Summer has arrived. Hayden finished her kindergarten year last Friday! She now counts as a first grader! My how time flies! There were lots of fun end-of-year activities, I'll try to describe the last couple days of school.
First, her class put on a play last Thursday. The play was about mixed up fairy tales and combined much of what they covered over the year including types of rocks, parts of a story, characters of different fairy tales, how a seed grows, and animals at the zoo, among other things. Hayden was Little Red Riding Hood (they got to pick), and her main part had her talking to the wolf (who was more interested in getting bacon than eating her!). It was SUPER cute and all the kids did a great job.
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| Little Red Riding Hood talks to the wolf |
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| standing proudly after her part was done |
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| Hayden and Josie dancing at the character ball at the end of the play |
After the play we got to watch a slide show of pictures from throughout the year. It was fun to see the kids change over the year, and get a little more insight into what she did during kindergarten! There was an impressive turnout of families at this event. I think there were only 3-4 kids (out of 21) that didn't have family there. After the slideshow there was cake! The cake was heartily enjoyed. After cake, we just kind of hung out till school was over, because we needed to pick up big Eliza from her class.
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| munching on the cake. E was too busy to look up. |
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| Alaina, Josie and Hayden - best buds |
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| Hayden and Mrs. Overby |
After school was over, we had a playdate with Alaina and her family. When this playdate was planned, we were thinking park time, but since it was raining (AGAIN), we went to the American Tobacco Campus to roam around. The kids had a wonderful time playing in the rain (nothing too heavy while we were there) and playing with their umbrellas.
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| I like Molly participating in the lineup. |
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| umbrellas are so fun |
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| look it stopped raining! (I'm not sure what H is posing for.) |
The next day was the LAST DAY of school. It was STILL raining (thanks Andrea!). The rain was good in a way, because it was so distracting that I didn't get all emotional about it being the last day of school. I was just trying to keep us all dry!
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| walking in to school in the rain |
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| the carpoolers on the last day |
We picked Hayden up at the end of school (1:30 -it's the last day, why can't they manage a full day!) Despite a delayed nap time, everyone had good quiet time and then we went out to Red Robin to celebrate. I had a free dessert there, and the kids devoured the mountain high mudpie we selected. The highlight of the trip was getting helium balloons on the way out (why IS there a helium shortage? anyone know?), but then alas, when we got home, tragedy struck. A balloon was lost.
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| YUMMMMMMMMM |
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| lest you think she's growing up too fast, this was her reaction upon letting go of her balloon. complete devastation. |
With much cajoling, we calmed her down and got everyone to bed. Next morning wake up time, she counts as a first grader! She has changed so much this year, and I'm not even talking about how many teeth she's lost (6 since the start of the year!). Can't wait to see all that she learns and accomplishes next year!
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| first day of kindergarten |
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| last day of kindergarten! (pre balloon loss, obviously) |
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