8 Years Old!

Happy 8th Birthday to our William Rigdon!

We're so lucky to have this little guy! I can't believe he's already 8. He has a big year ahead!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

William in General

 While I was going through the pictures to post for William in the month of March, I realized that I've been a slacker at updating a lot of things! I figured that I can just update William in general. He has been busy, after all.

 

William did his very first research paper. He had to research a famous American and he chose Michael Phelps. They did the research at school and when he brought his paper home, I was really surprised at how well he did! Part of the project was to dress up like the person he'd researched. So, instead of speedos, he wore an Olympic t shirt, swim cap, and a gold medal! He was pretty embarrassed about the cap and took it off right after he was finished speaking in front of his class. It was hilarious to see that a lot of people didn't mess around! There were kids that had full on Benjamin Franklin costumes. It was the best.

 William also recently wrapped up playing basketball in Smyrna. The Ragin Cajuns played hard and made it to the semi finals, but the Bulldogs took it all. He's wanting to play again next season, but we'll see!

William had his second grade program in March. It was all about Dr. Seuss. He was assigned the role of Sam I Am. He told me that he had a solo part. William was so excited. I was too because he had to dress up and I got to make his costume! Thank goodness for Pinterest and an old Indian tunic pattern my Mom had.

 The name of the program was Oh, the Places You'll Go! It was pretty much adorable! All of the kids wore these little hats. When it was the song about Green Eggs and Ham, we all got excited and I even moved to get a better view of William's solo...

 Only to find out he didn't sing by himself at all. He just offered the Cat in the Hat the green eggs and ham until she finally tried them. William did a very convincing job of being persistent!

I later asked him why he told me he had a solo. He replied that he did... along with the whole 2nd grade student body that sang that night.

Sweet William.

 

Lily in March

 This girl just turned 7!

 Lily is all about Frozen and My Little Pony, so of course that's what her birthday was full of! She wanted a Frozen vanilla cake and raspberry sherbet.

 Lily had fun celebrating with her cousins and has had a blast with all of the fun presents that she got.

 

So, if you can't tell, I like to take pictures! Of course I had to take Lily's 7 year old pictures! She wanted Elsa hair and it's a little crazy because she had her hair like that all day!

 Lily is one of the coolest girls that I know. She's funny and she can take a joke too. Depending on her mood, of course, like a true girl.

 She pretends to be shy, but this little lady is probably one of the spunkiest girls you'll meet. She loves jewelry, pink, and getting her nails done, but then she also likes exercising her awesome muscles and shooting guns in the backyard. With Lily, it makes sense!

 Lily is also a wonderful chef. She loves to help out in the kitchen and loves to try new foods. Lily has also become the best big sister ever! She is definitely a little mom and she enjoys it. I know that to her nothing is more important than Jane. Lily always makes time for her and hasn't lost patience with her yet!

 Lily also started playing for the Lady Rapids in March. They had their first game on Murfreesboro against a team that is 2 years older than theirs!

 It was the first time their team had a goalie and Lily was chosen to play that position for a quarter. For the first time playing goalie, she did pretty well! Since then, they've had some goalie training and played a "defending the goal"(not a goalie) position added to the rec team. Lily has quickly become one of the best goal defenders! She's awesome at charging the people coming to score.

 With playing a team that has had more experience... yeah... they got creamed their first game. But, overall, the girls had a lot of fun playing and they were good sports.

Lily is such a wonderful little soul. We love this girl so much!

Jane in March

 Jane turned 7 months in March! I seems like she's grown up over night. Just in the blink of an eye she started rolling over and scooting all over the place, she started eating snacks, talking more (in a jabbering kind of way), she gives kisses, and started to sit up! What?

 Oh yeah, and she started making this super silly grin. And I'm pretty sure you're crazy if you don't smile right back at this face!

 Jane had her first curler! I did Lily's hair like this all the time when she was a baby and I've just now tried it on Jane.

 She's pretty cute!

 Some of Jane's favorite toys are bead necklaces and a bath toy that's a turtle. She likes to bite his head!

Jane is still just a fun baby to have! She is the sweetest little girl and still has everyone, even William and Lily, wrapped around her little dimpled fingers!

7 Years Old!

Happy 7th Birthday to our Lily Ava!

Life sure would be dull without this girl.

Rah Rah Ree!

 At the end of January we signed Lily up for a Cheer Camp at Cane Ridge High School. Keaven gave me the heads up about it and she signed Taylor and Maddie up for it as well so Lily had a lot of fun. They were there for a Saturday and then performed at the next Friday night's basketball halftime. Oh my goodness. It was adorable.

Lily, of course, has already made plans to go next year!