Preschool Day, Hooray!

It's "Preschool Day, Hooray!"  Title of this post comes from the book Kinsleigh's been wanting to read all week leading up to school starting back up today. And today was the first day of preschool for little miss Kyla girl EVER!  Boy did she get excited when I put her cute little backpack on her back.  Little did she know that I was about to take her somewhere and leave her for the entire day away from me. 

I can't believe I sent two girlies off to preschool today.  They are too stinkin adorable.

Kinsleigh loves sporting her backpack too.

It was exciting and sad bringing the girls to school today.  It was a big change from what we've been used to all summer just getting to hang out with one another all the time.  But I think deep down, Kinsleigh was ready to go back.  And Kyla obviously had no clue what was going on but she will soon have it all figured out and grow to love school too I'm sure.  I did shed a few tears when I dropped my "baby" baby off in her class. First time is tough and I don't know what I'm going to do this first semester as a stay at home mom, not working, and my kids are at school two days a week!  Weird! Come on Pinterest projects?!

Breather

I received an awaited answer to prayer today.  I don't even know if it will be permanent or if it was a today only thing.  But the fact that it was answered for now is good enough for me and all the motivation I need to keep going.  Now I can take a breather.

As many of you know, we started Occupational Therapy with Kinsleigh back at the end of May.  Since then, not much has happened.  She has never grown particularly found of the place and it's always a struggle to get her to go.  Her anxiety gets extremely high on our way there in the car and intense once we arrive.  It's also taken her some time to warm up to her therapist.

So today, started like every other "therapy day."  We had to roll out of bed and immediately get dressed to go (not lucky for us, our appointments are 8am Fridays and it takes us 25 min to get there.)  She complained about going, didn't want to get her clothes on, shed a few tears, clung to me and hung her head when we walked in the door, told me she was tired and wanted to go home.  Then her therapist came out to get her and she perked right up.  I mean, jumped out of her seat, followed right along with her into the "therapy room" and talked her little ear off.  She then proceeded to go in and try many new things.  Didn't whine about it, maybe hesitant a few times, but didn't put up one fight! Brave (by her standards) all the way!  And the best part was she was able to get in with another girl to play a game together to practice those social skills with strangers.  No prob. there!  Just a considerate, play right along sweetie.  The therapist and I were able to see some big time progress today for the first time and we all left with huge smiles on our faces.  I don't know if this will be a turning point and things will continue to go more smoothly from here or not, but it sure brightened my day!  God knows just how to throw these sorts of days in there just when I need 'em!  So thank you Father, and forgive me for when I put up a fight that they don't happen "enough."

Happy 4th!!!

We're pretty hard core here at the Kahlich household with our sparklers and roman candles.

Kyla thought they were drumsticks!

This was as close as I could get them to the sparklers at first

Experiencing them a little more "pre lit"

Helping Daddy

"Hey this is kind of fun."

I'm literally chasing her with a sparkler.  Something's wrong with this picture. 

"Yeah Mommy, I think I'll give it a try now."

And what do you know?  It is fun!!!

And she ended up not wanting to put them down!  Now it's party time! 

"I get happy when I light fireworks!" -Kinsleigh's words exactly...

Deep Thoughts

There are so many conversations that you just don't think about having with your little ones.  Everyone always jokes about the first time  you have to tell them where babies come from, blah blah blah.  But seriously, sometimes I feel like there needs to be a manual on all the other conversations that you didn't think about them asking.  Course I'm sure even then no one would hit on all of them.  It's like we know about a lot of them that are going to happen, we just never think twice about planning for them.  Well I got to have another one of those conversations in the car today with Kinsleigh on the way to a friends house.  We passed by a huge cemetery on the way there and she saw all the flowers all over the ground so of course she got interested and needed to know what it all was.  Not sure if we've just never happened to pass right by one before with her in the car or what, but it has at least never been of interest until today.

