She got to take her All About Me Poster to preschool on Tuesday!

Cali on December 4th – ready for Preschool!

We woke up early and opened Presents on her birthday! She got a doll that came with hair accessories so you can do her hair. An Ariel Barbie. A Skylander like her brothers get. She got some clothes and the game UNO MOO. It was enough to keep us busy for the day and she and Rosie have played non stop.

combing her dolls hair

Uno Moo was a hit.

All the Loot! I think it took her 5 minutes to open everything. There was no stalling in between gifts.

She also got to open her presents from my parents and we had cookies and ice cream for a treat that night. The Falabella’s stopped by in the evening and we skyped with 3 of my sisters so it was a busy night. Cali was very gracious all day. She said thank you for her gifts one hundred times, “thanks for getting me this”, and “thanks mom!” were her phrases of the day.

princess chair from grandma and grandpa robertson!

The funniest thing she said was right before lunch time she was getting upset about something and she stopped everything and said, “Wait, do I cry when I’m 4?” So cute. And precious. She and I have butt heads a lot over the last 2 years but we are both growing up and communicating better. Cali shared her new presents so well and has really adjusted well to helping Rose and Ray get their way most of the time. Cali is our social bug. She loves all things girly right now and is still the little mom of the house. We love her a ton.

Make a wish!

We had the youngest cousins over the next morning so we saved the real cake for that party. Pictures coming soon.

This girl was so ready for preschool. She loves the friends and interaction and attention from the teachers. She is my social girl so I signed her up! We waited all summer to see if she could get the potty thing down and then I signed her up last week. When Benji turned 4 I had a big debate with myself about preschool. I never went. It costs money. I don’t think kids need it… BUT a lot of people here do preschool and it is very affordable compared to other states. And the kicker was that Benji was such a mama’s boy that he really needed it socially. He loved preschool. I loved preschool. Packer did Joy school and preschool. So here we are putting Cali in a year early. I just know that she will LOVE it and we will butt heads less and 2 kids is such a nicer break than 3 and her cousins were both going and the teachers said she could be in the big kid class with them even though she’s still 3 until December and we fit it into our budget and there are lots of friends to carpool with…. so….

Rose wanted to be in the doorknob picture with Cali.

I don't know where she got the mouth sore but it's a bad one.

Ready with her new PRINCESS backpack!

Waiting on her bike for Anna to come pick her up for school.

With my boys I had to hold their hands and walk them to the school and all the way in and give them lots of encouragement and comfort and then they would be comfortable. With Cali I asked if she wanted to ride with Anna – YES! and at the last minute I gave her another chance for me to take her but she saw no need. She was just ready to go. She was all excitement for her first day of real school. LOVE IT.

She Loved her first day!