Just the first few days of the month were exciting enough to last all month. Uncle Joe and Dana got married! We headed down early on Thursday to attend the rehearsal and met many of their family. Afterward was a delicious dinner and plenty of fun which continued through the weekend. After mommy and Stacey took a wonderful tour of Balboa park we all got to do some sight seeing before the big night. The wedding and hotel were right next to Petco Park, so we had to cruise by during our walk around downtown. Daddy and the girls did a great job supporting Uncle Joe and Dana the whole weekend and the wedding was a perfect event enjoyed by all of their friends and family! We got to see the married couple the next morning for breakfast along with Matt and Stacey before heading home.
The next day we went to the neighbors who heard all about the wedding from the girls as we celebrated Dave's college graduation. After an already long weekend we were lucky that Monday was also Memorial Day and we got to spend an extra day together. So we thought what better than to finally invest in some bikes for Mommy and Daddy. We set off for a huge bike ride around El Dorado Park, which was only the first of our many family bike rides this last month.
The next week didn't slow down either. The school book fair, and DJ dance party were a blast, and we all enjoyed Carver Open House, meeting Cienna's possible next year teacher. Of course then the next day was the school Carnival. We volunteered in the class booth which brought back many memories for Mommy.
We had more parties the following weekend starting with a Daisy pool party at the neighbors house and a pre-school friend, Shane's 3rd Birthday party after that. Mommy got enough courage to present to Cienna's first grade class for career day. Then Kaylee's big So Cal YMCA State gymnastics meet finally came which also had a carnival theme! She was a complete rock star and nailed all of her routines! More importantly she had an amazing time with all her teammates!
There was a VIPS breakfast for Mommy and Kaylee since she has been a junior VIPS all year in Cienna's class. Then that night was a Girl Scout party at Paint and Glaze which they earned and planned with their money from cookie sales. The next morning the girl scout parents organized a surprise sisterly breakfast which we started with one of the daisies picking up one other surprising them to come to breakfast. We went house to house till we finally surprised all of the girls and enjoyed a "quiet" breakfast at Ruby's.
That evening was another special occasion since we got to help celebrate Joan and Larry's 50th wedding anniversary! They are such great friends and inspirations to our family. As are their children. Moving along in the month... the next day was Kaylee's 5th birthday party. Almost all of her friends were able to make it. We had a great time playing at home, then she led the entire party on a walk to Wardlow park where we had a scavenger hunt ready to go for all to find cool prizes! Then she led us all safely back home to enjoy some freeze dance and cake! Kaylee enjoyed every moment and it seemed that everyone else did also!
That Monday Kaylee actually turned 5. Mommy and Daddy are still in denial, but she insists that it happened. If we were better with words you would all be crying with how we feel... so proud, amazed, a little saddened, but full of love! She got to have her "Celebration of Life" at pre-school and Cienna's class got to walk to Wardlow Park for one last field trip for the school year. She got her Birthday in the day before her last day of pre-school! We have been going there for 4 and a half years and are going to miss the love that they have given our children over those years! And the next day was then Cienna's last day of First Grade. Here we come Kindergarten and Second Grade.... WHAT??? Cienna made it to the finale of the first grade spelling B. Took first place in her class and really just had fun doing it on the last day of school! Then the parents of her class organized a surprise retirement party for her wonderful teacher Mrs. Dowlen, which pretty much took over the rest of the day until she read a touching last day of school book to the children! We're sorry she won't be there for Kaylee but wish her the best.
For the last day left in the month, there was no more school so Mommy took the day of work and all the girls went to Tanaka Farms for a Strawberry tour. All of our fingers will be red for a while.
Our almost Second Grader finished the school year with getting a spelling B award, being voted Top Reader by her classmates, and earning scholar of the Month award from the principal along with her great friend Elliot! She truly deserved all of it. She was the only one in her class that voluntarily finished and extra 524 page Math book that they were given at the beginning of the school year. She got a special Lego friend set as a prize from Mommy and Daddy for all her hard work! Then, after more hard work at gymnastics she got invited to join the Pre-Team which she gladly accepted and gets to start next month. A truly amazing child!
Kaylee is now 5. She has such strength and determination in everything that she does. Along with a ton of energy and crazy antics to go along with it. You could see how proud she was to do her gymnastics routines in front of judges, and with a smile the entire time. She also got a new desk to go in her room, for there are no longer nap times, she has moved on to quiet time. Pre-school is behind us (one final field trip on Friday) and Kindergarten is next. She couldn't be more ready in all ways. Feeling too overwhelmed to write more.
Remember the warning, but enjoy!
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