Mother's Day/ Last days of school

 It was a wonderful Mother's Day celebrating with these three beautiful girls. I had a wonderful breakfast, fun gifts and down time for myself. It is truly a joy being the mother of these children.

I mean, why not. I can't stand this cuteness.

Arizona's last month of school was filled with field trips and fun activities. All 4 kindergarten classes went to the zoo. Thankfully, I didn't go as a chaperon because it was so hot in Texas that last month. A very kind parent shared these photos with me. 

A couple of pics from her splash/reading day outside.

I cannot say enough of how wonderful a kindergarten teacher Arizona had. Mrs. Archer is the absolute sweetest and reminded me so much of my own kindergarten teacher. She always had high praise for Arizona and was so great to communicate with us about her progress. On her last day of school, it was sad to see how emotional Arizona became. She literally could not let Mrs. Archer go from an embrace. I'll be honest....I shed some tears too. It was sad to know she wouldn't be in Mrs. Archer's class anymore. We are hopeful her first grade teacher is just as amazing. And it's crazy to think she is no longer a kindergartener. 

A celebratory ice cream treat on the last day of school with her after school friends.

Student of the Month and Flat Stanley

Arizona made student of the month for May and we were so proud of her and her accomplishment. As student of the month, she exemplifies six pillars of character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. She absolutely does have these attributes and shows them daily at school.

                                                  

Arizona also received a letter in the mail from her cousin Jacob. He had an assignment in school to send Flat Stanley, a character in a children's book series, that promotes improvement in writing and reading as well as showing interest in people and places. Arizona took Stanley into downtown with Daniel and bumped into a group of police officers who were kind enough to take a picture with her.  She also took pictures with other Dallas landmarks and just had a blast doing so.

General Silly- ness in April

Nearing the end of April, it was hard for me to think that Arizona's time in kindergarten was coming to an end. I wasn't fully thinking about it until May came around and the weather started to really get warm.


                                                  

                                             

 While we were at school pickup, Brielle climbed on top of the bench, slipped and hit her eye hard on the edge. I'm not one to jump quickly when one of my kids cries (it might be because at child 3, they are either crying for attention or are exaggerating a feeling.) It turned out that she did really get herself hurt and quickly a black eye started to appear. Poor girl looked like she got into a fight. At least, she had some major street cred now.

Vegas Girls Trip

I have the best group of girlfriends. It's always a fun time when we hang out. We had been planning on a girls trip for a while ever since Nikita moved out to Vegas. I've wanted to see Celine Dion in concert for as long as I could breathe. As the week of our trip was approaching, I received an email that Celine had to cancel her performance. I was not a happy. As bummed as I was, this was not going to deter me from having a fun time. We planned a day at the spa, hiking, walking the strip, a buffet, Ziplining on Fremont Street and the Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show. It was a great week!