Our first day of school

I started a job at Valley Elementary which means that Alyssa started preschool!

The one on the right is her after I told her to tell Mommy good bye. She literally didn't care! I think that has a lot to do with Miss Judy.

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I am a little bummed because I could have had both kids at the same school for a year but they both like their school so I will manage. Actually, Tyler rides with me to my work and then boards a bus from my campus to his campus but I still have to pick him up after school. After two years of dropping Tyler off at school Alyssa thinks it is pretty neat that Tyler and I drop Alyssa off in the morning. We all got lucky that her preschool teacher is the same gal that teaches her Sunday school class every Sunday. We have had Miss Judy for the past year and we will get her for the next full year. Talk about consistency!

Rob and I will be attending back to school on Thursday and will get some pictures of her classroom and her friends. My friend Melissa enrolled her daughter Lyle in the same school and they will also be in the same class! We all think that is pretty cool!

Getting her first pillow

She absolutely loves her pillow!

Girl time

The girls dressed up so much. I would do Lyssa's hair before leaving and then Taylor would go into the bathroom to get herself ready and Lyssa would take out her pretties and want her hair exactly like Taylor. I didn't learn to wait till Taylor did hers first for quite a few weeks. :(

Photo time!

It was a total coincidence that the girls matched. Lyssa bummed because I wanted to take a photo of Taylor to send to her parents. She made a face and I couldn't resist snapping her instead.

My niece Taylor came for a visit

The Oakland Zoo had 7 giraffes and it was dinner time!
Lyssa and her cousin Sarah.
The kids looking at the alligator. Three of them hanging out at the bottom of the pool.

Bless her heart, she managed to make it to all 4 plus weeks with us. We did have a great time showing her our favorite spots. My favorite part of the Oakland Zoo was in the beginning. I was trying to pay with my ATM card and they told me that I could go in free because the CC machine was broken. WOO HOO!

Toddler Bed

She is doing okay considering she has only fallen out once in the past 4 weeks and got up a few times. She won't come out in the morning which is nice but man, putting her to bed is a complete bear. I know better than giving her food or giving her anything out of her routine when she is in bed and once I made the mistake of giving her a few cups of yogurt because she didn't eat much at all. Never again. It can take up to 90 minutes before she falls asleep. She claims that she is not tired, hungry, wants to play, etc and even wants more cuddles. I really want to put the crib side back up but know that is not going to happen. She will get used to it and we will have our little girl back in no time.