Samantha's First Haircut

Today Samantha received her first haircut ever. She was 4 days shy of her 5th birthday. She was so excited. While we were at the salon, she was offered the opportunity to donate her hair to the Locks Of Love program. She took a before and after picture which will be placed in the salon's album. I was happy when Samantha made the decision to make the donation herself. She received a certificate of her first haircut along with a locket of hair to commemorate her big day. Here are the pictures!

Big Day

Today was busy as usual in the Esparza household. Monique lost a tooth today. She has 2 teeth missing on top. She is so excited that the Tooth Fairy will be visiting her tonight to leave her some money for her tooth. She had to tell everyone her good news. We took a picture to capture her news.

 Breanna has started to smile so I decided that I would attempt to capture her smile on camera (not as easy as it sounds!!). I tried for periods of time but the flash kept distracting her and ruining the pictures. I did manage to capture her smile though. The first picture included some drool (oh well). 

Little Guy

I have recently realized that I have no pictures of my Little Guy posted on our family blog, so I set out on a mission to take some snapshots of him to post. I managed to snap these pictures of him while he was a willing participant. He snagged a pair of sunglasses from one of his sisters and he decided to put them on and show off for the camera. 

He is so much like his father and he is still so young. I will figure out how to scan a picture of Mando with the new printer so I can post a comparison of Father & Son.

I hope you have as much fun looking at these pictures as I did taking them. :) I know he needs a haircut... I plan to take him on Monday!

Kindergarten Roundup

Every year, each school district conducts what is known as "Kindergarten Roundup" in which parents must register their children for Kindergarten. Azusa's roundup began today. Samantha will turn five in 3 weeks and will begin Kindergarten this coming school year. Our school of choice has only one Kindergarten class with only 20 available openings... and on a first come, first serve basis. To ensure her enrollment I had to save my place in line and that meant waking up @ 2:30 a.m. and lining up in front of the school @ 3:00 a.m. I know what you're thinking... is it really worth it? She must be CRAZY! The payoff at the end of today for me was the sense of satisfaction in knowing that Samantha is successfully registered for Kindergarten. I was the third person in line. 

Let me explain, Monique attended the same Kindergarten class and I know that it was a blessing to both her and us. She really learned so much and by the end of the school year she was reading at a First grade level. To me, the lack of sleep is worth it for the sake of their education. I know that they will thank me for this one day. I will remind them of this when I get old and they are considering placing me in a nursing home.  :)

So to sum it all up... I haven't slept since 2:30 this morning, Samantha is registered for Kindergarten and I WILL HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR NATALIE!!!! All in a days work for this busy mom.