Blake's Last Day of Kindergarten

Last Thursday was Blake's last day of school. We went to his school at 12 to help with the school party. We found them at the playground...eating pizza. So here is something interesting. We were told that the kids would have a snack at the party. I talked with one of the room moms and she said that they couldn't call the pizza lunch because it wasn't nutritious enough to call it lunch, so everyone had to come to school with their own lunch, which they ate about an hour before the party so they weren't super hungry for their snack.

They then went inside and played some games. The party was a carnival theme and each Kinder classroom had a different activity. When we walked into this room, Megan was there helping out and Macie ran over and attached Blake. She was so excited to see him and was his shadow the whole time we were in that room.



Cooper was also Blake's shadow. Dylan was kind of bored and decided he needed to shake my hand while taking pictures.

We went to another classroom and there was a clown. Dylan loved it.


They went into another room and played more games. I talked with his teacher while the kids played and tried to get some info on how they pick teachers and students for the next year. Now I know the process at their school.

Blake got a batman tattoo. It was a fun party. We left Blake there at school to finish up the day because why not. We then picked him up in his actual classroom rather then the pick up area and said goodbye to his teacher. She put together a packet of work for the summer, which we hope to be diligent with.

We then went to Cherry Berry for some ice cream. Aaron was in Arkansas so he missed out. When we got home, Blake wanted to do homework and then go swimming. Here we come summer!!

Cowboy Park

Tuesday started out a beautiful day so Dylan and I went to the park.

I figured I should take this last chance to spend some one on one time with him.

This kid just likes to climb everywhere. He is super strong, which is good and bad.  We ran some errands and then went to get Blake from school.

We have been going swimming every day and each day it warms up a little. Yesterday (Wednesday) we had Beckett and Kelsey over and it was the perfect temperature in the water. Good timing for school to be out because we will be spending lots of  time in the pool.

Park with Austin

On Monday, Austin came over for a play date. These 2 kids get along so well so I especially love having Austin come over because I can get a lot done while they play and not really have to worry about them.

It was a gorgeous day so we walked to the park. For the record, Saturday was the last day we received rain, then we got about 3 days of beautiful weather and then it has been hot. Summer is here. I actually had to turn on the sprinklers today, which I have done 1 other time in the last 8 months. We have been so saturated that it was a blessing to have no rain and some heat to help with flood control.

Austin has an older brother who Blake went to preschool went so we arranged for a play date with the 4 of them for next week. I'm already fearing this summer and trying to keep everyone busy and happy.

Blake's Kindergarten Graduation

While the last day of school is actually today, Blake's graduation from Kindergarten took place yesterday. It worked out well because Aaron was able to attend and he wouldn't have been able to attend today.

The kids all marched in by class and then they sang 3 songs. All 3 of these songs were Texas related of course. Blake was awesome. I filmed it which is why there aren't too many pictures. It was surprising because he isn't so awesome singing for Primary programs. 

Blake was in the back row because he is one of the tallest kids. This is crazy to me, some of the kids are already 7 years old. Blake just turned 6.

Each teacher got to call each student, give them a hug and then the principal and vice principal gave them a hug. It isn't too often that adults are allowed to give hugs to kids who aren't their children so it was kind of nice that he was able to give his teacher a hug.

At the end the audience applauded all the gads and then the principal had the grads all applaud their parents for helping them.


The program lasted about 45 minutes and this is the kids at the end...pretty done with it all.

Then we went to their classrooms and watched a DVD that the room moms put together. It was super long...15 minutes, but the kids loved it. It was hilarious because this DVD was pictures of the kids put to music. One of the songs was "Roar" by Katy Perry. All the kids were singing, no belting out the song.

Mrs. Robinson said that she has been teaching for 11 years and this has been her favorite class. I'm sure she says this every year. We love Mrs. Robinson and hope Dylan will get her when he is in kindergarten and if not her, then someone equally as awesome for him.

 

 

 

 

Silly Kids

This morning I was finally able to go on a run and not get drenched. But then it started right when I got home. So....no swimming, no yard work, no playing outside. I did get my sharing time  done  and some other things that needed to be done. We then went over to cousin Amy's house to visit with them and Aunt Becky before they left.

Aaron had an EQ activity so I taught the boys a valuable thing...and they were so proud.


Thursday night we had a girls night out, so what did we do, we went out to dinner. The boys...what do they do for guys night out...they play whirlyball. It's a thing around here that is big. I hadn't heard of it until we moved here.

Today the news reported that we had the wettest month in May in recorded history. It also said that the rain should stop by Sunday. Perfect since this is the last week of school and we can't be stuck in the house.

