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Graduation

May 23, 2016

Maxwell’s preschool graduation was on Thursday of last week and it was as sweet as could be! He was all dressed up for the day and looking sharp!

graduation

He had a whole host of people there to watch him graduate – GJ, Susan, Lulu, Granddaddy, and obviously me and Robert. Samantha also got to get dressed up and go with us…

dress

I smartly chose to put her in the nursery for the graduation ceremony. This was my first time leaving her and apparently she didn’t like it…at all. I think she cried the entire time we were gone. Oh well! I was really glad Miss Wiggle Worm wasn’t with us in the church!

Luckily we had won reserved seats at the front of the church in the Street Party drawing so we could actually see Maxwell throughout the ceremony. What we saw was him standing perfectly still. I mean, perfectly still. He moved his lips to sing but that was about it! My little statue! I asked him later that night if he was nervous up there and he said “no” and then I asked him why he was standing so still and not moving to the music at all and he said, “We were supposed to stand still!” Well, he’s got a point! Maxwell is nothing if not a rule follower!  🙂

Here’s the link to the whole ceremony if you have lots of free time: Graduation 2015/2016

The ceremony was very sweet and the video they showed only made me tear up a few times! A great day all around. It’s so hard to believe his time at IPC is over after 5 fantastic years. Maxwell sure has had a wonderful year with Ms. Edwards…

edwards

edwards

Now we can’t wait for the kindergarten adventures to begin!

graduation

graduation

After the ceremony, everyone came over to our house for a quick lunch and a little celebration of the graduate!

graduation

graduation

graduation

A special day for a special little boy!!!

graduation

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School’s Out

May 20, 2016

It’s over! Yesterday was the last day of school! Both boys had fantastic years and we love our preschool more than ever!

Spencer on the first day...

spencer

and on the last day!

spencer

He had a great year in Mrs. Betsy’s class. At his end of the year conference she had nothing but wonderful things to say about him. He’s funny, sweet, and definitely “all boy!” He knows how to pay attention in class and has lots of friends – especially Jairus and Sebastian!

mrs. betsy

Front row: Sebastian, Spencer, Ella, Fielding, Sally, Will, Margaret
Back row: Ms. Anne, Jane Evelyn, Jackson, Shepp, Mrs. Betsy, Leo, Jairus, Stephen, Mary Lyda, Mrs. Judy

So thankful for Mrs. Betsy and all his sweet teachers!

Maxwell on the first day…

and on the last day! (well, actually the next to last day…he was dressed up for graduation on the last day so I thought this picture was better!)

last day of school

Mrs. Edwards just raved about Maxwell at his conference. She said he is more than ready for kindergarten! He’s a confident, smart, curious, responsible boy and she loooooves him! I do too!

mrs. edwards

Front row: Wilson, David, Anna, Glenn, Berkeley, Mary Francis, Joseph
Back row: Maxwell, Polly, Cate, Mrs. Edwards, Mary Hamner, Blair, Bay

Maxwell had so many wonderful days with this group of kids. I’m so grateful he had a fantastic year and is now ready for MBE!!

Hooray for a great year of school! Now we’re all ready for the lazy days of summer!

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Final week

May 19, 2016

For the final week of school, the 4s get to go all out with special themed days. Maxwell’s had fun dressing up!

Pirate Day!

pirate day

Arrrrgh! Spencer even got in on the fun that day!

pirate

Hawaiian Day! Hula Hula!

hawaiian day

Twinkies with Joseph at school!

hawaiian

PJ Day!

pj day

Backward Day!

backward day

and Hat Day!

hat day

Hiding out with his camo…  🙂

camo

What a fun week it’s been! Can’t believe the end of the school year is here!

 

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Buggin out

April 22, 2016

Maxwell had his Bug Parade up at school yesterday! Yea, I’m not really sure what that is either but, they made cute bug costumes so we got to go watch them parade around the playground and show them off for 5 minutes! 🙂

On my way in I walked past the playground to see this cutie out having fun with his class….

spencer

spencer

spencer

Here he is telling me, “Mom, dis is my friend, Sebastian…”

sebastian

I then made it over to the other playground just in time for the parade! Apparently the kids got to pick from a few bugs and Maxwell chose Dragon Fly! He thought the solid gray shirt today would go well with his wings and I have to agree!

bug parade

bug parade

bug parade

bug parade

The Top Dogs (5K) were the bug catchers! ha!

bug parade

It was quick and cute. I always love getting to go up to school and see my boys “in the wild” and interacting with their friends.

This one was the best looking dragon fly out there!

maxwell

ps – Maxwell stayed for soccer but I went on and took his costume home. I went to pick up Spencer and he loved getting to be a Dragon Fly for the walk to the car! shhh…don’t tell Maxwell!  🙂

dragon fly

I love my little bugs!

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Kindergarten Orientation

April 21, 2016

When we got home last week, Maxwell had a special surprise waiting on the mailbox!

kindergarten

It was his invitation to kindergarten orientation! Woohoo! We went on Tuesday and it was great.

kindergarten

Maxwell was pretty excited and it helped to walk in and see several familiar faces like Lila, Jack, Glenn, and Cate. We all sat in the auditorium at first while the principal introduced herself and all the kindergarten teachers. The kids then left with the teachers to check out the classrooms and get a little treat in the lunchroom! The parents stayed in the auditorium to learn about important things like school lunches, carpool, and what shoes to wear for PE!  🙂  We also got LOTS of good information about ways to get involved with the PTO. No surprise, I’ve already signed up! We then all went downstairs to find the kids who were having a fun time and enjoying a huge cookie. Kindergarten is off to a great start!

With Glenn and Cate…

kindergarten

Outside after orientation with some buds…

kindergarten

These kids are going to hit the ground running in kindergarten!!

kindergarten

I’m really excited for Maxwell. I’m also a little sad. He’s growing up so fast and I’m really going to miss him next year when he’s at school. 7:50 to 2:50 is a long day! That said, I know he’s ready and I cannot wait for him to experience and learn all the fantastic things MBE is going to teach him. He’s SUCH a good kid. He’s smart, he’s curious, he’s personable…he’s READY for kindergarten!

mbe

MBE here we come!!!

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