I was very ambitious (or just plain crazy) and made Elisa a unicorn Pinata for her unicorn birthday party coming up. It turned out a little lop-sided but it wasn't noticeable once all was said and done. It took a long time but I left myself plenty of time to finish it so it wasn't too stressful. I like the way it turned out!
She liked her piñata!
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Ian started Preschool! Backstory: Ian speech isn't quite there yet and a friend and the pediatrician recommended I get Ian screened in order to see if he qualifies for free preschool, which is government-funded and will have a speech therapist working with him. You had me at free. A speech therapist is a bonus, haha. Seriously though, Ian speaks in garble-marble tongue. He's hard to understand a lot of the time which is why, after several meetings, Ian was able to finally start preschool! As a bonus, he even got in for social reasons because he refused to say a word at the initial screening. The speech therapist says his social skills are connected to his speech issues and will improve as his speech improves. Anyway, with only 6 weeks left in the school year, Ian started preschool at Terramar, which is a school further down the road because the closer one was full and our school doesn't have a preschool. I had to drive him to and fro Mondays through Thursday. I'm glad he'll be riding the bus this next school year when he goes to the closer school. Ian loved his preschool and even started to talk more in the mere 5 or so weeks he was there! I bought him a new backpack off of Amazon with the alphabet on the back and he loves it! Ian is excited to start preschool again. It will be nice for me to have some alone time, even though Ian is a really good boy at home. This new school year he will go in the morning for 3 hours or so.
Ian's first day of Preschool! So excited!
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A super adorable video of Ian singing!
A sleeping Ian in his carseat
My sweet Ian with a messy face
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Elisa's much-anticipated birthday dress! I've been wanting to make her a rainbow dress for awhile now, and her upcoming birthday was the perfect opportunity. She adores unicorns and that was going to be the theme for her birthday party, so I decided to embroider a unicorn to match the skirt. I'm happy with how it all turned out, even though it was time consuming, though not necessarily difficult.
I love the flounces on this dress!
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On April 21st we had a neighborhood ice cream social sponsored by the HOA. It was set up at a (very) small park a few blocks away. They had games like horseshoes, beanbag toss, giant connect 4, and catch. The ice cream was provided by our local ice cream truck who let us order anything we wanted for free. Ian had a jolly rancher pop, Gabe had a blue ice cream cup, Erik had a cookies and cream ice cream cup, and I had a choco taco. Elisa was at Kassidy's birthday party, so she missed out on the ice cream social.
A huge popsicle for a little boy!
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Elisa got a new mommy-made dress! This fabric, though adorable, shrinks like crazy so I had to go back to Joanns and buy more. Even then, this dress is slightly shorter than I'd like on her. But you can't go wrong with unicorns!
Heading out the door for the bus!
That's a big unicorn pinata, but it looks fantastic! The unicorn dress is gorgeous with the rainbow swirls, and Elisa looks great in the other unicorn dress. Ian really looks like a preschooler posing in these pictures. I was afraid Erik wouldn't talk at his kindergarten screening, but he did nervously, as he kept swinging his feet. I love choco tacos! That's the best choice of all!
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