Pre-K Graduate

I thought I better dust off the ole blog again to get ready for some summer bloggin’
It is HARD to believe that I am no longer a M.O.P! (Mother of a Preschooler!) Ava graduated PreK today!


Its so hard to believe that the past 3 years have FLOWN by.
Her first day of Preschool in August of 2010

You can read about it here.
Ava has been super blessed with A.M.A.Z.I.N.G  teachers over the past 3 years. Each one of them is so dear to us in so many different ways.
2 of her teachers came to her recent Ballet RecitalI mean really?! How awesome is that?!

Ava surprised her friends today with bucket full of summer fun items.

Her sweet teacher invited the class to bring their favorite doll for an end of the year tea party.


Here are a few more pictures from her graduation ceremony!







Well, come back tomorrow….her big brother graduates from Kindergarten!

Ballerina

So I think I have a major case of Blog Neglect!
I promised my Mother In Law I would put these picture up over a week ago….and here I am finally getting down to business!
Ava has begged and begged to take ballet for over a year now. We have let her explore with a few activities, but I do think this may be our “winner”
Enjoy!


I am sure we will have lots more “tutu pictures!”

I blinked…..

and this precious package….

turned F.I.V.E!

Oh.My. Word…..where did the time go? My B.A.B.Y. is F.I.V.E! Of course there is no better place (in my opinion!) to celebrate than The American Girl Store! I love love love teaching Ava about the values and characteristics  I see in the American Girl books…and I love to encourage her pretend play and the way she plays with her dolls. I want her to play like a little girl for as long as possible!
We made a reservation for afternoon tea on the afternoon of her birthday!

We had Tea….



We had friends….





We had LOTS of food and yummys….

We had presents……



We had Present “Security”

We EVEN had Daddy…..

And as crazy as it was…..2 hours later we went to EAT again…..at Japanese Steak House! Ava loves to cook and we thought this would be a super fun birthday dinner!



Such a fun fun day…..I hope my dear Ava, you have many many more wonderful birthdays!