Jack's Kindergarten Graduation

Today Jack's school held a graduation ceremony for Pre-K and Kindergarten. Each class had their own room and we lucked out by getting in the 2nd row! We found out that Jack was getting an honor award for 2nd highest average when we opened the program and saw his name. He and the first overall average winner stood on the front row together (which was great for pictures and the video Dave shot)! The class was all introduced, presented with their bags containing their diplomas and award certificates, and then the kids performed two songs for the crowd.

Gigi and Dada were able to come to the ceremony. We definitely felt the love from everyone who wasn't able to come though :) I took pictures of all of Jack's certificates (his GPA was 95.6, winning him 2nd place overall, and he got math, reading and spelling certificates for scoring over 90% in those areas). We also got the results from the Stanford Achievement Test back in April and Jack scored above grade level in every area! That's how his school tracks how the students are performing as a whole.

It was really a great day and we enjoyed seeing some of the other parents that we've met from birthday parties this Spring. We really credit Mrs. Casrill, the Assistant Principal, and Mrs. Toombs, his teacher, for making Jack's first semester a very positive one! He made little friends in his class (Michael and Cameron) who we look forward to seeing over the summer.

Happy graduation, Jack! We're super proud of you!

Country Critters

Theo went to a birthday party out in the country today for his friends Julia and Hope. It was HOT and HUMID outside. The nice week of spring weather we've enjoyed this week is gone. *sigh* Theo fed some of the animals but quickly got bored with that and ran off to play. There were so many things to do there! They had a playground, little rides for a quarter, a hayride and of course, the animals! Theo had so much fun that he went to bed for the day at 4:30 :) Thanks Julia and Hope!

Wall of numbers

Jack has been doing the number challenge ever since he started his new school. He told me that he really wanted to reach 1000 by the end of school so he could get his name up on the wall. He brought his sheets home (the number challenge is an activity done only before school starts) to get extra time in and finished up on Thursday! He was so proud of himself and said his teacher was as well :)

Our graduate!

Here is a picture of a proof that Jack brought home today of him in his cap and gown for Kindergarten graduation on Monday! He said he had to wear the biggest size cap ;) No surprise there!

The-ette?

Theo loves getting in to his friend Juliet's stash of dress up stuff whenever we go over to her house. All the other kids were playing outside and Theo sneaked off and came back looking like this..... Blackmail pictures for sure!!!

Camping in style

Gigi and Dada bought an Airstream camper recently and brought it over to a park near us over the weekend. The park has waterspouts and the kids enjoyed making frequent trips to visit! Uncle Dane and Aunt Debbie even drove over this past weekend and brought their boat. Jack got to go fishing and loved every second of it! We were in Dallas so the only picture I have is the one I snapped before we left :)

KD fun day

A bunch of my sorority sisters drove over to Denton Saturday to come visit me. They live all around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and I haven't seen some of them in over 2 years. We had lunch together and saw the movie Bridesmaids. It was so funny and we cried from laughing so hard! It's a total chick flick :) Thank you Courtney, Lauren, Maggie and Shannon for spending the whole day with me! Shannon hooked me up with shoes to wear (long story) and Lauren charged my iPhone for me in her car :) We found this strange place called UR Moms outside of the movie theater and had to take a picture in front of it. Too funny!!