Noah's 3rd Birthday

Matthew in the ball pit - The birthday boy all smiles with Sophia

Emma Kate on the ziplineThe birthday boy - Sophia - Charlotte and EK in the ball pit

Noah had his third birthday at the My Gym in the Woodlands. It was a fun CARS theme! The kids had a great time playing on the equipment and running around.

Noah even got to ride a cool motorcycle around the gym for his birthday!

First Day at Children's Courtyard

Emma Kate couldn't wait to ride the bus to school. On the second day of school, I dropped her off at Children's Courtyard and she was so excited. After school she told me that she cried on the bus. It broke my heart! I finally figured out that they drop off at another school also and she thought that they were taking her to the wrong school!

Tucker's first vehicle (2 photos), by Kelly Dalton

Tucker got his first vehicle! He worked hard in Midland this summer to have his part to purchase a 2003 Chevy Avalanche. This was our first look at his new ride.

Emma Kate's First Day of Kindergarten

Emma Kate woke up early and was super excited to start Kindergarten. She had a little time on the couch waking up and got an early morning hug from her big brother as he was off to his first day of 11th grade. Her only worry was that she wouldn't make any friends! That broke mom's heart!


Mom was very excited, too and took a ton of pictures and videos! Even dad got into the early
morning action! Thankfully he is home this week to pick up Emma Kate since mommy has to work late!










Check out the video to see Emma Kate's wonderful singing!

When we got to Hassler our "beautiful teacher" Ms. Wood was ready for us. Emma Kate was the first one in class and we were able to snap a great photo before mom headed off to work!







She had a great day and made lots of new friends! Yeah! She got a green dot on her conduct card, but she said tomorrow it was going to be even harder and "clips were gonna start fallin'"

After school, Emma Kate rode the bus to Children's Courtyard. She was so excited about riding the big white bus! However, that pales in comparison to the excitement of her daddy picking her up after school! He surprised her with a trip to the ice cream shop after school.


Little did I know, the beautiful pink dress would be covered in chocolate ice cream before I got home! Oh well, the perfect ending to the perfect first day of school!

Twas' the Night Before School 2009

It was the night before school and all through the Dalton house......
Emma Kate had to decorate a fish to take to class for the first day. Tucker seemed to feel like he had done this all a few times before and really couldn't seem to great excited!!
Emma Kate got her new Hassler Ponies bears and cuddled with daddy for an early night night!

Meet The Teacher

A few shots of our first visit to Hassler to meet Emma Kate's kindergarten teacher.

Emma Kate and mom went to Hassler this morning to meet her Kindergarten teacher. Her name is Ms. Britni Wood. When we got there we had to fill out forms and unpack all of our school supplies. We found out one of mommy's friend's little boy, Tate Elder, was in her class. We went to the cafeteria and bought our first Hassler t-shirt and had ice cream (at 10 in the morning??)
Emma Kate was very excited to see the library and the classrooms. She is soooo ready to start school!

Getting Ready for Kindergarten

Emma Kate is getting ready for Kindergarten and our family has showered her with back to school fun. Emi sent a package with "The Night Before Kindergarten" book. She couldn't wait for her daddy to get home and read it to her before she went to bed. That is their favorite tradition.

Nanny, Huncle Jerry, Macie, Kambrie and Averie sent her a bag with a beautiful scrapbook with for all of her school memories. It also had a bag of "back to school kisses" and some silly string to celebrate after the first day. It was so sweet of them to remember her upcoming big day.

It was the icing on our week. She was diagnosed with croup on Monday and has been taking steroids for a few days to try and get over it and she has spent the week at Children's Courtyard getting to know the staff and other students She seems to really like it and her teacher Ms. Candi seems really nice. After the first day, she said she thought Emma Kate was very mature and confident. huh?