The End of an Era

The title of this post may seem a bit epic, but isn't that always how the end of a school year feels? I keep meaning to post on here but blogger and I don't get along. It's new format seems nicer though. Maybe I will be posting more often. I really need to take more pictures though. Some thought for the summer I guess.

We have been doing a lot of just day to day stuff. Keira finished Kindergarten. We are really excited for 1st grade but we are really going to miss her teacher, Miss Peck. She was an awesome teacher and I had a lot of fun working in her class all year. She did a great job challenging Keira and helping her come out of her shell at school. We have our fingers crossed that her first grade teacher will be just as good!

Elaina graduated from her first year of preschool. She gets to go back to the same preschool next year and is really excited about that. Her teachers are a lot of fun and she is always really excited to go to school. She can already spell and write her name, knows how to count pretty high (I have heard her get into the 60's at least) and knows her alphabet. She is figuring out what letters make what sounds. We are super impressed with all that she has learned this year. We know that she is going to be more than ready for Kindergarten in a year!

Rhianna has been a toddler. She is into everything, starting to express her opinions and climbing onto everything (I think the pictures of her show this quite well!). She is a very smart girl and she is also quite taken with her sense of humor. I think we have a little comedian on our hands. She is always doing something to make us or herself laugh.

Hopefully I will be posting more this summer. We have lots of birthdays and other fun things planned so I just need to remember to take pictures!!!

Is the Pierce Family Still Alive?

Don't worry. We are still alive. We just haven't been doing much and I usually just post cute pictures on Facebook. It is so much easier! The girls have been busy going to school and the baby has been busy destroying my house. She started walking a couple weeks ago and has quickly become a little terror. In a good way, I guess.

Keira got a missionary name tag at church on Sunday and thought it was so cool. Elaina decided to dress up for a picture. We have decided she is a super hero bank robber.

Our little terror running around the house. She always has something in her hands now that they are free from crawling. She is also teething like mad. Two more teeth have popped through in the past couple of days and more are on the way. Good thing because she has had just the two teeth since she was 9 months. We were starting to wonder if that was all she was going to get.


My cute middle child that seems to get passed over despite our best efforts to keep her the center of attention. She has such a fun personality though. She is everyone's friend and just loves her blanket (still). She got to bring it to show and tell for preschool a few weeks ago and was so proud of it.

She is ONE? How is that possible?

Here is my sweet Rhianna a year ago. I can't believe how quick it has gone.

We had a fun, casual birthday party for Rhianna. She wasn't quite sure about all the people at her party. She was mostly just happy to sit on my lap. No one else was allowed to hold her. She didn't really like opening the presents but I think she had way too much help from her sisters and cousin. She does like all of her presents now that she can enjoy them in peace. Her favorite thing by far was eating her cupcake. After checking it out for a minute she grabbed it with both fists and shoved it in her mouth. She thought it was the best thing ever!

It is going to be so fun watching her grow this year. She is right on the verge of walking but she gets into plenty of trouble just crawling around and pulling up on things. She loves playing with her sisters and makes sure that they involve her, whether they want to or not. She loves to chatter and is going to be more and more fun to talk to, I am sure. Oh! And I can finally get a clip to stay in her hair. She brings so much fun to this family and I am so glad that she is my baby girl!