Last Day of Preschool

Zoe's last day of Preschool was last Thursday. We decided to give her a break from school for August and she will start Kindergarten in the fall. We felt mixed emotions on Thursday. Zoe has outgrown what the school had to offer in the last few months but since she loves school so much, we had her continue going there. Even though we are very excited about Zoe's new school and know this is a good change for her, we were still sad to leave Ryerson behind. They had been so fantastic with Zoe and she loved going. It is hard to believe she is ready for a big girl school already!

Zoe signing friends Thursday morning before school. She signed the other day that she is all done with her friends at Ryerson and asked if she will have friends at her new school. We are confident Zoe will make lots of new friends. There was also a little girl at Zoe's new school on the day we took the tour who declared, "When Zoe goes to school here in September, we are going to be best friends." So at least we know she has one friend waiting for her.

A Mother's Right to Buy Matching Outfits

Yep, that's right, I am doing what my mother did and every mother before her- I am making my girls wear matching outfits. They looked so darn cute today when I dressed them up to go visit daddy at work. Gavin has worked 12 hours shifts for the last four days which means he leaves the house at 10am and does not get back until midnight. Zoe was really missing him today and just sobbed on my shoulder while signing "daddy." So we made dinner and went to eat with daddy at work. Luckily it was a slow day in the emergency room and Gavin was able to spend lots of time with us. Zoe was in a much better mood tonight after getting her daddy fix.

Speaking of daddy fix- I am absolutely amazed at how Ailsa really notices when Gavin is not around. She lit up when she saw him today and was chatting and smiling away. Gavin is much better at settling Ailsa to sleep at night since when I hold her all she wants to do is eat. We are all glad that Gavin does not have another shift until Thursday.

My two lovely girls looking cute in their matching outfits. The sock on Zoe's arm is to protect her PICC line. Thankfully, Ailsa does not have one of those to match her sister! Zoe was too interested in Ailsa to look up at the camera.

It's all fun and games until your sister bites your head. Zoe is trying to be gentle but gets overexcited at times. I don't think she actually hurt Ailsa but Ailsa obviously did not like Zoe's unique way of kissing her head.