We began celebrating the impending start of school last weekend with a shopping extravaganza at Janie and Jack, with Gowah and Grandma Pat! G was so incredibly cute that the lady at the store requested that she step outside in front of the bench so our photos would turn out better :) After the shopping fun, we met Daddy at The Cheesecake Factory at The Plaza. The weekend was filled with fun! Saturday we spent the day meandering through The KC Zoo! After the zoo, we spent the late afternoon and evening swimming and then had a wonderful night at a new sports store called Sheel's! Garrity and Daddy rode the indoor Ferris Wheel and Garrity got to go bowling for the first time!
We spent two nights in KC, and enjoyed just being "us" for the weekend! We also have had several visitors leading up to the BIG DAY!
The second day we had a blast at the KC Zoo! We never tire of this big ol' polar bear!
Monday night Grandma Madelyn stopped by to drop off a few BTS treasures!
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| LOVE the expression on her little face :) |
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| SO proud! |
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| Love this sweet face...he's contemplating the sheep :) |
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| There is a baby in this mommy's pouch! |
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| Daddy's first encounter with the Lorakeets! |
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| Grantham's still not a fan! |
After the zoo we went to the hotel and swam for a while. We then headed out to a new sports store: Sheels and enjoyed all of the activities it had to offer!
When we got back home Sunday evening, we enjoyed dinner at Gowah and Grandma Pat's and then were greeted with a huge care-package from The Crooks' family!
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| We all enjoyed looking at the photo album full of photos of Garrity from birth to kindergarten! |
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| The Night Before Kindergarten book! |
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| Super-cool Anna and Elsa notebook and folder, along with loads of other school supplies! |
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| Gratham even got in on the fun! |
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| New clothes! Hooray! |
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| And mommy...a wonderfully emotional card, plus a Starbucks gift card! |
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| Daddy too! Subway card! |
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| What a fun surprise! |
Monday night Grandma Madelyn stopped by to drop off a few BTS treasures!
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| The Swazi dress! While in Hawaii, G made a friend that wore this dress! When we saw it on our shopping trip, we put in on our list and then never made it back to buy it! BUT GUESS WHO DID----Grandma Madelyn!! Hoooooooray! |
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| A couple of new shirts and a fun new book for this kiddo! |
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| The Belly Button Book....super appropriate for a kid obsessed with his belly button. |
Here it is...the TEACHER REVEAL!
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| JACKPOT! A wonderful teacher and great friends in the same class! |
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| The Dorothy Table! |
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| What a wonderful night! |
