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| Several ballerinas from Ellie & Abby's classes met up at Silver Cross Nursing Home a few weeks ago to perform for the sweet residents! The ballerinas loved getting to wear their new costumes and dance for the precious people! Here are Abby, Ellie, Sarah Sunday, Annie, Maggie & Clara Barton |
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| They danced to several selections from their upcoming recital! |
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| Ellie & Annie waiting for their turn. . . |
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| The residents were delighted to watch the tutus twirling! It was a special afternoon! |
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| The girls had the very special honor of walking with Granna in the Annual Relay For Life Cancer Survivor walk. Yay for Granna!!! We love you so much!!! |
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| The girls were so tickled to discover our old cat Kloey on the laptop a few days ago. She's a very smart one -- she was probably watching You Tube videos about fish. |
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| Our little drummer! Just like Uncle Jeff!! |
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| Abby was a little tearful her last day of school! She wasn't ready for school to be over! She had such a great year in Mrs. Holly's 2's class. She made new friends, learned lots of songs and Bible verses, and grew up so much! We are so proud of our little pre-schooler! |
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| She was not going to smile! Poor princess!! |
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| Here's a happy Abby photo from her Art Show! She did a beautiful job on her very first FPK art show entry! Yay! |
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| Look who I caught trying on Ellie's glasses. . . |
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| Sweet silly girl -- she loves her big sister!! |
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| Today was Abby's next-to-last day of 2k! This year has flown by! And the shy little 2's (they were practically toddlers!) in her class have blossomed into enthusiastic, happy little children! Abby brought her friends summer cups as an end-of-the year happy. |
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| And for Mrs. Holly, a fun-in-the-sun basket! |
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| Inside it was a big insulated cup. flip flops and a summer-scented candle. After a little bit of class time this morning, the children put on their swimsuits and headed out to the school's courtyard for a little fun in the sun! Mrs. Holly had a toddler pool, water table and sprinkler ball ready for them! I happened to be kindermom today, so I got to watch them play in the water! |
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| My happy girl! |
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| Sunbathers! Lylah, Abby, Livi, Macel & James (Hampton was having too much fun at the water table to hang out on his towel. And poor little Tyndale was home sick and missed out on the play day). |
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| Abby, James & Livi had fun jumping in the little pool. |
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| Splash!! |
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| Lylah soaked up some rays. |
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| Our little bathing beauty! |
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| Mrs. Holly served tasty popscicles for a sunny snack. |
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| It was a great way to celebrate their fun school year! |
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| "Mint" to be a teacher Monday! We found fun altoids-style mints and attached "you were mint to teach!" tags. |
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| Flower Power Tuesday -- so we purchased funky felt flowers and garden themed notepads & attached notes saying "Thank you for helping me grow" |
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| Wind-Down Wednesday -- scented handcream with a bath pouf |
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| Thankful Thursday -- This is my favorite gift. Ellie wrote precious, detailed notes to Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Quernes, thanking them for all she's learned this year. I love how she mentioned several specific things she's enjoyed in class (like Mrs. Porter's fun little learning songs during language arts, and Mrs. Quernes' sweet smile when she walks into the classroom). To make them extra fancy, we wrapped them in gift bags and attached thankful tags. |
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| Treat Friday -- We were asked to send a snack for the teachers to enjoy during the afternoon. We're sending gourmet white cheddar popcorn with tags that say "for a very POP!ular teacher." |
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| Ellie found this fun notepad set when we were shopping for teacher gift ideas. She thought it was perfect for Mrs. Driskell (her Quest teacher), since Ellie is always looking forward to Quest on Fridays! |
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| Today, Ellie & Abby attended Annie's Spa Party. It was a gorgeous day, perfect for the girls to relax and be pampered by several mommies! |
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| Anna Caroline (we went to her skating party yesterday!) and the Birthday Girl, Annie! |
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| Anna Cate, Ellie & Amelia |
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| The girls were divided into groups. The groups rotated between three stations: pedicures, facials & manicures! Ellie's favorite part was the pedicure! She loved soaking her feet in the warm bubbly water! |
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| They played "Spin the nail polish bottle" -- when it stopped and pointed to a girl, we painted one fingernail. By the end of the game, they ended up with 5 different colors on their nails! |
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| Facials!! |
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| Abby's turn for a pedi! |
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| Polished & pampered! |
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| Pretty piggies! |
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| After their spa treatments, the girls enjoyed pizza and ice cream cake in the backyard. |
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| Tons of toes!! |
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| Happy hands! |
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| Such precious friends!! |
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| It was purple day today at school for Abby! Purple dress, purple hair clip, purple shoes, purple feather ponytail holder , purple grapes for snack. . . and purple tulips for Mrs. Holly. |
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| Our Tuesday treat day -- Janie's Bakery! Yummy! |
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| This is posted on the new Thankful bulletin board display at church (from Ellie's Wednesday night class). She loves her teacher! |
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| Last night, Ellie declared our supper was one of her most favorite meals. We had salmon (with a brown sugar/soy sauce/honey/garlic sauce), rice, sauteed brussel sprouts with feta, and bread from Fresh market. She LOVES brussel sprouts! She's definitely a foodie! |
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| Yesterday afternoon, Ellie was flipping through her American Girl magazine and came across a recipe for an Apple Cookie Pizza. So she grabbed my phone and sent Tim a text, asking him to pick up all the ingredients on his way home from work. She did a great job reading the recipe and checking the pantry to see what we already had on hand first. The cookie pizza was delicious -- it's a sugar cookie crust, topped with a mixture of cream cheese and brown sugar, then sliced apples dipped in lemon juice, then the whole thing is drizzled with caramel sauce. Mmmmm!!!! |
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| It was a big hit! |
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| Yummy! Sticky goodness! |
