Moving on up...

to Second Grade! Today is M's last day of first grade. She has changed so much since the beginning of the year. Congratulations on doing a Great Job in 1st grade and continued success in your future years of school!!!

First day of School

Last day of School. Notice the new space in her top teeth. She finally lost that tooth that has been hanging on for weeks at school yesterday. We are also growing out her bangs so she's sporting the new shaggy look!

Conversation in the Car

Today while I'm driving around town, out of the blue I was asked the following question by E.

"Do green iguanas poop out the seeds when they eat strawberries?"

Anyone have the answer?

Gymnastics Shows

Last week was the week for all of the end of year Parent Gymnastics Shows. E had two of them since she is technically taking 2 different classes. M had her big show/meet last night. E's show had a little parent participation included. I now know that I'm totally out of shape! I also have a bigger appreciation for all that E can do because it's not easy. Below are some photos of E's different shows.

E does a great handstand!

M's show/meet was last night. Her show was more like a regular meet where each girl did their little routine for each event. They combined the blue team (first year pre-team) and the white team (second year pre-team) together. M was the first in her little group to perform each event and she did great! She remembered all the routines! Below are some photos of M's show. Please excuse the quality of the photos but my camera really isn't the greatest for taking action shots inside the gym.

I'm so proud of both M and E. They are both moving up into the next level of gymnastics. M will now train to compete as a level 5 gymnasts this coming season. This means she will be spending lots of time at the gym this summer (16 hours a week this summer) and fall. It's a huge commitment not only for M but for me. M is excited and really wants to compete so she's prepared for all the time she will be training. E is going to be moving up to the blue team (first level pre-team) this summer. We'll see how well she handles the extra training this summer and go from there. I'm not sure if E is cut out for competitive gymnastics but we will give her the same opportunity as we did M to see if it's something she would like to continue to do.

Proud to be an American!

The whole 1st grade at M's school put on a Patriotic concert for their families. It was very touching to see all the kids show pride for their country. Below is our proud American.

a little snippet of one of the songs