Anna had her singing performance and did a great job. They did the Pledge of Allegiance, and sang songs they had learned through out the fall and winter. Anna’s favorites were: “Halloween Night” and “Jack Frost.”At the end they got a “super singer award” and a cookie. (:
With her best friend, Rheice, they love being together and it has been great to share preschool and dance experiences together.
Great Job Anna! You sang so pretty and knew all the words. It is fun to see you grow!
I cannot believe how fast Anna is growing! I tell her all the time to STOP, but she simply tells me, “I can’t, because I have to eat or I will die, and eating make me grow!” Okay, then little miss smarty, I’ll let you go to school and learn! This girl keeps me on my toes! She is too smart for her own good …. and mine. I cannot keep up, nor do I know how to help enhance her skills, something I need to work on this year!
Anna is at the same Preschool as last year, but has Miss Sonya. Also, her best friend, Rhiece, is in her class and they will go to tumbling and dance afterwards. I am excited to carpool and have an extra hour to get things done… or spend time with Maddie. (:
We were at the Cabin the weekend before school started, but I had been researching fun things to do to start each new year. I found a cute idea about making a big, giant cookie. So I wanted to do it. Too tired after the weekend I almost gave up, but then I found a big ball of cookie dough in the freezer and I had left over icing from a project last week….PERFECT!
So Anna woke up to her cookie and couldn’t have been more happy to take photos in her new outfit! She posed herself and I snapped. I couldn’t decide how to cut these out so there is a slew of photos- most of them her hugging herself…
Cutie, Maddie and I will miss you while you’re away! Maddie was a little sad that she didn’t get to go sit down and play too! We’ll see how this year goes!
Anna “Graduated” from her 1st year of pre-school this month and I need to brag blog about this little smartie. She did really well this year and loved her 1st year of school! Some days she said it was “too long,” but most T/Th. she was excited and ready to go. She would always come home with stories about the kids, what she did and what she learned. I loved these little moments with her where we would sit down and go through her backpack. She REALLY was learning a lot and progressing. I could tell from her first pictures to her last that she learned to steady her drawing utensil and concentrate. She also learned a lot about raising her hand, being kind, sharing, sitting “still” and being on someone else’s schedule, which I know was hard for her. (: Her teacher said she was a good student, picked up on things fast, told great stories (wonder what? and I wonder what I used to say at school?), and was a joy.
I love this little girl, and cannot believe she is 4! These were her poses on her last day of actual school… (in her bright yellow skirt- of course)
Rewind …This was her first day of Preschool… she grew up!
She has a singing program where they did the pledge of allegiance and sang songs about manners, family, animals, and some church songs, but my favorite were the safety kid songs! She didn’t sleep very well the night before (nerves…(: ), I had to wake her up early for preschool (never happened during the year) and she was almost falling asleep during the performance. She kept yawning and rubbing her eyes. Then they each got their diploma.
Miss Tiffiny is the owner of the school and her teacher was Mrs. Kim (on the right). She also had Mrs. Brooke most of the year, but she was out with a child in the hospital so this other teacher (Anna didn’t learn her name) filled in.
We gave them a yummy thank you. In honor of Anna’s favorite color and saying…
Our Family before Graduation (Go Maize and Blue!)
We are so thankful Dave's Dad, Paul, could come out for the big day!
Shaking Hands with the Dean of the School of Public Health
Calling his Name (Luckily he has a simple one there were people from over 10+ different countries in this graduation. That made for some interesting names!)
The Graduates 
Proud Wife!
Miner Men
Proud Family
The Kids (: Anna loves Hunter her "Best Friend"
We could not catch Anna's cute smile, she had one right before this.
Anna was SO PROUD of her Daddy. She couldn't wait to go see him after the ceremony.
The best congratulatory hugs!
Almost caught that smile!
CONGRATS DAVE, the new "MASTER!"
