Sunday, June 29, 2014
Mallory Turns 5!
Mallory was so excited for her birthday! This is the Big 5...the year she goes to school!
We decorated.
She picked out the cake.
We took 5 of her friends to slide and bounce at Kangaroo Zoo.
When they were all worn out we headed over to the Splash Pad to get cool :)
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Grandma's Treasures
My girls always love going to grandma's house because a) she has the coolest dress ups (aka our old dresses and dance costumes and b) she has the coolest treasures. Like these vintage (old) dolls that belonged to my great aunt Dorothy. The girls loved examining the dolls while grandma talked about our ancestors. Some of them had broken fingers, their eyes opened and closed, and one even made a crying sound when you laid it down. The crying sound was kind of faint and one of the girls thought it might be "out of batteries." ;)
Halfway to 70!
This guys birthday always falls about the same time I am wrapping up preschool and having my end of year program so it often gets put on the back burner. But this year I was a little more prepared to make his day a special one...after all, you only turn 35 once.
We call this picture "This Cake is On Fire (sung in an Alicia Key's type voice)!" It is hard to believe that we only put 4 candles on the cake but those four must a felt the need to shine like 35 :)
Kody got a lot of clothes, hats, and sunglasses he will need for our cruise in July. The girls started putting on his shorts and hillarity ensued....
We hope this guy knows how much we love and appreciate him...
even if we are a little too silly to show it.
Hey Chickadees....
I was finally able to volunteer on one of Tessa's fieldtrips. For her fieldtrip we went to Red Butte Gardens. It was a nice spring day and the flowers were in full bloom.
Each group had a bird name. We were the Chickadees. When the guide wanted our attention she would say "Hey Chickadees...." and we would respond with "Hey Janelle (the guide's name)!"
The kids learned all about the parts of a plant and seed travel. Our favorite part was the edible garden with parts of plants you could eat. We also loved this little shrub that when you rubbed your hand on it made your hand smell like bubblegum :)
Our Little Graduate
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This was Mallory's last year of preschool. She really has been my student for three years, because even as a two year of she wanted to do whatever the other kids were doing. Mallory did a great job at our end of year program...she is a great singer!She is a great little helper too and I will miss her sooo much, but she is very ready for kindergarten
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Kylie's Choir Concert
In February Kylie joined the school choir. Every Monday and Wednesday she had to get up
early…7:00 am and then Kody would drive her to school. They had their end of year choir concert this
month and it was VERY good. I got a heads up from another mom that there are
never enough seats so when I took Kylie down for the pre-recital practice at
5:00 I stayed and saved seats. It is a
good thing too because when grandma and grandpa arrived at 6:00 (a full half
hour before the start time) all the seats were taken and there were a good 20
people standing in back. The choir
sounded so good warming up that my mom and dad thought it was the high school
choir. Some of the notable songs they
sang were: Ode to Joy, Old Dan Tucker, and Seize the Day (from Newsies). I tried to listen and enjoy it but we brought
the kids and I forgot to brink Baylor’s snacks and I had to try to appease him
for an hour on tiny pieces from 4 sticks of gum. Also he found a cookie on the floor and I just let him eat it because I knew he would scream if I took it any...not my proudest mom moment but we made it through.It was so nice of my parents to drive down to
see it. After we went to Tucanos to
finally celebrate my birthday, Kylie's choir performance (and mother’s day) with a nice meal.
Mallory's Preschool Birthday
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