Cavs are Eastern Conference Champs - 145/365

Today was Reagan's last full day of school. We can't believe how fast the year went. She did so great and loved every minute of it. Her teachers were amazing, too. I don't think it could have gone any better. She's already ready for next year!

Nana picked her up from school and kept her the rest of the day. They ran a couple errands and had dinner with Papa at Stonebridge. They were going to have a PJ party, too, since Jim and I were off to the Cavs game.

We headed up to Cleveland right when Jim got home. We decided to park at the Tower City deck. It worked out great. We had dinner beforehand at the Hard Rock. We hadn't been there in YEARS. It was really good. We had a sundae the size of our heads too.

They were playing what was hopefully the last game to make them the Easter Conference Champions. Well, they did it and it was absolutely AMAZING! They pretty much blew out the Atlanta Hawks. It was so incredibly fun to see a trophy presentation FOR a Cleveland team in a Cleveland venue. SO, so fun!

Reagan and her teachers

Papa and Reagan "Cheers-ing"

Ready for the game!

Champions!

Confetti!

Congrats Cavs!

 

Spirit and Leader Day - 112/365

It was a big day at school for Reagan today! It was spirit day and it was her leader day. She was so excited! She got all decked out in her spirit wear. She looked so precious! She loved her bright colored UPSK shirt!
For "show and tell" she brought two Palace Pets in her little Frozen purse. She has been so into Palace Pets lately and couldn't wait to show off the new ones the Easter Bunny brought her.
Mrs. Scanlon is always so nice and is willing to take pictures for me.
This afternoon, Reagan had ballet and I was still trying to win my step challenge, so I walked the pot hole infested parking lot for the 35 minutes she had class. It was interesting.
Reagan and Mrs. Sebastiani during Reagan's show and tell.

Palace Pet showing!

Pot hole parking lot!

 

St. Patricks Day - 76/365

St. Patricks's Day! It was going to be a busy one, too!
We started the day at Reagan's book fair! She was so excited to pick out books. She ended up with six! She kept saying she couldn't wait for bedtime so she could read them.
After we shopped, she headed off to class. They made a shamrock necklace, shamrock hat and got a visit from a leprechaun! They went for a walk and when they came back, the room was all a mess! Reagan kept saying he knocked over the trash can. She just found that so funny! LOL! They loved it!
This evening, we had a little Irish feast. I made Reuben's, pierogies and green beans. I got Jim a six pack of Guinness and I made a Miller Lite green! Reagan enjoyed green mac and cheese with green beans and green milk. For dessert we had cookies decorated for St. Patrick's Day. It was delicious!
This evening, Reagan and I made a few little St. Patrick's Day themed projects. We made Jim a handprint shamrock and Reagan wrote him a little note on it. I got a little carried away and actually told her how to spell lucky, wrong, but I suppose that makes it special! We are so lucky to have him, that we gave him extra letters in lucky! LOL!
Today, Boardman Rotary had another big day! They were able to present a $2500 check to the Salvation Army. Needless to say, they were absolutely thrilled with the donation and hope to be able to do a lot of good with it!
Jim is doing such a great job as president! We couldn't be more proud of him!
Shopping the book fair!

Her picks!

Making her shamrock necklace



Reagan and her teacher!

All her fun stuff from school!

Our "Irish" feast!

Dessert!

Her project for daddy!

So proud!

Jim presenting the big check!

Line Leader Day - 336/365

Today was Reagan's second line leader day at school! She was so excited to go!

She brought her Belle and Elsa doll for show and tell. The book she picked out was her new Snowmen at Christmas book. She gets so excited to be the line leader. They get to be first at the class activities and get a special sticker to wear.
We always give Reagan's iPod touch to Mrs. Scanlon on Line Leader day so we can have a few pictures of Reagan talking to the class. They are so great about it and we just treasure the pictures. It gives us a little sneak peek into her school world. 

After school, her and Alivia wanted to get their picture taken with the new Christmas project wall in the atrium. They just love seeing all their projects on display!

She had a great day!
Reagan at her show and tell.

 Her and her friend, Alivia.

Crawford Halloween - 303/365

Today we were actually delivering the turkey boxes. Everyone was so excited to see them and the kids were amazed. I think they will really help the kids get involved with the food drive. They will want to feed those turkeys. They are even going to try to keep them for next year! YAY!

This evening, we were all heading over to the "Jessies" for a Halloween get together. The kids were going to wear there costumes and we were just going to hand out and talk.

They ordered pizza and had lots of yummy snacks. They sure know how to throw a party.

She even had a few games for them. Jessica got toilet paper rolls and wanted them to make mummies on each other, but they enjoyed doing it to the parents more. LOL!

It was a fun night!

Turkey Box demo!

Reagan, Mrs Scanlon and Mrs Sebastiani

The builders!

Parker, Reagan and Milana!

Mummy making!

Race for Education - 288/365

Today was Reagan's Race For Education for her school!

