Last Day of School

Kayla has been officially promoted to first grade. I can't believe the school year is already over. She really enjoyed kindergarten and she learned quite a bit. Her biggest improvement has been with her reading. She is doing really well.

They had a fun last week of school. On Monday they wore pajamas to school. Thank goodness I had bought her a pair of High School Musical pjs. She was very happy to put them on for school.

Here she is on Tuesday. The theme was "Hats off to summer." They could wear hats, sunglasses and flip flops. These cute Gymboree sunglasses did not make it home from school in one piece. I told her not to lose them...I forget to mention don't break them. They got stepped on.

Wednesday was "happy trails to school." This is the closest we had to being able to dress western. I thought she looked pretty cute.

Today was "Aloha to kindergarten" We bought a dress with flowers on it and called it Hawaiian.

Here are 2 first graders.

This is Kayla's friend Emori. Her mother is having a c-section in the morning. I feel so sorry for her. She has a fever and has been vomiting for 2 days. She just feels terrible. Who wants to be having a baby when you just feel awful. Hopefully she will feel better in the morning and be able to find a little bit of energy to take care of her new baby boy, Cole. I can't wait to meet him. Kayla and I will be going to the hospital in the morning after her dentist appointment.

Young Artists

I was trying to get some work done around the house this afternoon, and the girls were in Kayla's room playing. They love to jump on her bed and dance to Hannah Montana music. They do that all of the time so I was not paying too much attention. I eventually hear them in the bathroom. Kayla has gotten the liquid hand soap and the sink is overflowing with bubbles. They are just splashing around in it with their hands and having a good time. I go back to work. Then I hear Caroline saying "uh oh" and the water is running. I go to check on them, and I pass Kayla in the kitchen. She has gotten all of the paints out. Caroline is in the bathroom with the water turned on in the sink. The bubbles are no longer only in the sink, and Caroline does not like for her clothes to get wet. I send her out with Kayla while I get the water cleaned up...that was not my smartest move. I forgot she had the paints out. Here is what I find.

They had already done handprints, so there was paint all over the table. Then Caroline proceeds to run laps around the table. The red paint that is on the top of her feet is also on the bottom. I catch her and start cleaning her up. Kayla decides she will go wash her feet. Keep in mind there is now blue paint on the bottom of both of her feet. She WALKS to the bathroom - leaving behind a lovely trail of blue paint - thru the kitchen, down the hall, into the bathroom, and across both bathroom rugs.

This is when I talk to my dear friend and neighbor Robyn. She takes both girls so I can get the paint cleaned up. Then we had a little pizza party at her house. What a lifesaver! And you have to love the person that created WASHABLE paint. This could have been really bad. I think the kids had fun.

School Work

Nanny has joined the ranks of Uncle Dan and has made her way into Kayla's school work. These are her drawings for the letter N - Nannee and a necklace. She said "I drew Nanny's curly hair, her earrings and she usually does not wear shoes in the morning." I can't believe she only has 6 1/2 days left of kindergarten (including today)!

Experimenting

I know this is not a great video clip. I am playing around with the video feature on the blog and my camera.

Yes, Caroline is wearing a pull-up on the outside of her pants. I do realize they work better if they are under the clothes. She saw a commercial for them today and ran in the bathroom to put one on. I have been unable to get her to take it off!

Special Day

Kayla has been asking us questions lately about being saved and baptism. During church service there is a service for the kids called Kids Crossing. Andy went to pick Kayla up when it was over, and they told him that the children's minister wanted to talk to us. Apparently they have a time of invitation and Kayla went forward and talked with him. We all sat down with him. He and Kayla read some versus and he asked her several questions. He told us that she was an intelligent logical thinker who had a good understanding of what it meant to be saved. He told us he felt confident that she was ready. So, Kayla said a prayer asking Jesus into her heart. What a special day. We are both so very happy and proud of her. What a blessing!

She will get baptized in front of the church when we are ready. I think a good weekend might be when Jim and Darlene come to town - if they can stay that late in the day. We would do it during late service which tends to dismiss around 12:15. It would be wonderful for her if all of her grandparents were able to be there.

Family Portrait

Well, I am not that great at all this blogging stuff. I tried to add our family portrait as a page element to the blog and it is not centering the picture. So here is the full picture.

We went to Dallas a few weeks ago to get pictures made. Jenny has a great photographer that she let us borrow. She took pictures of the entire family (Nanny, Papa, Jenny and her family, and our family). The pictures are all wonderful. It took a few attempts, but we now have a 20x24 of this picture above our mantle. I think it looks really good. Thanks to Nanny and Papa for the pictures, and to Jenny for making all of the arrangements.

End of Soccer Season

Today was the last game of the soccer season. Kayla really improved this year. However, today was not her best game. It was still a good season.

Next season will be very different. We have had most of these kids on our team for 4 seasons. Next year the team will be all girls. I think that will be a good thing.

Andy has been a great coach. He does a good job with the kids, and I think the parents really appreciate his efforts.

Go sharks! Chomp, Chomp