Last Day of School & Memorial Day

It's been a while since I've posted, so I have some catching up to do!

Friday, May 22 - Today was Lauren's last day of school - I can't believe she's already finished her first year! Here we can see how much she's grown...

First Day of School - Last Day of School
I think someone's legs have grown! That's the same skirt!

So I took this day off work because they had a closing ceremony at her school and then a picnic. The closing ceremony was so cute - each of the classes sang several songs and they each got a certificate for completing the year. Lauren's class sang "My God is so Great", "ABC's", "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Humpty Dumpty." Here's some pictures...

She's spotted mommy and is quite excited - did I mention she's quite the performer?



She got the cymbols for one of the songs!

After the performance we went to the lawn for a picinic lunch of hot dogs, chips, cookie and juice box (all of Lauren's favorites!). Here's a picture from the picnic and with her teacher from this year, Mrs. Steckler - we just loved Mrs. Steckler!

It's amazing how much Lauren has learned this year. She knows her ABC's, can recognize and write most letters, almost can write her name, she know what letter all of her friend's names start with, has learned about God and Jesus, can count into the twenties, has made her first friends, sang in church twice, has started taking dance and gymnatics. It was a great year!

One final picture in front of the school (her medal is from her running in the Race for Education - thank you to everyone that supported her!)

After the picnic we packed up and went to Mark Twain Lake for the weekend. I didn't take any pictures (I know, bad mommy), but we had a great weekend. We went to the beach on Saturday - which both Aidan and Lauren loved. This was really Aidan's first time in the water at the beach and he couldn't get enough of it! All the kids loved riding around in their cars - Aidan even figured out how to make the cars go - scary! We had a great weekend!