Maggie's Preschool Graduation

On Thursday Maggie officially graduated from Ready, Set, Grow! preschool. They had a graduation ceremony complete with caps and gowns and the receiving of a preschool diploma.

Her class sang a few songs about their time in preschool. (Mags is back row center)

We took pictures of her class and teachers.

They walked out hand in hand. Aaron and I both got choked up a bit.

We took pictures outside.

And then shortly after this she had a meltdown about having to take more pictures with someone else. Nothing a little lemonade and a cookie couldn't fix, though. Each of her three teachers had very nice things to say about her and that was wonderful to hear.

After the festivities at school we met up with the O'Loughlins (their son Daniel, aka. Doobie is in her class) and had a special lunch out. I guess she is officially a kindergartner now. Scary. We are so proud of our not-so-little-anymore Maggie. She's smart and respectful and funny and kind. Just the kind of kid all parents ask for. Most of the time that is. : )

Maggie's Gymnastics Show

Maggie's little team had a show today. It was sooooo cute! They showed off "routines" that they'd been working on. Her coach, Emily, served as the judge that they had to salute before and after as well. She did a couple of goofy things that she doesn't normally do, but overall she did great. We are so proud of her and all her hard work!

In the splits stretching before the show began.

A final salute after they were all done.

Coach Emily giving Mags her medal.

The proud gymnast!

Rising Stars Gymnastics Academy, Training Team 2.

Coach Emily, Courtney, Maggie, Erika

Meghan, Anna, Rae

Next are videos of each of the 4 events, Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor. I was sitting upstairs in the viewing area so the quality isn't that great. At times I had the video camera in one hand and the camera taking video in the other hand. A couple times I missed the very beginning. Oh well. You'll get the jist. : )

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Not to be outdone her little sister, here's some video of Maggie in the yard. : )

Maya madness

These were taken yesterday. The girls were out in the backyard while we were getting dinner ready. Enjoy!

Many things

The camera finally ran out of memory space, so it forced me to download pictures and do a new post. This could possibly be the most random one yet. Sorry.

Maggie's class took a "trip" to outer space and made jet packs (as you can see). Pretty cute!

Our neighbor Becky has a new baby and is breastfeeding on a regular basis. This has not been lost on Maya. She is now breastfeeding her own babies.

Chillin' outside on a windy day.

I taught Maggie how to count by 5's the other day by doing this project. We counted by 5's by counting hands.

Maya still needs to learn number recognition, so we counted fingers.

We had our first game of T-ball in the backyard today. Cones for bases and a hula hoop for home plate. As you can see, they had fun, even if it wasn't quite technically correct T-ball form. Oh well! :) Needless to say, those pink tights bit the dust - or the grass really I guess. They're gonners.

Daddy took Maya's training wheels off her bike last week. She was really timid at first, but now she's good to go, even riding around our "race track". She still needs help getting going, but I think she's doing great!