The school year officially ended yesterday – but not before we took a few photos of the girls. Avery is posing with two of her teachers, and one of her good (new) friends – and Zoe is with her bestie, Zachary.
-M
In honor of the last day of school, Avery shared her thoughts yesterday afternoon on kindergarten ending…
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To cap off their unit on careers, the kids in Zoe’s class were asked to come to school on Tuesday dressed up as what they want to be when they grow up. Zoe had a hard time choosing between dressing up as a doctor, vet, or teacher; ultimately she chose to be a teacher. And she was super excited to be able to wear one of my purses and a pair of my (real) glasses.
-M
Her birthday was still ten days away – but since school is almost over, Avery celebrated in her classroom yesterday morning.
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Avery is the one in the family who (literally) stops and smells the roses – whenever she sees something eye-catching she’ll take a moment (no matter what else is going on) to admire it. The other morning, for example, I was running late and flying around the house to gather up what I needed when Avery stopped me and pointed out that she liked what I was wearing. “Oh, I like the buttons on your sweater, Mommy,” she told me. “They’re really pretty – like jewels.” To me, they were plain ‘ole buttons, but I loved that they were special to her and that her words forced me to pause for a moment. It was really quite refreshing.
-M
Two more happy pics from Friday. (Given how anxious Zoe was to return to class and how hungry and grumpy Avery was right after the performance, I was shocked – and thrilled – at how well the first one turned out.)
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They don’t call it “graduating,” but the girls’ school does call it celebrating! On Friday, the kindergarteners put on a show for the families to celebrate moving on to first grade. (A highlight for me was the You are My Sunshine/This Little Light of Mine mash-up/round that we captured in third video.) I’ll hold off on the mushy I-can’t-believe-my-baby-is-no-longer-in-kindergarten sentiments; long-time readers know me well enough to know what I’m thinking!
-M
Avery spent much of our first camping day playing with friends down by the beach. Q and I stayed behind, but it’s clear from these photos – taken by one of the dads – that she had a good time.
-M
A few days after getting back from Disneyland we went on another adventure: camping with Avery’s kindergarten class. I’m not much of a camper, but I didn’t mind roughing it for one night – especially given how beautiful the location was (the campground is right on the coast) and how much fun both girls had!
-M
When looking at Disney pictures the other day, I commented that Avery looked excited in a photo. “It was at Disneyland, Mommy,” Zoe responded with an exasperated tone. “Who wouldn’t be excited about Disneyland?” Glad that at eight-going-on-29 and seemingly all grown up, the place hasn’t lost its charm with her!
-M