Last day of school!

Emily finished kindergarten today!  It flew by so fast!  Here she is on her first day of kindergarten and her last day of kindergarten:

 

So hard to believe.  She got off the bus this afternoon in tears because she will miss Mrs. Reynolds so much.  She asked when she could see her again.  What a wonderful start to her school career!  I'm so thankful that her first year was so wonderful because I think that is crucial to school success.  We are praying for a wonderful First Grade teacher for next year!

While Emily finished up her week at school, Abigail stayed with Rachel while I worked.  She enjoyed getting her face painted:

She also got to go to the aquarium with them.  That morning before they left she told Rachel that she had been petting their fish Rainbow.  Rachel went to check on the fish and he didn't look so good.  When they got home from the aquarium he was dead : (  So we had to tell Abigail the importance of only looking at fish and not trying to pet them.

End of School Year Activities

Last Wednesday Abigail had her end of year school program.  Joe was able to go this year which was a treat for him:

 

 

We sure will miss Mrs. Ginger as Abigail's teacher!

On Friday I went to Emily's awards day program.  It was so sweet.  The teachers got choked up talking about the kids and passing out awards.  Mrs. Whelan made a slideshow CD for all the parents to take home.  One of the mom's helped put a scrapbook together for each child to remember the activities of the year.

Emily's awards included:
Certificate of completion of Kindergarten
Achievement in Homework
She was 1 of 2 students in her class to get an art award from Mrs. Bagwell (art teacher)
Behavior sticker
Bucket Filler Award
Merit Award for less than 3 absences for the school year
Math Superstars award which was 8 weeks of additonal math work from PTA
Book It Reading program for reading 12 books a month
She earned a free Six Flags ticket for logging 360 minutes of reading in March

Mrs. Reynolds had the room decorated like the Hollywood walk of fame and each child had their picture on the wall:

 

So proud of both girls and I can't believe the year is over for Abigail and Emily only has 3 more days!

This past Saturday the girls enjoyed 2 Birthday Parties.  The first one was one of Emily's classmates and it was at the park:

Emily braved the tire swing for the first time!

The second party was for our neighbor and it was at a gymnastics facility.  Abigail was the youngest to attend and she kept up with all the big kids.  I was so proud of her!  Both girls got to go on the zip line:

And they had relay races.  Abigail was so cute running right along beside the big kids and did great!  They lifted the birthday girl up high while everyone sang Happy Birthday:

Dee Dee finished these outfits for the girls and I embroidered their shirts.  They wore these to school last week.  Thanks DeeDee!:

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day:

 

After church we went to pick strawberries:

 It was a gorgeous day to go!  We also bought some fried pies and the girls tried a caramel apple for the first time!  What a wonderful weekend together!

Circus and Fair

Today we went to the Shriner's Circus and they also had fair rides.  The circus was a little slow going but there were a few cool things to see:

 

  

 

Enjoying the rides at the fair:

 We got Emily an arm band this time so she could ride as many rides as she wanted.  It was nice because on some of the rides she went several times in a row:

 

Her favorites were the fun houses.  She went on this one with a big slide at the end:

 

This was the end of the house of mirrors:

 I was so proud of her because she rode these swings for the first time:

 

 She also rode the ferris wheel with me for the first time! 

 

 

Watching Joe and Abigail below:

 Abigail finished up her tickets by jumping in a jump house and riding the motorcycles:

We ended the day at our favorite mexican restaurant! 

 A fun day together!