First day out of school . . . indoor picnic lunch . . . Dad working on the play fort . . . cheerleading practice :). I love the HUGE smile I caught on Simon's face many times yesterday! We are thrilled to have all our "big kids" home with us for the summer! Off to set up our summer house at camp today.

For several months, Kara has been wanting to donate her hair to Locks of Love. After school on the last day, we headed over to see Mrs. Chandra, and Kara shared her hair and got a very big girl haircut - ready for summer & 1st grade :)!!

After Keith's graduation, I quickly snuck over to the other end of the building for Kara's kindergarten graduation. She was BEAMING as they sang a few songs and received their diplomas from Mrs. G who was one of two teachers her class enjoyed. Mrs. Bain and Mrs. G both have young kiddos at home (Mrs. Bain, even, had a baby a couple of weeks ago), so they split the week all year long loving on Kara's class. She wanted her picture taken with a few friends, too. She is super excited to be a 1st grader next year!

Jacob had an awards ceremony on Wednesday. He received the Math Whiz award :)! He enjoyed perusing his report card and admiring his ADV (advanced) marks all the way down the Math column. He found out he and are best bud, Garrett, will both have the same teacher next year, Mrs. Wakefield. This is the teacher Keith had this year.

Keith is now, OFFICIALLY, a middle schooler!!! Thursday afternoon he graduated from 5th grade. I haven't figured out how to get good pictures in gymnasiums, but he did a great job giving a little speech! He received two certificates. One for doing his "job" which was playing with kindergarteners every Thursday, and the other, his diploma! Yippee!

Caught a few shots of this sweet little character, Danielle :)! She and Simon and Kara found 2 batman masks around the house the other day and can be found wearing them for all kinds of activities. Danielle prefers to put hers on backwards, hanging on her ponytail or across her forehead. When she puts it on, she says, "Mom, ca see" (i.e. - "Mom, come see") because that's what Simon and Kara yell whenever they have something cool to show me. She also enjoys wearing the doctor glasses from the doctor kit (why are those included??? Do all doctors wear glasses???). The middle pictures include some of ours, and Danielle's, favorite friends, Mr. Jeff & Mrs. Lori! Danielle doesn't much like to share her Mr. Jeff, but didn't seem to mind Ian taking up part of his lap while sleeping (didn't demand Mr. Jeff's attention that way). Poor Rosie (the Cormier's dog) often runs to Lori for protection from the "love" of Danielle. Lori, though, graciously accepts Danielle lovin' (even at her knees while doing dishes :)! SUPER FRIENDS!!!