Skyley's Kindergarten "I Pledge Allegiance" program

Yesterday, Feb.6, 2009 Skyley's kindergarten class did a patriotic program. It was adorable. They sang songs (Yankee Doodle, Star Spangled Banner, God Bless the USA) and they each said little parts; Sky's part was "Each State has its own name, bird, song and flower." She practiced it for weeks and did a great job!!

During the last few weeks while they were doing the lessons on the USA, they were each assigned a president to do a little report on, basically finding 3 or 4 facts and presenting them to the class. Skyley had James Madison, so our research began... She found out that 1) His wife's name was Dolley, 2) he was the first president to wear pants, 3) He was president from 1809-1817 and 4) He helped write the Constitution. While we were practicing for her report I was asking her questions like.. His wife's name was?? and she'd reply "Dolley" - He was president from? - and while I was waiting for her to say 1809-1817, she thought for a second and said "from SEA to SHINING SEA" - It was the funniest and cutest moment.

Grandkids Pictures...

As the tradition goes, we did our annual grandkids pictures yesterday morning, there are always a few good stories to tell after the process, however, this year, it went great. Only a few tears (and it wasn't any of the mommies.)

Its Finally Next Week....

1st Day of Kindergarten.... Skyley has been waiting and waiting and waiting for school to start. She said the funniest thing last week. Last Sunday night, AJ, Shelby and Sydney were getting ready for school, setting out new clothes, getting backpacks ready and talking about how excited they were. Skyley asked when she was going to start, we all told her "next week." Monday and Tuesday were so hard for Sky, watching everyone go to school and come home talking about it, she kept asking when does she get to start school, again we all told her "next week." Tuesday night, I was running Shelby and Sydney to dance, when we got to the studio, they got out of the car, Skyley unbuckled and wanted to get out, too. I told her no, she doesn't have dance today, so she asked "when do I have dance?" I told her "next week." Well, she plopped back into her booster seat and said... "I HATE NEXT WEEK.." it was hilarious!!!

Well, next week is finally here... She started Kindergarten today!! What a sad day for Mommy, but such a happy day for Skyley. She is so big, did so great and loved it so much!!!

And to top the day off... The Silver Mesa Eagle mascot was there to welcome the Kindergartners.

Here we go for another year...

First day of school for everyone... AJ is a big 9th grader now and is a Student Body Officer and one of the tallest kids at school, Shelby is in 7th grade and her big brother is taking good care of her so far.

Big 3rd Grader - First Day of School

Sydney was so excited to start school - she's excited to have Mrs. Brown and excited to be in 3rd Grade. I all of a sudden realized that she is so big, there is something different between 2nd graders and 3rd graders. She seems to have aged 10 years over the summer.

1/2 Day for Sevies...

Shelby & Bre had their half day at Union with out the 8th and 9th graders to meet their teachers, find their class rooms and practice their locker combinations. They had a blast, came straight home and started calling and texting their new friends, they hung out with new friends that night until 10:30 - I'm guessing I don't need to worry about Shelby liking Middle School ;)

So You Think You Can Dance!!!

What a great time Shelby and Sydney had yesterday as they both got to attend a 2 hour workshop with GEV.. from the top 10 of this year's "So You Think You Can Dance" competition. They had a blast - Shelby said the dance he taught was crazy hard and Sydney loved the warm up's he taught them.