Claire's Last Day of School

After graduation there was one day of school left. The girls made silly faces on their way into class for the last time together. =( They spent the day going to any classroom they wanted to play in. At noon all the parents came back for an end of the year picnic. The girls signed each others Autograph Dog and Memory Books in between playing one last round of Underdog.

Graduation

As all good things must do, pre-school came to an end. But before we had to say "good-bye", we had a wonderful graduation ceremony for the kids.
Claire made some wonderful friends. They all played so well together and were so sweet to each other. The kids will miss having each other in class next year as they are all going off to different kindergartens.
Each child introduced herself. "My name is Claire. I am 4 years old. When I grow up I want to be a teacher." Miss Sue asked her who she wanted to be a teacher like. "Miss Cami" (her teacher, not mom or dad LOL)

Claire played Momma Monkey in the skit "5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed".

Getting her diploma from her teachers, Miss Cami and Miss Renee. We will miss them!

The proud graduate and her family.

Strawberry Festival

The best part of Memorial Day weekend in our town is the Strawberry Festival. It's very busy since Daddy helps with the pancake breakfast before the parade and at the Kiwanis corn booth but it seems like everyone in town is part too so we see lots of friends around the festival grounds.
Emily and Mommy got to walk in the parade with our Brownie troop:
We got to go on lots of rickety carnival rides. Claire especially loved this roller coaster:

They're flying away!

Un-Birthday Party

Claire and all the summer birthday kids got to have an un-birthday celebration in class.
Claire signed up to bring blowers and party hats. The blowers were very popular!

Brownies at Bolsa Chica

Emily's Brownie troop had their first field trip at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. We hiked for about a mile along the bluffs above the wetlands and saw the native and invasive plants, butterflies and talked about the animal that lived there (but hid for the most part).

When we were done walking, the girls got to explore the "touch tanks" and see what lived in the water:

Mother's Day

Claire's class hosted a wonderful Mother's Day tea for their moms. They made beautiful decorations and a yummy lunch. They also sang for us and served us.

On Sunday we took Grandma Holly to the Arboretum at Cal State, Fullerton. We got to see some really interesting trees and flowers. The girls favorite was this tree that had an interesting trunk. It grew in such a way that they could walk through the middle of it.

We loved this field of native wildflowers:

Awwww

A fun photographer came to Claire's school and took some "glamour" shots: