Adorable Photos with Kate and Caroline

Botanical Gardens with Haley and Carlie

At the pool with Caroline and Kate

Mia's Birthday Party

Mia (and her sister, Lillie) celebrated their birthdays at the end of June.  Sophia and Lilly were both invited.  They had a great time.  There was face painting, a bounce house, and cake!  What more could a little girl want?

Can she hula hoop?  No.  She must take after me. 

Can she limbo?  Nope, but then again, neither can I.  

June Fun: Water parks and pools

Beach Manor Graduation Party

I co-hosted the Graduation party for Sophia's Kindergarten class of 13.  The moms of the girls in the class rented a picnic shelter at an awesome park in Virginia Beach.  Our shelter was right next to a really fun playground and a horse-shoe pit so fun was had by all.

I was in charge of decorations so I arrived much earlier than everyone else, but that was ok because I finished my job just as the guests were arriving.  Check out some of the pictures of the kids playing.

Funny, only the girls in the class showed up for the party. Matthew did show up, but he left before we even started the grill.

Best Friend Award

Sophia received this at Graduation:

Sophia's Kindergarten Graduation

So the dance recital has come and gone (over a month ago)....and I need to update the blog.  A big sorry to my faithful readers.

Both girls did absolutely fabulous in the dance show.  We were so proud of them! Our seats were pretty good and both girls were finished just before intermission so then we were able to head home after a big day.

Big Daddy arrived just before I took the girls to school that morning.  Sophia's Kindergarten graduation was at 10 AM and then we went out to lunch to celebrate with Big Daddy. He treated us at Sophia and Lilly's (and Will's, I think) favorite restaurant:  Red Robin. We spent the afternoon playing Monopoly and Lilly crushed us all!   Pretty soon it was time to get ready for the dance recital.

But, back to the graduation.  Sophia "A"lexander led the graduation procession and carried the flag.  She was so nervous and had been stressing about it for days so I was relieved when everything went without a hitch.  We read Junie B. is a Graduation Girl earlier in the week and I think it helped calm her nerves a little bit too.  And, I know for a fact that Beach Manor was practicing with the class for weeks.

She remembered her part of the class poem perfectly even though I only caught the last part of it on film.  She and Adrianna said the same part in unison.


The rest of the ceremony was really cute.  They sang some songs and they each read a little script that they hand written about which unit they liked best and what they want to be when they grow up.  Sophia said Music and Instruments for her favorite unit and she's still on track to be a veterinarian  She's always said she wants to be a vet and considering that she has over 55 (mostly small) stuffed animals I think she just might.  (Here's a photo of Mrs. Faulker with all the Girl Scouts in Sophia's class). 

Anyway, here they videos are coming soon.....