The kids were going to do a walk to raise money. Each child sent out sponsor forms to family and friends asking them to sponsor them for the race. At race time they had brought in nearly $11000. What an amazing accomplishment for the kiddos! 

They had a beautiful day for their walk. It was a little chilly, but not too bad. Jim was able to take off work and come walk with her. She was thrilled to have her daddy there!

Mrs. Critell gave an awesome pep talk and they were off! 

Halfway through the walk, their was a little water station for them. They really loved this!

At the end of the walk, they got popsicles and a medal for their accomplishment! 

They were so excited! 

What a great little event for them!

Thank you family and friends for sponsoring her! 

                                      

School Day - 274/365

It was a school day, today! 

It was Mrs. Sebastiani's birthday, so they were having a little party for her. There were balloons, cupcakes and a present! They kids were so excited to have a party for her. 

Throughout the year, they are working on their letters. Today when I dropped her off, they were gluing little hearts on the letter H. At the end of the year, they are going to put all their decorated letters in a binder, so they have an alphabet book. We can't wait to see the finished product! 

Also today, they were having a little program about guardian angels in the atrium. They sang some songs and said a little prayer. Then they did a little coloring page of a guardian angel. I couldn't get much info from Reagan, but she did sing the words "my guardian angel watches over me, watches over me" a couple times today! It was so sweet. 

After, school, Nana, Reagan and I went over to Sam's Club for a few things. Reagan was loving sitting in the buggy on the Ziploc box. She said it was her "bench." 

She had a nice day!

The first, is Mrs. Sebastiani's birthday stuff.

Next, Reagan working on her letter H

Reagan's Guardian Angel

Reagan enjoying Sam's.

Line Leader and Dog Day - 260/365

Today was Reagan's Line Leader day at school! She was so excited! 

She got to bring a book to read, a show and tell item and got to be first at everything today. 

I asked Mrs. Scanlon, the assistant teacher, if she would snap some pictures for me with our iPod. She got an adorable one of Reagan talking to the class about Mr. Fuzzy and Puppy. Reagan said she told the story about Mr. Fuzzy being lost in the airport and told everyone that Puppy is silly and talks alot. 

She said the kids really liked her book, but she did point out that "Mrs. Sebastiani skipped a page, but then she went back." It's a board book, so they pages do kind of stick together. Reagan won't let you skip! LOL! 

She said they went to the play center and played with Alivia, her new best friend. She seemed to have a great day being the leader. 

We went to lunch after school and she started singing "Y-E-L-L-O-W spells Yellow!" I was so impressed. We are so proud of everything she is learning. 

After lunch, we stopped at White House to get some more Honey Crisp Apples and Reagan got to play with Bonnie, again. She just loves throwing the ball over and over and over for her. Bonnie will do it all day if you'd let her!

After White House, we went over Ray and Jenny's to let Dexter out for them. Reagan loves playing with him, too! Reagan laid down on the couch and Dexter hopped right up on her and gave her a million kisses. Reagan also walked him a couple times around the yard. He loved it! 

This evening, I met Deanna and Marissa up at Inner Circle for a girls night out. 

While I was there, Jim and Reagan spent some time soaking up the nice day. We won't have too many left!

The first photo is Reagan with her show and tell items. 

 Next, Reagan and Mrs. Sebastiani doing her show and tell. 

Reagan and Bonnie playing ball at White House.

 Reagan and Dexter laying on the couch. 

FIRST Day of School & a Cookout- 246/365

Today was our baby's FIRST day of SCHOOL! 

WHAT? The first day of school! We can't believe it! It seems like just yesterday we had her. It also seems like we just went to sign her up and still had six months to wait. Time goes to fast.

We signed her up at Ursuline. It's great because the school has a fabulous reputation and it's only two minutes from our house. We are so excited to have her enrolled there.

Her teacher is Mrs. Sebastiani who also has a fabulous reputation. We couldn't be happier!

She also knows a few kids in her class, so that helps, too.

Reagan was a little nervous to go, but did really well! She didn't cry when we left, but when I picked her up and asked how her day was, she said "I cried." I asked why and she replied "because the girl in the purple was crying." I felt so bad. She added though "the teacher picked me up and said it would be OK, so then I was OK."

Other than that, she said she really liked it and was excited to go back! She didn't give too many details, but hopefully those will come with time. We hope this is an amazing year for her. We can wait to see all the things she learns and all the fun projects she'll bring home!

Jim and I did pretty good. I did shed just a tear or two. I did better than I thought, too. 

This afternoon we went to Menchies as a first day of school celebration and hit the Gymboree! 

This evening, we went over to Jim's mom and dad's for dinner. Greg made his famous chicken and pineapple on the grill! It was delicous! It was nice to sit and chit chat and Reagan loved talking about school. 

It was such a bittersweet day! So proud of our baby girl!

 Next, the adorable classroom.

 Reagan with her teachers Mrs. Sebastiani and Mrs. Scanlon

Reagan with Papa Greg at our cookout

Finally, Reagan and Grandma