Today’s the DAY… the 1st day of Kindergarten! Elayna will be in Mrs. Keith’s class at Norterra Canyon Elementary. We look forward to a fun and exciting year for her!
E is most looking forward to riding the bus!
For the record, I did not cry.
What most of the pictures I took this morning looked like:
We’ve just returned from an exciting week in San Diego. We splashed on the beach, we slept-in, we searched for sea lions, we paddle-boated. Elayna’s highlight was discovering roller-coasters at Lego Land (she loved it!!). And we all enjoyed spending some time at Sea World.
As the week went on, I started having some flashback moments to other vacations and other places. Here are a few highlights….
With Lego Darth Vader:
Beach Time:
Shamu:
It was a great week. Here are a few more photos to remember our time…
We now officially have a Kindergartener in our house! Elayna has learned so much this year and really grown in confidence and knowledge. A few things new skills:
We will miss many of the friends she has made this year – she was at a great school with a lot of great kids. I will not miss the commute over there every day and am looking forward to her moving to the school closer to our house.
Elayna’s class hosted a Mother’s Day tea with lovely songs, art project, and snacks. I loved it!!
Annabelle Hagan is one of Elayna’s oldest friend and we had so much fun celebrating her 7th birthday party with her! To add to the excitement, Annabelle’s party was at a horse ranch complete with horse rides and a petting zoo! Sooooo fun!
It was a big weekend for Miss Elayna but event #1 involved pizza, play-date with her friend Isabelle, and CINDERELLA!! Woo-hoo!
E and I went to a special event at the Playfactory with Cinderella as the guest of honor. Along with a million other little girls, E was able to give her hugs, and Cinderella even sang a few songs. It was fairly impressive and a very fun evening for a princess-obsessed fan!
Turning 5 is a big deal – no matter how you look at it!! Elayna took the occasion very seriously. She wanted a school party, a family party, and a Pump-it-up party with friends – all culminating in a several day long exhausting celebration! She’s a blessed girl!
Perhaps all this partying exhausted me so much that it took a month to finally post some pictures…
School party: I had lunch with her in the lunch room then brought her friends cupcakes. She was very proud!!
Family Party: We ordered pizza, had a water balloon fight, and celebrated with Aunt Licia and Mr. Brian.
And Pump-it-Up with her friends: Pump-it-up is a big bouncy house warehouse. The kids love it and it has been the prime birthday party spot for most of her class. Not very original but at least she had a blast and I had very little work to do!!
Ugh…. the cake!! Elayna wanted a rainbow cake so I attempted one with Angel food and colored icing. Not the prettiest thing ever but she seemed to like it and maybe I won some mommy points….
A very successful birthday and a very happy girl!! Thanks to everyone for the love!
