Whoopee! No Training Wheels!

Big M recently decided she no longer needed training wheels on her bike.  She rode a neighbor friend's bike without training wheels, although it was a smaller one than the one she rides. It seemed so easy for her on the small bike, she was determined to ride her own bike with out training wheels.  Big M was a little shaky at first, but once she figured out that she would balance better with a little more speed, she was off and we just about couldn't keep up.  Here's a little video of her first time riding her bike without training wheels:

Lord's Little Army End of School Program

Poor Little M!  It seems like we just don't take as many photos or videos of her. And, when we do, I'm just not as quick at posting or putting the photos in frames.  Anyway, Little M's end of the year program was back in May and I'm finally getting around to posting a video of my favorite song that all of the kids sang.  I'm not sure what the song is, but they are singing in Spanish.  Mrs. Colleen thought Little M had the best cha cha cha of all the kids...I think I agree! :) 

Kindergarten Rocks!

Here's a video from Big M's end of the school year program, "Kindergarten Rocks!". The video includes her saying her small speaking part and the song that immediately follows.  It was a very cute program and some of those kindergartners sure were performers!  

As I've heard most of my friends with school age kids say, "it's hard to believe another school year has gone by."  I have to agree.  It seems like only yesterday Big M was hopping onto the big, yellow school bus to begin her Kindergarten school year. She's learned so much, and we've had a wonderful year at her school.  She expressed a lot of sadness when she arrived home about missing her teacher, Mrs. Pearson, next year. Mrs. Pearson mentioned that Big M really held that final hug as she got on the bus for the last time this year.  Brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.  Here's to a great summer! 

Dance Recital 2012

Dance recital was a lot of fun this year since both girls were able to dance on the big stage.  They both loved it!   Little M performed a ballet dance to Rainbow Connection and Big M tap danced to Bye, Bye Blackbird. 

Taken on dance picture night...

Heading out the door to recital...forgot to put on Little M's tutu for the picture!  

We were also excited to spend the weekend with family, including a surprise opportunity to see a friend from Stillwater that we hadn't seen in quite a while.

Kindergarten Zoo Trip

We had a fun day at the Tulsa Zoo last week during the annual Kindergarten zoo trip.  Big M enjoyed time with  Mom and her friends.  It was especially fun to walk through the rainforest building looking for the anaconda that had been moved to a temporary location. Once we found the anaconda, I laughed as Big M said "Ewww!". All of the excitement had worn off once she saw the gigantic snake. 

Big M, Camryn, and Miraya--such cute girls!

Kindergarten Visit to the BA Fire Station

Big M's Kindergarten class walked to the closest BA Fire Station today. It took about 20-25 minutes to walk there, which wasn't too bad, but there were lots of "tired feet" and hungry kids on the walk back to school. The kids enjoyed seeing where the firemen sleep, eat, and relax. They also got to walk through each of the fire trucks. Petite Mrs. Pearson put on a fireman's boots, suit, air tank, and helmet...altogether weighing at least 50 pounds. The kids really enjoyed their fire station outing today!

Mrs. Pearson's 2011-2012 Kindergarten Class (Mrs. Pearson is disguised as a fireman!)

Big M giving Mrs. Pearson a hug when she has on all of the heavy gear.

Easter

The girls loved dressing in pretty dresses for Easter this year. I loved being able to coordinate their attire just one more time...not sure how much longer I will get away with it! They hunted Easter eggs in their jammies so their pretty dresses wouldn't get messed up, finding the eggs quickly on the cool Easter morning. I've included a couple of other recent pics just because we thought they were cute! Hope you all had a happy Easter and enjoy the photos!

Somehow, they always take great photos when sitting on our stairs. I guess it's the photo "spot".