was time for bed, we figured it was a good of a time as any to start. It was relatively painless at first, but she has shown her extreme displeasure by tumulting right into "Terrible Two's."

A teacher friend of mine gave some books and animal masks to Corbin. Here she's a leopard! (Corbin insisted she was a kangaroo.)

Another face drawing. This one she told us had teeth, a tongue, and ears. She has since drawn a hippo (on the wall in our bedroom in red pen) and a goldfish (outside with sidewalk chalk). Seems she has followed in her parents' footsteps with her love of reading and drawing!

Last weekend we traveled to Atlanta so I could attend the GSTA conference. Corbin, for the first time, slept in a regular bed.

Hanging out on the balcony at our hotel, eating gummy worms and loving the view of downtown ATL.

Saturday I spent the day with my Athens friend Emma and her daughter Dejanae. We enjoyed lunch at Steak n Shake, yum!

The mysterious cow. This cow appeared out of NO WHERE in Corbin's arms while we were out shopping. She loved it, hugged it, kissed it, and called it her baby. There was no way I was leaving the Mall of Georgia without it.

Corbin and her cow, which she named Madison. Yes, like our dog.

Corbin and her new frenemy, Abby. We hoped they'd get along and play, but it turns out they wanted nothing to do with each other! Hopefully their next meeting will be more pleasant!

Another thing Corbin gets from mommy and daddy is her love of sushi, especially fish eggs. We requested some for her at Ru San's in Athens, and she DEVOURED THEM. I wonder if she'll hate us when we tell her about this when she's older? Haha.

And it's getting about time to start POTTY TRAINING! Our Athens friends Adrian and Maggie gave us an extra potty they had bought for Abby but didn't need. We're trying to get her used to the idea now, and hopefully get her started soon! I've already found her some cute Yo Gabba Gabba big girl panties!


Well, that puts us up to date! Corbin grows bigger, more beautiful, and more talkative with each day. It's hard to believe that her birthday is in less than two months and she'll be THREE!!! Like they say, time flies when you're having fun! Birthday party at the beach this year, and it's going to be PIRATE THEMED!! Yarrrr!

Growing Girl

I just wanted to share some pictures of Corbin from this time last year. She was five months old. It is amazing to look back at how small and adorable she was! It's also fun to look at pictures that I completely forget I had even taken!

Enjoy!

From the tutu photoshoot in this post here. This picture was definitely an out-take (bad lighting, strange facial expression), but it's hilarious to me now!


Back when acquiring the skill of thumb-sucking was a big deal.


Big beautiful eyes she got from her daddy. :)


The purple paci! We've been through so many of these Pacimals pacis and I don't know what we'd do without them! The purple one we ended up discontinuing because one of those dogs got a hold of it and chewed some pieces loose on it. Ah well!




This was fun, so I think I'm going to make it a regular thing! I love my daughter so much. It's so fun to watch her learn and grow. Just yesterday she was sitting on the floor at my feet, "reading" a book, and I could actually make out coherent words! Her vocabulary and personality grows everyday, and I can't wait to see what more the future holds. :)