Addie Starts Kindergarten

Addie has graduated from preschool to kindergarten! She loves school and we're excited for her to be in school 5 days a week now.  It was a little bittersweet though, leaving Little Lights preschool where Addie had a blast this past year. Such a great little school and the teachers were so awesome with Addie, and us.  We will probably be there with Mason next year so it wasn't a permanent goodbye.

Here are some pictures from our 2-day journey from Little Lights (Monday) to Prairie Hills (Tuesday).

Last day of Preschool

Addie's primary teacher Mrs. Margaret

 

Addie's first day of Preschool:

Toothless

Our little girl is getting so big...she lost her first tooth!

We thought we had more time-she's not even in Kindergarten yet (though starts this fall). We found out our neighbor boy has a tooth coming in, so we new it was in our future. Then just a few days later, Addie informed us that she had a loose tooth. She came over to show us & sure enough it was, but also a new tooth was coming in behind it! We got a mirror so she could see it & she was so excited! 

All that evening & the next day she wiggled it and even asked for an apple to eat in hopes that it'd help get that tooth out, but no such luck. That evening her & Mason were playing outside. I was upstairs when I heard Addie yelling. She came running up the stairs saying she was bleeding. I knew the time had come. Sure enough, her tooth was out & she had a mouthful of blood, which thankfully hadn't overflowed yet. I got her to the bathroom to calm her down and assure her it was just from her missing tooth. We then checked out the newly opened space in her smile. 

After she calmed down, she was so proud & had to show everyone! Turns out her & Mason were wrestling & he kicked her in the face, knocking the tooth out. Later, she mentioned that she's so thankful she has a brother to fight with, otherwise her tooth would not have fallen out! :)

the culprit!

showing off her toothy grin to Daddy

 After a few minutes without her tooth, Addie started thinking & got really sad. She told me she was worried that her friends wouldn't recognize her...too precious! Preparing for the tooth fairy snapped her out of it though.

Unfortunately the tooth was lost in our yard (or perhaps swallowed? eww!), so Addie had nothing to leave the tooth fairy. We made a new tooth out of paper & left it in an envelope under her pillow and Addie awoke to a crisp dollar and some princess markers & coloring pages.  It was a very happy 4th of July for my big girl!

Fun Run

Addie & Mason ran in a quarter mile fun run that was held after the Taste of Louisville Half Marathon. Addie was very excited to run like mommy. I think Mason was most excited about the pre-race stretches. Addie was a champ. She ran hard the whole way & did great! Mason used up his energy on a false start & lost steam quickly. He was refreshed after mommy carried him a bit & we repeated this cycle until he finished as well. 

"run like an animal"

pre-race warm up

ribbons!

finishers!

Rockies game

We went to our first (and probably only) Rockies game of the season. Mason was napping, so we left a bit late, then got stuck in traffic, so we didn't get there until the 5th inning. Despite this, the kids still didn't last until the end...we left in the 8th! The kids got really restless and do not have the patience to sit out in the sun. Mason did, however, get pretty good at clapping with the crowd & yelling "Go Rockies!" As we were leaving, Addie had the nerve to remark that it was a short game!

Pre-school pictures

Addie has had a wonderful year at Little Lights Early Christian Learning Center .
She has loves every day there and comes home singing & quoting Bible verses! Here are her school pictures to remember this fun year! Her best friends have been Savannah, Haylee & Katerina.

Back in the game

Winter is over, it's beautiful out and soccer has begun!

ready to play!

break time

Addie was very excited to start soccer again. We could see that she felt much more confident this session and was more comfortable in the game. When it was over, she pouted and exclaimed that she only got ONE goal!