Holy cow… Mallory is 8!

It’s hard to believe that she could possibly be old enough to be baptized, but on Dec 3rd she made the decision to take the plunge. After a fun party with her friends on Friday, we gathered at the stake center with family and friends to take part in her baptism and join her as she made sacred covenants with her Heavenly Father. Afterwards we all joined back at our house for some yummy treats. It was a beautiful morning and we’re all very proud of Mallory and the decisions she’s made.

Well, the girls have been in school for a little over a week now and they both seem to be enjoying it. I haven’t gotten the complete report yet, but it seems as though they like their teachers and they both have friends in their classes. We took a few pictures while walking to school on the first day. Hailey and Mallory were both excited and Jack was ready to fight crime and keep Gotham free of super-villains.

So my first post back from my apparent blogging hiatus will be to show the nice gap in Mallory’s mouth. Recently, she started having a lot of mouth pain and we came to find out that it was because her bottom front teeth were coming in behind her baby teeth. It gave her a bit of a “shark” look for a few weeks, but we finally had to visit the dentist so that he could remove the baby teeth (they didn’t seem to want to come out on their own). Mallory did a great job at the dentist and in her own words she “…didn’t even cry!!”. Here’s the proof.

So I’m a slacker and haven’t posted anything for over a month, but I thought I’d say congratulations to Mallory on her pre-school graduation. She actually graduated on May 20th so I’m a bit late, but better late than never, right? Anyway, they had a fun performance for their graduation ceremony where they got to sing all the songs they learned for us parents. Then each of the kids got to go up to the front of the stage and receive their diploma in their caps.

Mallory is a very smart girl and she enjoyed pre-school. She can be a bit stubborn at times, but hopefully that will be to her advantage as she grows up. She’s very excited for kindergarten and I can’t believe she’s already 5.

Congratulations Mallory!!!

I’ve been a bit of a failure at timely blogging lately, but this one is only 2 days late I guess. Anyway, happy birthday to our very own fairy princess. Lately Mallory has become quite enamored with Tinker Bell and the other Disney fairies. She likes to dress up like them and play with her Tinker Bell toys and she and Hailey like to play “fairies” and flutter around the house with their wands. The only bad thing about this is that Tinker Bell’s rather moody stubborn streak has seemed to rub off on Mally. Here’s to our strong willed little fairy princess. Happy Birthday Mal!