A Day at the Park

The County Park spent Winter renovating it's playground - the results are wonderful! We took our first of many trips this Summer there last Saturday.

We even had a surprise visit with the Clum Family (to the right under Favorite Websites) - Abigail and Alyssa are only five weeks apart. Alyssa and Abigial had a great time playing together, here they are on a snack break.

Next it was on to Spray and Play - it is great fun to sit on a sprinkler!

Alyssa and a new friend tried to stop the water with his hat . . .

Oops - right in the eye!

OK, time to towel off and go home! A great time was had by all, we'll be back soon!

Appreciation

The last two weeks of school were so nice! We had Teacher Appreciation week which was wonderful and then the last week of school we all received so many nice gifts from our precious students.

These are my fellow teachers enjoying an Appreciation lunch given by the parents. It included home-made Key Lime pie - delicious!

These are just some of the flowers I received from Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Week and the last few days of school. Flower givers included: Drew, John Lewis, Owen, Mia, Jennifer and Laurel. I wanted to capture them on film so I could keep them forever!

Nice photos, compliments of Drew :)



My favorite photo - Thanks, God, for appreciating me with these wonderful gifts, especially the one in the middle!

Playdate with Piper

After four years of talk about getting our girls together, we finally took the plunge and had Piper over for a playdate on Saturday. Here are two silly girls in their "boosts."

Playing in the sunroom . . .

Alyssa even let Piper play with her sacred "main blankies."

Enjoying a fine dinner at their favorite restaurant - Chic-fil-A.

Nothing better than a best friend and a balloon!

Alyssa clowning around with fake teeth. The girls had a great visit, get ready Hali - you're next! And then we will go for all Three Amigas!

Circus

Alyssa's school put on their version of the "Greatest Show on Earth" Friday afternoon.

So, send in the Clowns . . .

The Stunt Men - tumbling, tight rope walking and walking on stilts


Ms. Elsa and her "Divas"- Alyssa is last one on the right

The young preschool and older preschool classes who showed us how much fun it can be to be in the circus!

Our own little "Diva!"

Dance Recital

The Cast of "Rock-a-bye Baby" performing LIVE! Alyssa is the tall one in the middle.

First, they Rehearsed on Saturday - Alyssa, Julia and Hali

Then, it was SHOWTIME! Cece, Alyssa and Julia

Alyssa strutting her stuff across the BIG stage all by herself! She's smiling! :)

Waving at Momma and Dada after receiving her medal and taking her Finale seat on stage - Noelle, Alyssa and Julia.

Ms. Susan and all the DANCE EXPRESS dancers after a FANTASTIC show!

Dance

I'm WAY behind with the Blog, we have been SO busy! Dance Recital Photos coming soon - here's a few taken earlier this Spring . . .

The cast of "Rock-a-bye Baby"

Our sassy girl!

El Cinco de Mayo

This week has been so crazy busy that I just about could not get it all blogged - but here is the last bloggable event - El Cinco de Mayo, Alyssa's class performed and celebrated with the parents on El Siete de Mayo (the 7th). The kids did a fantastic job - they sang a song in Spanish, performed a Mexican Hat Dance and scrambled for candy with an indoor Pinata. Here they are getting ready to sing with Ms. Melissa and Ms. Elsa close by for support.

Here they are dancing and shaking flowers . . .

Close up of our girl in her hat and flowing skirt

The two toothless wonders, Gabriel and Alyssa.

Soccer - 5/9/09

Today was CAP (Coaches Athletic Program) Day as well as Photo Day and a soccer game - what a cluster!

What do you do when they are running an hour behind for photos? Ring-around-the Rosy of course! Special note: The BOYS started this and Alyssa joined in :)

The Chick-fil-A cow gives Alyssa a hug of encouragement before the game.

This is what is says on the back of ALL the coaches shirts - I think it's pretty well said.

Our team namesake, the Eagle was also watching today, flying over in this shot.

Alyssa was excited to have her face painted after the game, a flower, such a girl!

Another special treat was running into Jake - nothing beats sharing cotton candy with an old friend!

Go Eagles - look at that tall girl!

Muffins with Mom

Today was Muffins with Mom at Alyssa's school. We had a lovely time . . .

Piper, Jennifer and new baby Whilden . . .

Susan and Hali . . .

Lillian and Morgan . . .

Three silly girls sneaking back in line to get MORE muffins!

The three Amigas in typical form. Happy Mother's Day to all the GREAT Mom's we know. We hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend!