Sour?

I forgot to add this picture with the last post. I'm totally loving it! This is when Bailee's class was working on the 5 senses unit and they were doing a taste test. Bailee is all about things that are sour or salty! She told me she got to eat a lemon that day and was so happy about it!

1st Grade

Bailee has finished 1st Grade and today is the first official day of summer break! (Ask in another day or two how it's going!) Bailee had a wonderful year and has really excelled in all areas (so maybe I'm a little biased but it's true!). She works so hard to do her best and is a little perfectionist. She has become quite the little writer and reader...her stories rock! I know I've said this lots of times before, but Alan and I have absolutely loved Bailee's school and have felt so blessed to be a part of the ACPS family. We have no doubt in our minds that there was a reason we found this particular house in this particular area...ACPS was meant for us! As many of you know, we do not own our home. When we moved out here we chose to rent because we had no idea about the schools and we didn't want to buy a home and end up disliking the school. Well, we have loved the school so much and have been so pleased that we have continued to rent. ACPS is only K-2 so next year will be Bailee's last year there. Maybe we'll buy after that but for now we are excited to have her finish her last year there and have our Braden Boy start his first year there! Thank you ACPS for another amazing year!
Here are pictures of some of the people we most love that helped make the year an awesome one. Thank You ladies!!!

And some random pics her teachers took throughout the year

First day of school...was it really that long ago?!

Makin' ice cream

1st Grade Field Trip...Yippee!

Mother's Day Program...so cute!

Field Day

CONGRATULATIONS on all your success this year Miss Bailee! Mom and Dad love you so much and are so proud of you. Keep up the good work and keep on smiling!

"You Raise Me Up"

After Bailee's 1st Grade Awards Program all the kids stood up and sang "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban. It was the cutest thing ever...absolutely priceless!

Be sure to pause the playlist at the very bottom and turn your volume up so you can hear the kiddos!

The seeds that the kids planted over spring break are growing beautifully! All 3 plants are doing very well. Brikelle's was the first one to start growing and Braden's wasn't far behind. Bailee's took quite awhile to start growing and I was a little concerned about it. But then one day we saw a little green leaf and now Bailee's is the first one to have a flower bloom! The kids love their plants and have been so excited watching them grow. Maybe by the time Daddy gets home the plants will be full of flowers!

Bailee's
Braden's

Brikelle's

Reading Awards Program

Today was the Reading Awards Program at Bailee's school. Her school does a home/school reading program and the goal is to have each student in the school read at least 100 books by the end of the year. Bailee's class had the highest amount of books read out of all the 1st grade! After they go through each class they announce the top students for each grade and the top student for the school. Bailee, her teacher and myself were very pleasantly surprised (or ecstatic!) when they announced Bailee's name as the top student for the 1st grade! She read a total of 846 books this year! (that includes chapter books...each chapter counts as a book) I am so proud of her and her accomplishment. Bailee works very hard in school and does very well. She loves books and loves to read. She has had an awesome 1st grade year and once again we have absolutely loved her teachers. We have been so blessed to be a part of the ACPS family and look forward to having two kids there next year! Although Bailee still has a week and a half to go before school is out, the end of 1st grade is going to be bitter-sweet...goodbyes are never fun! We LOVE you little Miss B and we LOVE ACPS!!!

Congressman Bob Etheridge with Bailee and her good friend

Bailee and the bestest 1st grade teacher ever...We love you Mrs. M!

Spirit Week

This week was Spirit Week at Bailee's school. Here are pictures of her for each day. And Bailee did all the posing herself...she loves the camera!

Tuesday: Tacky Day
Wednesday: Sports Day

Thursday: Crazy Hair Day

Friday: Red, White & Blue Day

We love Spirit Week!

Monday Makings

Okay, so we didn't actually make a craft this week. Since it was a holiday and Bailee was out of school, the kids opted to play in the sprinkler instead. So I took pictures of them having some fun! So while I was getting the sprinkler ready and putting sunscreen on the kids Braden says "Look at that animal in our yard Mom". I look up and see a frog hopping across the grass. We have lots of frogs around here so it wasn't that big of a deal until I saw what was chasing the frog and that's the "animal" Braden was talking about. A big, fat, black snake was slithering across the grass trying to get the frog. Umm...Eww! So in my head I'm freaking out but I remained calm as not to freak my children out. I told Braden to stay away but keep watching it while I went next door to get our wonderful neighbor! He grabbed his shovel and the kids and I lived happily ever after, the snake...not so much! So that was our excitement of the day. My neighbor couldn't find the snake at first so he asked me if it was big. Hello, I'm a girl and we're talking about a snake in my yard, YES it's ginormous as far as I'm concerned!!! Sorry I don't have a picture to share with you all...that was the last thing on my mind at the time!

P.S. In case any of you are wondering or worried, yes, the frog got away and made it to safety. Hopefully he isn't the same frog that is on the street squished and dried up!