Valentines Day and Mardi Gras

The past couple of weeks have been eventful at Wren's daycare. She celebrated Valentines Day and Mardis Gras in the infant room, and as of today, she is officially in the toddler room! I dropped her off with her new teacher Ms. Olga this morning and expected her to cry since she was so attached to her old teacher. Not one bit! Wren hit the ground running with her new activities and friends. I feel assured Wren is happy and safe leaving her at our daycare, and it makes the whole working mom thing a lot easier.

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Bye Bye Buggy with the infants - her last week with her infant friends!

First drop-off in the toddler room. She didn't even look back when I left!

Fitting right in

Napping in her nap sack in the toddler room - no more crib!

Happy hour with Mom and Dad

Can you tell how she feels about swimming?

Westlake Brewing - fun for the whole fam

Wren's infant teacher Ms. Jackie is from New Orleans, so she went all out on Fat Tuesday. She asked all the parents to dress their babies in purple, green and gold, and she made a Mardis Gras float for pictures. I will miss Ms. Jackie so much - she truly cared about our little Wren.

Last Friday we drove to Austin to celebrate Mark and Jordan's upcoming daughter Brooke. Wren was the youngest at the party and the least behaved, but she had a wonderful time at Mark's sister and brother-in-law's house afterwards playing with the Keller girls.

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