Flashback: Adley’s Preschool Graduation

It is always fun to see the kids show off at their graduation.  Adley had a great time the last two years at Zion with Ms. Sheila!  Here are some shots from the graduation.

 

Marching in. . .

oh no. . . cameras.

Singing 

Just the ones off to kindergarten

Proud kiddos

Getting her certificate

Her friend, Eden

Ms. Nancy – Super classroom helper who loves the kids

The fabulous Ms. Sheila.  :-)

Another friend Kalyn. 

        Sad to leave the preschool era. . . but excited to see what God has in store for her next.  :-)

Flashback: Leighton’s birthday party

Abby Cadabby Time!  (The celebration was a little late.  Our original party date turned out to be the day we had to move our of our house, so it got pushed back by a little over a month.  Who doesn’t like to make your birthday celebrating last a little while longer?)

Leighton wanted to have an Abby Cadabby Birthday party.  She even got to dress Abby Cadabby style which she LOVED. 

  Some Abby Cadabby decor. 

We didn’t have many decorations up since we just moved in, so Abby Cadabby helped.  :-)       We had Abby Cadabby style cupcakes, cotton candy, pink marshmallows,

and Jaylyn made fruit kabobs and fruit dip. Time to sing!

And blow out the candle!

Presents!

She loved it all!  ;-)

Adley got glasses!

Turns out Adley has extreme far-sightedness.  With far-sightedness, children can accommodate their eyes to see without realizing they have sight issues.  Apparently Adley has done well at accommodating.  We just noticed her squinting more this last year so we took her in to get an eye exam.  Results showed she was 20/25 until they did the dilating.  That is where they saw her far-sighted issue.  She was soooooo excited to get glasses and has done great with them.  I think she is pretty cute.  :-)

Flashback: Fine Arts Camp

Our church did their first Fine Arts Camp this summer and Jaylyn was old enough to participate.  It was right up her alley!  She loves to be creative.  They had opening sessions involving songs and devotions and a highlight of different types of artists who use their talents to serve God.  Then they broke up into classes.  Each had signed up for three different classes.  Jaylyn's classes were: cooking, painting, and sewing. They had great class options for the kids.  Here are pictures from the showcase night. 
In cooking class, they learned different things about measurement, cutting, and other cooking skills.  They also made trail mix, fruit kabobs, fruit dip, and cowboy cookies. Jaylyn loved it!

In painting, they learned about colors and mixing colors.  They also did a self-portrait.  Here is Jaylyn's paintings on the gallery wall.  She said this class was her favorite.

Jaylyn was so excited to do the sewing class.  They did hand sewing, but also got to sew on sewing machines.  They made quilt squares and their own pillow.  So fun!

Surprise!

Hey look! I'm posting something!!  :-)

Here are some shots flashing back to Leighton's third birthday in June. 

Nothing like morning hair, packing up a house, carpet stains, and red eyes to make a pretty picture.  I'm not at my home computer to work on editing.  But, hey, I'm posting something!  Ha!

Birthday girl with Daddy and sisters

 Leighton is full of energy and silliness.  There is a lot of giggling in our house because of her.  She is also a super duper snuggler.  We are all blessed to have Leighton!  Happy third birthday, Leighton!

Flashback: Jaylyn’s Birthday Party

I never got to post pictures from Jaylyn’s Cooking Birthday Party Sleepover.  It was crazy, but fun!

I bought some cheap hand towels from the Dollar Tree and ribbon and made these REALLY EASY aprons for the girls in about 10 minutes!  (I added some leftover yarn balls from Rachel’s Shower!)

Here they are ready to cook!

Here they are ready to have some crazy cooking fun!

They helped make everything.  For supper, they had a “make your own” pasta bar.

They also made their own garlic/cheese bread.

There were also fruit wands and they made a yogurt dip.

Yum!

Some helped to make some puppy chow for a snack and others helped make the cupcakes.  Here is Jaylyn getting ready to blow out her candle. (Some of them are in dress up clothes and makeup from some play or something they were doing.)

All snuggled in for bed!  I caught them off guard with this picture.  It was already dark in there and the flash stirred them all up again!

For breakfast they made their own smoothies and monkey bread. 

I think I’m still tired from that sleepover even though it was back in January.  :-)

Awana Commencement

Here are some shots from the end of year Awana Commencement.  The kids always love getting their plaques and ribbons for all of their hard work through the year.  They have learned much about God’s Word and hidden many great verses in their heart!

Adley waiting for her ribbon!  (I couldn’t get a shot of the cubbies.)  Adley will be moving into Sparks next year!

Jaylyn waiting for hers.

The full Sparks group.  Jaylyn will move in to TNT next year (Truth-in-Training)

The Big Picture

The two older girls performed in the Hiz Kidz Choir Spring Program.  It was a cute program and I had fun helping them out this year.   A friend also uploaded a video of one of the songs.  You can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oiq4dX3M30&feature=g-upl