Oh my goodness, Steve and I have another kindergarten graduate! Our girls are growing up so quickly! As you can imagine, the end of the year in kindergarten is filled with lots of fun events that will create memories to last a lifetime!
DAISIES:
Charlie has completed her first year of Daisies (the step before Brownies and Girl Scouts). She had a great troop with 10 girls and mommy got to be one of her leaders! She learned so many incredible lessons and values. I am so proud of her.
KINDERGARTEN'S FAMOUS LUNCH WITH DADDY DAY:
Or as us mommies call it, "the dreaded box project." In celebration of Father's Day, the students are supposed to create a "lunch box" that they will use when their daddy comes to school for the "Lunch with Daddy" event. This is not my first time at the rodeo so I knew going into this project a couple of things:
1) They don't ACTUALLY use the box for lunch.
2) The box is supposed to represent a shared interest between daddy and child
3) The box is a "family project" (which means mommy makes it)
4) All the mommies stay in the classroom on the day the boxes are dropped off so that they can be proud of their child's (uhhh, I mean their own) work.
Now, with all that being said, Charlie told me that she wanted to make her box "all by herself." She was very adament about this and I was proud of her for making this decision. I helped her use wrapping paper to wrap a shoe box of her choosing so that the lid could come off. Then I gave her various materials (that she was thrilled about) to create her box. She was delighted with the end result. She carried her box proudly to class. It took all of about 10 seconds of seeing the other boxes for Charlie to have a full meltdown about her substandard box. She was destroyed that he box did not have all of the gadgets and pop-ups of the other boxes.
She was right. Her box did not. But... her box was the only one made all by herself and I was so, so proud of that. Unfortunately, she could not see why this was such an accomplishment. She wanted one like her friends. At this point, mommy is so sad and disappointed with herself because she KNEW BETTER!! Like I said, it's not my first time at the rodeo and I knew what the boxes would look like so I felt as if I set her up for failure.
No worries... Mommy went straight to Michael's craft store after work and enlisted Daddy to hit up the golf shop for some real-life props!
In 45 minutes... Mommy created this:
BOO-YAW!
AH-HA... CHECK THIS OUT!!
Not only did Charlie now have the most kick-butt 3D lunch box I could muster, she also had the only interactive box in kindergarten! Miniature golf lunch box complete with putting green, golf clubs, and balls for all the kids to try.
Oh well, live and learn...I'm just glad that she turned that frown upside down. I will say though that her original (most perfect box in my opinion) is proudly displayed in the playroom holding all of her most prized possessions. I think she was proud of it after all!
HUKILAU:
Two classes from kindergarten put on an amazing Hawaiian performance called the Hukilau at the end of the year. They have been practicing the dances forever! Ryan had the same teacher and this is the PRIMARY reason I wanted to have Mrs. Baker too! It is amazing!
Can you see Charlie?
She was awesome!
And had a very difficult speaking part!
She nailed it!
The mommies get to go out on the dance floor and dance with their little connies and wahinis.
Charlie was lucky to have an entire entourage of supporters dancing with her!
Lucky girl!
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL:
The last day of kindergarten is bitter sweet for sure. It marks such a milestone for us to watch our youngest move on to bigger things. Unbeknownst to the grown ups, some of the kids decided to be twins. Charlie told me that her and Avery wanted to dress alike on the last day but I had no idea that others were in on the fun too...
Twinsies: Ava F. and Ava S. and Avery and Charlie
Oops, I meant triplets... Elyse, Avery, and Charlie!
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We're so proud of you Char Bear! You have had a great year. You have learned so much and grown in so many ways! I'm sad to see kindergarten go but I am so excited for you to start first grade in the fall. Congratulations Charlie!
2 comments:
A+ Charlie for completing your first year of Daisies. We're sure you were attentive in all your activities!
A+ Mom and Dad for so quickly coming to Charlie's rescue on the box project!
A++ For letting her do it herself, first!
A+ Charlie on learning all the moves for the Hukilau and for being chosen for the speaking part. You "nailed it" and nailed it looking oh so cute!
Looks like you have a great group of friends to move up to First Grade with. Congrats on a great year ... you will shine in the First Grade, for sure! xo
Aunt Casey & Uncle Bubba
Dear Charlie, Grandpa & Nona are so very proud of you for wanting to and making your very own lunch box and encourage you to be proud of your work always! Congrat’s on leaving Kindergarten and moving on to 1st grade. We know that you will be a superstar next year. Love you!
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