My response more or less: "Well, that place is called a cemetery.  You know how Mommy and Daddy have told you before that everything dies?  Well that is a place that when people die, when they are very old or extremely sick, (no need for more elaborate details), they bury them in the ground to keep their bodies safe.  But remember, if you have Jesus in your heart, your soul in the inside gets to go to heaven to live with Him forever.  But your body has to stay here, so other people like their friends and family that love them very much, put them in the ground. Then everybody gets to decorate where they are really nice with flowers to make them beautiful because they are special."

Phew, I hate having to give such "deep" explanations on the fly.  I sure hope I did alright.  It's quite difficult to explain such a heavy topic to a 3 year old without making it sound scary.  Hopefully now she can see it as more of a happy place ???

What other difficult conversations have you had to have with your children that you never even thought of considering or just simply weren't prepared for?

Daddy Day 2012!

Thanks for putting up with our whines and making us giggle. For playing with us, cuddling with us, dressing up with us, dancing with us, reading to us, you name it!  You're the best!  And we love you with every single tiny piece of our hearts.  Happy Fathers Day! Love Kinsleigh and Kyla.

Decade

Decades. When you are a child, a decade seems like forever. But as the years go on and you get older, they truly do go faster. I guess it's believed because we are constantly looking forward to the next "thing" which makes the days just fly along. But only a decade ago I was 18! Weird just thinking of all the things that have changed since I was 18. Yet everything so much the same at the same time. But a decade ago today marks a very saddened memorable day. A decade ago today I lost a very dear and close friend in a tragic car accident. I remember every detail of June 3, 2002 from start to finish in vivid detail. From what I did before the accident, to when I found out, to how I responded and everything else in between. It took me about four years to stop having repetitive dreams of either Justin getting to come back for a short 24 hours so I could spend it with him in more meaningful ways or I myself dying and going to heaven and seeing him. He would always be in a blue collared shirt and black pants when I would see him there. As we have all aged ever so slightly every year, he will forever be etched as an 18 year old young man in our minds. When I think of all the things he has missed here on earth... college, going on to play pro ball, getting married...it saddens me, but then I am reminded that he gets to be in a much better place rockin out with Jesus. The impact he has made on thousands of people's lives since is unbelievable. Not many can leave such a powerful legacy. He is still dearly missed by all his friends and family but we are so proud of what he has done. I'm so glad you are forever happy. Miss you "mattress" (it's a long story)

The Revealing

Well friends, I finally got my blog updated a bit.  Added that second child in the photo that I had over a year ago now!  But I've done another crazy thing.  I've been working on it for awhile now just to get it all together for  you.  I've decided to take on a SECOND blog.  It's intended for children's activities only.  Yeah, I know I'm crazy.  I just love finding/coming up with new ideas I can do with my girls and keeping documentation of it for others benefit, reminders for me for the future, etc.  I started it off with A LOT of posts just to get me started and will be adding to it often!  You can find the link to my new blog here:

http://aprilkahlichteaches.blogspot.com/

My husband and I put our heads together and came up with the name for my blog together.  I wanted it to be unique to my girls.  So I had an idea in mind, then used his "english major mind" to make it get just the right ring to it.  Random thoughts refers to my oldest as throughout any given day, she can come up with the most crazy stories and it will most likely have nothing to do with what is going on at the moment.  Polka dots is for my youngest.  Ever since she was a teeny baby, she has been extremely attracted to polka dots.  Even now, any and everything polka dot thing she can find, she will grab it and carry it all over the place.  When I carry her in my closet, she finds a polka dot shirt and pulls it off the hanger.  She digs the polka dot clothes out of the piles of laundry.  It truly is hilarious.  So come see and continue to follow up with all the fun things we have going on here at the Kahlich house on a daily basis.  Many of my ideas are original but many others were taken/adapted from other mommy bloggers I follow and/or ideas I have gotten from Pinterest.  Credit is given to them too as my inspirations on the blog if you would like to follow them as well.  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to follow me and feel free to "pin" my ideas as well. Now go have fun with your kids!!!