School's Out!

The last couple weeks of school were jam packed with activities.  Jake had Muffins for Moms and Field Day, which I got to go and help in his class.  Super fun!  Julianna had her end of the year Beach party and I was a party mom.  I was in charge of face painting...yikes!  But now we own a fun set of face paints and I have painted the girls faces at least 4 times so far.  Julianna asks every day.  I guess it will pass the time in the summer.  But it was a fun final week of school for everyone.

Jake finished up Kindergarten.  He is very excited to move on to first grade.  This means he gets to play on the BIG playground, so it's a big step up.  He had a fantastic year.  His reading skills are phenominal, it's truly amazing how much he reads.  We are so proud of him.  He finished up his baseball season.  Got a few guys out his last game.  Now he wants to play football in the fall...AHH!  Look how much he has grown up since the first day of school!

Julianna finished up her Chimp year of preschool  Next year she will be a Panda and go to school Monday-Friday.  She is very excited!  Every morning she would wake up and ask if it was Monday, Wednesday, Friday and of course she would cry if it wasn't.  She loved school...so much that she had perfect attendance this year!  I put her in swimming lessons a couple months ago.  She is a fish, and a mermaid (as she says).  She moved up a class each session.  Now, she would be in the same class as Jake, but luckily they move up to a different level when they are 6.  Phew, crisis averted.  Super competitive Jake would not have been happy about that!

Last but not least is Grace.  She is done with PMO and off to "real" preschool next year.  She will go to a new school close to our house (meaning 1.5 miles from our house!).  I am definitely looking forward to her being just a 5 minute drive!  She loved going to school.  After dropping off Julianna she would say over and over "my turn, my turn Mama, my turn."  Her teachers adored her and always told me how they wished they had a room full of Grace's.  I think she might have them fooled.  Grace can find trouble pretty easily!  But she is full of love and energy.  And look how she has grown over the year.  Time just flies!

It's going to be a fun summer!  We have lots of camps coming up and a trip to Grandma and Poppy's house.  We will definitely be spending lots of time in the pool!  It's a short summer so we have lots of fun to pack in!

Julianna's Ballet Recital

For the past 5 months Julianna has been taking another session of ballet.  She has definitely enjoyed this round better.  I think she has finally caught on and likes what is happening.  However after one class a couple months ago she came out crying.  She didn't want to be a bumblebee, she wanted to be a ladybug.  I didn't blame her I would totally rather be a ladybug too!  But I told her that I remember when Aunt Lyndsay was taking her first ballet class and she had to be a skunk.  She didn't like that either but outfit turned out to be super cute.  After that she was fine with a bumblebee...I think the idea of being a skunk was worse!

I will say when we got the costumes and everyone was trying them on, turned out the bumblebee was WAY cuter than the ladybug.  She never said a word, she loved her costume from the moment she saw it.

 The recital went well.  A few of the girls got off a little but she kept going.  It is so cute to watch little girls do ballet.  Nana and Papa Chuck came and brought flowers.  She was so excited.  I put them in a vase in her room. right next to her bed.  She was very proud of her flowers and was so happy they could come see her!