Last Day of School

I CAN NOT believe the year is already over.  Today was Megan and Katie's last day of preschool - Megan's last day of pre-school EVER!  I am very excited for this summer with my girls and trying not to think about Megan heading to kindergarten in just a few months.

Last Day of School
(Please forgive the crazy, very over exposed picture.
 I have a friend seeing if she can fix it.)

First Day of School

At the beginning of the school year we celebrated the first day with a stop to Purple Berry for some ice cream.  We thought that would be a great way to the end the year too.  It is fun to see how much they have change in the last 9 months.

Ice Cream Celebration - Last Day

Ice Cream Celebration - First Day

Ice Cream Celebration - Last Day

Ice Cream Celebrations - First Day

Going Through the Pictures

I am notorious for taking a million pictures and then never taking the time to delete the images with closed eyes, blurry faces or crazy expressions. After going months of putting off the task, the inevitable happens - I have hundreds and hundreds of pictures to sort through. Today I undertook a portion of my backlogged photos and thought I'd pass a few along. 

Halloween was big at the Snyder house this year. Megan decided she wanted to be Izzie, a pirate from one of her favorite Disney shows. Miss Katie decided to follow suit with a Tinkerbell costume. And so the theme was created.

Fall was full of fun projects. We made jack-o-lanterns from real pumpkins and also from pieces of foam. I was so proud of Megan this year as she willingly got her hands in the pumpkin slime. My little princess would not have considered digging into the goo just a year ago.

Over the past year, we have watched Megan and Katie go from sisters to absolutely best friends. They are constantly imagining new scenes together, having glamorous balls, and fancy tea parties. Megan often designates herself as casting director and casts herself as Mommy or Princess Megan and then hands out parts to Katie and me.  Here is one of their infamous tea parties followed by a "show".

Summer Part 2

Since my last update, Katie started going to school with Megan. The first couple of days were a little tough at the classroom door but she LOVES it now. The girls also realized that funny faces are more fun than just smiles.

This picture was taken on spirit day in their school shirts.

I was sorting through pictures this afternoon and realized that since the break from 100+ weather, the girls and I have been enjoying the outdoors a lot more. Both girls love to ride the scooter around the cul-de-sac, color with chalk and play in water.

This is what happens when you tell your kids to get dressed to go outside and play. You never know what interesting combination they will wear.

Months ago, the girls and I saw kids playing in a mud puddle on TV. I realized I had been lax as a mother because my girls had never had that joy. I promised them that the next time we had rain, we'd play in the water.... Then enter drought! We haven't had any rain in forever. One morning we went out front and the girls saw a puddle at the end of the driveway and asked if they could play in it. Rain puddle... irrigation puddle....they didn't notice a difference.

Summer 2011

Earlier this summer, we found the perfect class for Megan - Princess Ballerina Camp. Megan loves to dress up as a princess and we've been watching her dance around since she was able to stand. The class was even more fun because Ella, Camden and Grayden, three of her best friends, were enrolled in the class too.

For those who weren't able to be there... Enjoy the show!




Coming up...

Megan's Amazing Progress in Swim Lessons

Our Winter

Larry not so subtly reminded me that it has been way too long since I updated the blog with new pictures. Realizing my last post was in October, I have definitely missed posting much.

Katie has changed the most in the last few months. As her vocabulary increases, so does her happiness.



Our Christmas was wonderful. The magic of Christmas with two little girls is priceless.


Megan's Aunt Tina bought her some new princess shoes, which both girls now wear daily. My very versatile daughter can both dress in her finest shoes and shoot a 3 pointer from the line. She was also a huge fan of the freak snow storm that we had again this year.



Katie loves being mommy's big helper - even at the cost of several baby wipes. At least my floor is getting clean.


Katie won her first medal at Little Gym this year. With the way she climbs, I think this might be the first of many gymnastic metals.


The girls both went to a princess tea party and dressed up in fancy gowns. Katie loves to play dress up in her sister's clothes too. Katie says "Ta-da!"


Megan decided a while ago that she wants to be a toy maker when she grows up. She wanted her first toy to be a ice cream truck. Thanks goes to her daddy for helping with the wheels.


Over Spring Break the girls and I went to a drive through zoo with some friends. Both girls had a chance to feed animals right from their hands. We even had a visitor through the sun roof.

Happy Birthday Grandpop

Wish we were with you. I thought this might be the next best thing. Love you!

Megan's First Day of School

Well the day has finally arrived. Today is Megan's first day of preschool. This morning we got up and took a bath, got dressed, ate breakfast and Megan immediately started asking if it was time to leave yet. Over and over and over - "Can we go to school now?" I finally told her we could leave when the clock said 8:40. Then I started getting updates every few minutes, "The clock says 8:06, the clock says 8:31..."

Finally the time came and we gathered together her million things to take - backpack, lunchbox, and napmat. She looked prepared for a weekend trip rather than a 5 1/2 hour day at preschool.

I had heard that the first day can be tramatizing and to expect tears. Not from my Megan. She posed for a quick pic and was off to color with the other kiddos. Katie and I will go to pick her up around 2:30 and I can not wait to hear how the day went.