SUMMER!

The aquatic center opened last weekend and we made sure we were the first ones there!

The kids had a great time going down the slides

We had a really good time and can't wait for school to get out so we spend more time here!

Spirit week

The last couple weeks of school is always so much fun. This week they did spirit week and had a different theme each day. One day was hat day so they got to wear their favorite hat all day.

They had color wars one day. 1st grade was green, 5th grade was brown and K was yellow. Bizzy got really excited about it because she had never been in a "color war" so she even made herself a yellow badge! That is the paper you see hanging off her pocket:-)

One day was mismatch day. I loved that day because they all just dressed themselves. Saved me TONS of time. These are the outfits they each came up with.

Friday was the wildcat run and the whole school ran a mile. My friend Ashley and I ran with Andrea. She did great! She went from 18 minute mile an 11 minute mile. She only walked a couple of times. It has been a really fun week for the kids!

Family portrait

I forgot to add this one to yesterdays post. This is our most recent family portrait...and I LOVE IT!

School Programs

Andrea had her end of the year program this week. The theme was "ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY"

She had a speaking part this year. She was really nervous but did a GREAT job!

All the kids worked really hard and learned a song in sign language.

Here she is before the program started. It was really fun to take an afternoon and go watch my girl sing!

I wanted to surprise her and let her know how much I love her so I left some balloons and candy on her desk! She felt pretty cool when she came in and saw them!

More dance costume

Bizzy had her dance class pictures this week so they got to go in full make-up and hair. It was fun to see all the little girls "twirling" around. You could just see how cute they all felt! This is Bizzy in her "best" ballet pose.

Here is Bizzy and a couple of her friends. They teach a cheer class right after Bizzy's class and one of her friends is in the cheer class.

This is the tap costume that Bizzy will wear for her dance review next week. They are dancing to a song about rain so this is her rain costume. It sure is shiny in the sun!

What a cute little ballerina!

Dance-a-rella

Bizzy came home last night from dance with her costume for the upcoming review. They are dancing to Under the Rainbow and each of the girls has a different color tu-tu. She is really excited/nervous to dance in front of people but she is going to do GREAT! Stay tuned...they are doing a dress rehearsal on Weds. so I hope to be able to get some cute pictures

I did it!

I ran my very first 5k this morning! To many this may be no big deal but for me....well lets just say that I am NOT a runner. I played sports in school and even ran track when I was younger BUT, I ran the 400 meter dash and was really good at running on the basketball court, soccer field or around the bases. Distance running has never been my thing. Our local domestic violence shelter was having a fundraiser today so I thought I'd give it a shot. Well after I signed up, I realized that there was a conflict with my soccer team that I am coaching....LONG story short, I didn't run with everyone else, I went out and ran it a 6:30 so I could get home, showered and to my soccer game. I DID IT though. My next event will be a sprint (half triathlon) in July. I hope I don't die trying to get ready for it!:-)

Here is Alex waiting for our first of 3 games for the day. It was rainy and cold. My 8 year old team played first (Andrea's team) Only 6 of them showed up but that was enough to play so the game was on.

Here are some SOGGY girls. They did great and played super hard. It was cold out there but fun to watch them. After Andrea's game ended, we headed off to Alex's game. He played goalie the first half and I don't have pictures because it was really rainy by the time his game started. Bizzy's game got cancelled because of the weather but she was OK with that. Anyways, I feel super accomplished having completed my very first 5k, coached a game in the rain and cheer on my boy all before 1 pm!