Rain and Fun

Friday morning we got another huge storm. It started about 3am and I didn't go back to sleep. We got 6 inches of rain in under 2 hours. When we moved into the house we discovered that there was an overflow drain. I never thought we would use it. Remember, we have been in a crazy drought and serious watering restrictions. Well, our drain did its job great...but it took some time because there was soooooo much water in such a short time.

Dylan and I went to Blake's school for lunch because it was going to be maybe the last chance to do that this school year. We ran into Beckett and Kelsey at school. They had to finished registering Kelsey because her vaccines weren't current. Just like Blake who came from another state, other states have a different schedule than Texas. Anyway, it was fun to see them.

 Then we headed to the library. We went inside and saw Amy..Aaron's cousin who just moved here. This was in the parking lot...you will have to zoom in, but this is what things were like.....hours after the rain stopped. I should also mention that our city is hilly...you don't think that anywhere in Texas is, but I run here every day... trust me...there are hills (I didn't say mountains) and they have designed the city pretty well so when storms come the water can drain fairly easily. Well, when you have massive amounts of rain for days it takes longer for  things to drain.

And perfect timing....the boys got new rain boots from Grandma and Grandpa Bass. Thanks...the boys love them. Except now they have to jump in EVERY puddle.

Last Day of Preschool

Thursday was Dylan's last day of preschool for the school year and his last day at preschool at Ms. Shannon's because he will be going to a new preschool that is super close to our house next year. We love Ms. Shannon. I wish she was closer and would hold preschool more hours and more days. Sigh. It's okay, we will still be doing play dates with her daughter Lacie.

Andrew, Dylan, Lacie, Aimann, Graham, and Austin. Sophie wasn't there because they moved about a month ago. I talked to her mom the next day because she was freaking out about the storms we were having here that she saw the news and wanted to make sure we were okay. So sweet...miss them so much...and I  told them that we missed Sophie at preschool graduation.



Dylan sang all the songs and did all the counting, etc for the program although he takes after his dad and likes to be funny.


Dylan with Ms. Shannon. Dylan wrote a thank you card for Ms. Shannon and wrote his name in it by himself.

After we picked up Blake from school, we went swimming again.

Dry Day at the Park

Wednesday morning it was beautiful. No rain, blue sky and mild heat...it was lovely. So I took care of the things that had to get done and forgot about the things that I should get done and took off to the park.

We were there for awhile, but then the whole city realized there wasn't going to be rain and came to the park so we were kind of done at that point. But I needed to make a quick trip to Costco, then we headed over to our HOA's beach club. The water was cool, but it was super fun. Then we came home and picked up Blake from school. We got home from school and were hot from the walk to school, so we went swimming in our pool.

If you haven't heard, we have had crazy amounts of rain. It was so wonderful to have a break from that weather...even if it was only a day.

Wet Day at the Park

Tuesday morning we woke up and it wasn't pouring rain, so we called some friends and headed to the park. On our drive there it started to sprinkle, but it was only sprinkling...we have been dealing with down pours so we could handle  this. We played for about 2 hours and then we went and played somewhere else..indoors because it started to rain more.

Memorial Day

Yesterday morning, Aaron went to church to set up for the ward Memorial Day party. We met him there later for fun and food. As everything has been going lately, it was scheduled to be outside with lots of sporting events but it was raining so we had the party inside. They had a couple Minute to Win It games for the kids (and adults).

They also had face painting, but my kids strongly oppose face painting. But we got to chat lots with people. We then went home and did some yard work because it wasn't raining. While we did that the boys played outside...they had lots of energy. We came in to eat some lunch and it started to pour...again. We played inside and then there was a break, so we decided to take a walk to get a free Redbox movie. Well, it started to pour again so we were drenched.

We were home for a little bit and then we had some family over for dinner. So, Aaron's cousin, Amy moved to the same city that we live in a week ago. She is 6 minutes from our house. Her parents, Becky and Kent came to help them move, so we invited them all over for a BBQ. WE had great plans for swimming and some S'mores. Instead the kids played upstairs while the adults chatted.

Amy's youngest, Landon, was home sick with his dad. The boys still had fun with Madison.

The Connells were in the same ward in Chicago with a family in our ward, so I invited that family over for a visit. I didn't get a picture of them, but it was fun for them to see one another. It was a lot of fun to see Amy and her family and for Becky and Kent to come over. After they left our house, they took Kent to the airport to head back home. Thanks for coming to visit with us. We are excited to have some family close by now and the kids are pretty excited about having a new friend.