our last week of school was a doozie! monday was a holiday. tuesday we had neely's pre-k graduation.
neely had such a sweet pre-k teacher. she will surely be missed. i can't believe that kid will be in kindergarten next year!
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wednesday kevyn had a field trip followed by an ice cream party and then the schools end-of-year pep rally (or pepper rally if your kevyn).
funny story... i had no idea where we were headed for kevyn's field trip until we were loading up! i knew the name, but i thought we were headed to one town and was corrected by another mom as to which town we were actually going to. and here's the kicker... i thought i had never been there before until we were pulling up and it all started to look familiar. i need a nap.
thursday we had kelby & nat's flat stanley party and then kevyn's kindergarten graduation that evening.
kelby & nat did such a great job on their flat stanley projects. ok, who am i kidding... darren and i did great! parents were invited to attend the presentations and we all high-fived and commented on how well we all did as parents. it was really quite comical. i was, however, really impressed at how well all the kids did with getting up in front of the entire class to present their project. it was like they had no idea public speaking could even be considered scary. to them it was no big deal. i love that!
at our school, kindergarten and 8th grade do a joint graduation ceremony. while lengthy, the ceremony really got me excited for my girls and all they will get to do and become while at our school. i REALLY like our school if you can't tell.
another funny story... (i can only say it is funny now. it was NOT funny at the time.) we had mexican food (kevyn's pick) prior to kevyn's graduation ceremony and although i knew before hand that enchilada's would be risky, i gave in and we went for it. all throughout dinner jeff and i repeatedly reminded kevyn to lean over her plate, don't take big bites, keep her napkin on her lap, etc. towards the end of dinner i thought we made it with only a few tiny and barely noticeable spots. yay! until we coached her again to be sure to lean over her plate to take a bite and she leaned right into her plate! yep. brown enchilada sauce all the way across the front of her dress. crap. i took one last BIG drink of my margarita, loaded up the girls, and raced to the house to change.
we are really going to miss mrs. z. we joke that she can teach kindergarten one more year (for neely) and then she is going to have to move up to a higher grade so we can double-dip. thankfully we don't really have have to say goodbye to our teachers since we still see them every sunday in church and at sunday school.
and friday we had closing chapel, end-of-year awards ceremony, and then class parties.
see all those cute signs??? the ones my brain was determined to forget to send to the printer, pick up from the printer, and cutout and paste to a stick until 11 pm the night before?!? yah, those. welp, they are the same signs that my youngest accidentally dropped in a big puddle right before taking those pictures. i wanted to cry, but all i could do was laugh. so if they look droopy, its because they were. and wet. and i'm really thankful these pictures are taken at a distance and you can't see the watermarks. geez, these kids...
and when the school bell rang for release at 11:15 AM we loaded up and hooked it to dallas for our cousins high school graduations. whew!
~becky
