First day back at school!

Sounds like the first day back at school was just fine... AK seems happy to be hanging out with her school friends again. I asked if I could take her picture and she said "No, I don't like having my picture taken a lot". She shut that down pretty well!

However... I was able to get some photos of AK enjoying her "new room". I went to Kirk's Home on the weekend and bought a new comforter and sheets for AK's big girl bed. She loves it, as you can see below!

Taking the new sheets for a test cuddle

Making sure the bed's bounce hasn't been affected any by the new sheets - you should see this kid jump on the bed - she's ferocious! (and I just realized you get a peek at her first day of school outfit!)

Windchimes that tie in all the colors and the circle theme

AK poked around in her bed for a while and then asked "Mommy, where's the purple?". She remembered that I had asked if I could buy some new pink and purple sheets for the bed. I explained that the only purple sheets were for a smaller bed and so I could not buy them. AK was satisfied with that but was even happier when I suggested we buy a purple throw pillow for the bed. This girl likes the color purple!

There will be more pics of the room to come when I get around to hanging things on the wall. I think I have a pretty good idea of how I want things to go now, but still have a few things that I'm not sure about.

A lady came by to look at the toddler bed tonight and ended up taking it. I was a bit worried about her coming by when AK was around as I didn't want AK to change her mind about me getting rid of the bed and get upset, but she was totally fine with the whole process. She even helped us carry it out! I had prepared AK for this lady coming, we talked about her buying the bed, and AK was really quite okay with it all. When she puts her mind to something, it's great. It's just a matter of helping her put her mind to everything I want her to put it to :)

AK wanted to take a walk down to the pool to "dip her toes in". We sat down and put our feet in, and then AK gathered her dress up and walked down to the next step. I cautioned her as her underwear was about to get wet so she came back up to the top step. I thought "what the heck" and took off her dress and let her get wet in her underwear. AK thought it was so daring that she was allowed to get her underwear wet after I'd told her not to! She played on the steps for a while and I was able to just sit and relax with her. It's so warm here that the pool is like bathwater.

I'm off to bed now!!! xo