Hurst Hilton Head Trip 2011

Soooo much fun! We just got back from Hilton Head with Nana and Pop. The week was full of beautiful beach, tasty food, ice cream, sand dollars and saloning! Caroline's latest game to play is "Salon-er." She wants to put you in a salon chair, brush, dry and style your hair. She loves to do makeup and paint nails! So, Nana and Pop got to be her "new customers" for the week!

The weather was fabulous! A bit windy and rainy the first day, but gorgeous after that. Caroline was so brave on the beach! She loves the "big boy" waves and playing in the sand. She made us lots of sand "samples" to eat and buried toys.

The restaurants in Hilton Head are so yummy! I believe we enjoyed every meal that we had! Lots of seafood and ice cream!

The best part of the trip is of course, just being with family and watching Caroline learn, love and laugh her heart out!

On the way with "squishy babies!"

Lots of Reading!

At Hudson's, Caroline's favorite server, Borg, brought her a strawberry daiquiri! After that it was Mississippi Mud Pie, followed by a dance of joy!

Going out for last delicious dinner

Can't wait to go back!

1st Day of Preschool 2011

Twas the Night Before Preschool

Mommy packed a lunch!

Not a little one was stirring

Not even our Dunc!

The lunchbox was packed

with yummies and care

in hopes that Sweet Caroline

would find love in there!

Then off to bed her parents went

with heavy hearts,

So happy and sad for her

new journey to start!

Caroline is now 31/2 and today she started preschool. She will go 2 days a week. We have been talking about it for so long. James and I cannot believe it's already here! She has 2 fabulous teachers and a small class of mostly boys and 3 girls including herself. James so sweetly took the day off work to take his little girl to school and also to support her momma, who most assuredly shed some tears this morning after drop off. We showed up early, the first one there, and she walked into the classroom without looking back! Yeah Caroline!

Walking into the school she said, " This is my first day at school-EVER!"

Washing hands when she first gets to class. This is when she told Ms. Hazel, "I already know all my letters and numbers!"

James and I were so early to pick up Caroline too! We could not wait to see how her day was. Did she cry? Was she sad? Did she make friends? We got to the school and waited around in the hallway until it seemed alright to go in to get her. When we walked through the door, Caroline threw her arms up in the air and said, "Mommy, Daddy Preschool is sooo fun! I love it!" Oh My Goodness, we were ecstatic! She was smiling so big! Her shirt untucked, her face smeared with strawberries and her hair was wild from the windy playground. She told us that she didn't want to go home. How wonderful is that! I am super proud of her!

The after school rest with Daddy and new Rapunzel!

Moving "Home" Soon

Here are a couple of pictures of Caroline "buying" our new house! It was adorable!

She told the realtor that she wanted to buy the house. Ms. Angie asked if she had any money. And of course, in her pockets was play money from her cash register. ( A girl can't leave home without a little cash :) One by one she took out each coin and told the realtor, " This one is for the bathroom. This one is for the princess suite. This one is for the pool.." and so on. Ms. Angie was so sweet and told Caroline she would check with the buyer to see if that would cover it. Hopefully we will hang this photos in our new home soon.