Everly's Kindergarten Graduation

On Wednesday we headed to Everly's school for her Kindergarten Graduation. She has done really well this year and we are so proud of her. Justin and my sister met me at the graduation. The kids filed in (4 or 5 Kindergarten classes) and song some songs before receiving their certificates. She had been practicing the songs and it was really cute. Afterward we followed her to her class and she took a picture with her teacher and a friend before heading home to open her American Girl present. They had/still have a big sale going on so I got her some fun accessories. My sister also came over for some after lunch pool time. It was a good morning. It also worked out that my Dad was in town for work so that afternoon we met him for dinner. He had a little present for Everly and even picked up a Moana beach ball for Aspen. It was good to see him because today is actually his 60th birthday so we were able to give him his birthday present. He said he is going to be able to go back to NY to see his family this weekend so that should be good. It was good to see him and wish him a Happy Birthday! Here is a little video of the graduation and some pictures.

Look at where her head hits on the screen door. She definitely grew!

proud of our graduate!

   

 

Everly's friend Aleeya and her teacher Mrs. Scales. 

wrangling kids...always

 

20% off day at Babbo!

 

If someone is going to find a Hello Kitty Kindergarten graduation card, it's going to be my Dad. 

Pictures Update!

This week we got in a couple of recent pictures of Everly so I wanted to share them here. First, her Spring Pictures from Kindergarten came in. I am completely aware that this crap is just to take my money, but my kid is cute and I can't not buy the picture. HERE are her pictures from the fall. It is crazy how much they grow throughout the year. She was very proud of her pose in the Spring picture. Also, I know I am biased, but I really think she is the cutest kid in her class. Her soccer pictures from the Spring Season also came in. Since a few of the girls were returning, they are the Unicorns again. I love her soccer picture. She is so serious about soccer this season so it is really funny. HERE are her soccer pictures form back in the fall. I am so glad she is really loving soccer. All the other parents probably think I am nuts, but at least I actually know what I am talking about.

 

DIY Candy Free Valentines

I got my stuff together and made Everly candy-free valentines for the 3rd year in a row. I am no crazy crafter but thanks to Pinterest it is not too hard to make me look like I have it all together. Here is our candy free valentines from 2016 and 2015. There are so many free printable templates out on Pinterest so I let Everly choose between a play doh valentine and a silly straw valentine and she chose the silly straw option. I got the printable HERE. Everly has 24 kids in her class and I got a pack of exactly 24 straws for $5 at hobby lobby. I did not receive a class list to add names so I just removed the "to:" part before making copies. This was the first year she actually wrote her name on all of the valentines. She could have last year, but it would have taken a lot longer so I typed it on before printing them. I am not anti-candy by any means, but I know she is going to get a ton without me adding to it so that is why we do candy-free valentines. Can't wait to see all of the fun stuff she gets at her Valentines Party.

Park Meadows 45th Birthday Bash!

Friday night we took the girls back to Everly's school for their 45th Birthday Bash party. They had lots of free activities for the kids and Everly really loves her school so we decided to head over after dinner. Everyone who attended got a free book walk ticket and raffle ticket as well as a little gift bag. We also purchased raffle tickets to enter into a drawing for one of several gift baskets. Hopefully we win! The first thing Everly did was the cupcake decorating because, hello, cupcakes. Justin took Aspen to get popcorn which she inhaled all night long. After the cupcakes we did the book walk. She was really into it and you get to keep walking around until you won and then pick out any book you wanted. She picked out a book she can read which is good because we need more of those. Everly got cotton candy and had her face painted. They had music playing and kids dancing up on the stage and both girls had fun with that. Aspen loves following her sister around. Everly did one last game of pin the tail on the scorpion before we headed back home. It was a fun night and I am glad we went!

Awards Assembly

Last Friday we headed to Everly's school around lunch time for her 2nd semester Awards Assembly. We got an email that she would be receiving an award and it worked out that I was able to go. Everly did not know that we would be there so it was fun to surprise her. Justin used his lunch break to meet Aspen and I there. I had a surprise cookie in my purse to keep Aspen busy and it worked pretty well. Everly ended up receiving an award from the music teacher. Last semester she received one from the art teacher. It was funny because later that night she was singing a song with her sister and she totally added some flare and held the notes longer and we were like, ohhhh that's why you received a music award, haha. It was a fun little visit and we are very proud of our little Kindergartener.

Aspen loved clapping for all of the kids.

 

Aspen had to be in the picture.

 

<3

Everly's Christmas Party

Last Thursday I was able to leave work a little early to attend Everly's Christmas Party at school. I am so glad I was able to attend. I walked to her class with this boy Tristan's grandmother and she told me a little story. She said that they were playing LIFE at home with Tristan and his piece got married and they asked him who his wife would be and he said Everly! Everly talks about him all of the time but I thought all of the girls liked him so it was cute to hear he likes her too. But also, no. They are too young. Another mom told me her daughter talks about Everly all of the time too so that was cute. Especially because she tends to be a little quiet in class so it is good to hear she is making friends well. It was really cute to watch her interact with her friends and she also sits right next to the infamous Tristan. She decorated an ice cream cone Christmas tree, gave her presents to her teachers, and sang "Must be Santa" with her classmates (video below). It was a fun little afternoon and a great way to start the Christmas weekend.

 

She made herself be in the front

 

 

Everly's Zookeeper Project

Everly had her first Kindergarten field trip last week to the Wildlife World Zoo. This week she turns in her first diorama project so last week we spent time working on it with her. They had to pick an animal and design a diorama to display their habitat. Everly picked a zebra immediately so we went with it. We picked up a few things at Michael's and Hobby Lobby and got to work. On Friday night we did the painting so it would have time to dry before adding all of the elements. My sister let us use her hot glue gun to add all of the heavier pieces. Aspen actually had a blast playing with the figurines. Hopefully she doesn't try to pull them off before Everly has to turn it in. Everly was very excited about the project and did a really great job. When we went to the Zoo on Friday she was recognizing animals from Africa because of what she has been learning. It is really cute to see her learn and I think her project turned out pretty good.

Everly did that with the figurines...not Justin!

Her Zebra drawing on the report just might be my favorite part but I also love the sun she drew in between the clouds.