Savannah's First Dance Recital

Savannah had her first dance recital last month, and it was one to remember!  She was in class with Rebecca and they were just the cutest little tappers around.  Not only was it memorable because it was their first, but it was also memorable due to something big sister did!  Audrey chose to do gymnastics this year, so she was not in the show.  She was such a great big sister, and came to the dress rehearsal, and was a big help.  At the dress rehearsal, she was able to watch the girls from the stairs attached to the front of the stage.  Well....when it was time for the actual show, I think she thought she could do that as well.  Soooo... while I was videoing, she politely asked her daddy if she could get a little closer when Savannah came on.  He replied yes, and this was the result!  Hilarious, and one we will talk about for years!  Poor Audrey was pretty embarrassed and cried and cried, but sweet thing eventually got over it.

These two year olds did so awesome and we were so proud of them!  So fun sharing this experience with your cousin!

Here they are patiently waiting their turn...

And... not so patiently. Haha!

Best big sister!

Backstage before rehearsal.

Our view from right next to the stage.

Big sister wanted some make-up too.

Post rehearsal dinner and treats.

Getting ready for the big show!

Lots of fans to cheer them on.

Post-show goodies.

We love our girl!

End of Kindergarten For Luke

Luke had an amazing first year of elementary school!  We loved his school, his teacher, his class, everything! To end out the year, there were many fun things planned, and Luke, of course, was pumped!  I was able to be a chaperone for the Sea Life Field Trip.  It was so much fun being with my boy, but... man, that bus ride was so loud!  I don't know how those drivers do it.  I had a killer headache when we got home.  It was so fun seeing Luke in his element and being a part of it all.

We saw Finding Dory last week, and these next two pictures crack me up, thinking about that movie!

We were so lucky, and the huge octopus came out to play.

His super fun class!

Field Day was also a fun event.  I brought the girls up with me to watch, and it was a great time.  Not sure what Audrey is doing in this picture...haha.

Audrey caught a ladybug, and was showing it off to all the girls in Luke's class.

Not sure when this was taken, but Luke rode his bike a handful of times to and from school.  Our house isn't the closest, but it was still fun being able to ride bikes there.

Kindergarten Splash Day was also a hit!  I think maybe this guy enjoyed himself...... haha.

On the last day of school, the kindergarteners sang some songs thanking the parents for all that they do.  It may have brought a tear to my eye.  Luke was super animated, and I had several parents come up to me cracking up at all of his facial expressions.  You really couldn't miss him!  He was also selected to be a speaker, and had a couple of lines to memorize.  He did great!

Here he is with his super awesome teacher, Mrs. Richardson.  We absolutely LOVED her!

We met some friends for an end of kinder ice cream.  What a year!

Audrey Graduates Preschool

Audrey "graduated" preschool a few weeks ago.  Her birthday is August 31st, which is the last possible cut off day to make it to kindergarten.  She was in pre-K this year because of her birthday, but we decided to do with her, what we did for her brother, and hold her back one more year.  So technically she graduated, but will be back at Sunshine Kids in the Transitional Kindergarten class next year, which we are so excited about!  Her Benny graduated for real, and it is so sad they won't be at the same school anymore.  They love each other to death, and are each other's BFFs.  If I never move, and Ali never moves, they will end up back at the same school when Ben is in 7th and Audrey in 6th.  So cute!  Here are pictures from the ceremony.  Our girl had a great year, and really took off with her writing and art skills. 

The crazy people in the audience.

Each kid got to say what they wanted to be when they grew up, and all week Audrey told me she was going to say princess.  I kept telling her that that wasn't really a job, and she would have to marry into that (haha!), but she was pretty insistent.  She loves being fancy, so I guess princess is right up her alley.  She also loves to catch slugs, june bugs, lizards, snakes, any critter really, so I guess a fancy bug catching princess, she is!  To our surprise, at graduation when she went up to the mic, she said she wanted to be a cheerleader.  Interesting enough, the girl in front of her said cheerleader, so I think someone got a little stage fright.  She was so sweet up there, and makes us so proud!

She loved the Frog class and had such a fun time at her end of the year party.

We love you, Audrey Girl!  Now on to TK!

Savannah also had a wonderful year, and we were so happy with having her go to the school across the street, so she could go 2 days a week.  It was a great decision for her and she loved Ms. Susan and Ms. Debbie!  She is also very excited to be at Audrey's school next year. What a blessed year both girls had!