Last Days of School!

Here's a little of what we've been up to as the school year winds down.  We've discovered this little creature in our garden and the other day I caught him feasting on my flowers!  Doug put some "stuff" on the flowers after that and we haven't seen him since.... Hopefully that took care of it!

We celebrated the night before the last day of school with dinner outside.  It was a really nice evening and fun to eat out there.

 We also enjoyed some girl time on our new yard swing.  I love it!

I found this little note Sophia wrote for one of her little friends (his name is actually Judson) that she gave him on the last day of school.  I love it!  Doug said I wasn't allowed to take a picture of it or put it on here (because it would embarrass her later apparently) but I told him I've earned the right to do what I want as a mother!

On the last day of school Sophia got to be the president of the class on the last day of school.  She was pretty excited about that!  It was neat to see how far she's come this year.  At the beginning of the year she wouldn't go near the microphone around her neck with a 10 foot pole.  It's fun to see her confidence grow.  Here she is leading the class in "Today is Friday (tap your shoulders), yesterday was Thursday (push your hands behind your head) and tomorrow is Saturday (wiggle your fingers with outstretched arms in front of you)". 

She also got to help count the straws for how many days they've been in school.  They got to 180!

 Here's she is with 2 of her best buds Judson and Reese.

 More friends playing in Mrs. Frey's backyard

More of her favorite buddies Karen, Lizzy Kate and Brooks.

Mrs. Frey was nice enough to have a party in her backyard!  She's pretty brave but the kids loved it.  Here they are doing a relay.

Sophia's turn.

The nest was that she had a cotton candy machine!  The kids were pretty excited about that.  I saw a friend post pictures of the first and last day of school side by side to see how they've changed.  So here she is on the first day of school and the last day (with her yummy treat).  I think she looks pretty similar with the exception of bangs. 

We let her pick that night where she wanted to go for a celebratory dinner and she chose Wendy's because they have macaroni and cheese now (for the record, it's not very good - surprise, surprise - but she loved it!)

 Here's a final picture of Lilly with a super cute chef's hat my mom just got her.  Thanks Grandma!

Bring on the summer!