Gearing up for Kindergarten

Jules has been so busy lately getting ready for Kindergarten.  She got the official Kindergarten haircut.  She wanted to go shorter but I was just worried she would have a meltdown.  None so far though, she says she loves it!  Here is the before and after!

We attended a County event for school at the mall where they had all kinds of information on classes, buses, etc. This is their anti-bullying campaign sign.  They have celebrities take pictures with these signs all of the city.

She started cheerleading!

She had her Pre-K graduation.  I just love the picture.  We were so pumped up for it and celebrated with breakfast and dinner.  She was so excited to be a part of the small group that was singing a song.  We got there early to get a seat in the front, etc.  Needless to say, you know when you get that ready for something, that it isn't going to go right.  Well, without going in to the nitty-gritty details, it definitely did not go well!  And, it still really hasn't been rectified with the school.  She was very upset (they forgot to call her name for the song and didn't redo it even though she told her teacher twice) but she got to introduce the class before they got their diplomas (because Michael let them know about it!)  Sometimes you have to let people know how you feel and he definitely did that! 

 

The school really did a great job of putting it on though.  I was impressed --- until I saw how they handled the little incident, which was not well, by the way!  The kids were in small groups to do different "showcases" - the Pledge, Days of the Week song, phone numbers and addresses, vowel sounds, sight words, etc. 

 

Everything ended up okay - as you can tell, she was still pretty pumped about the whole night!

 

 

 



Then, we threw a big party with her best friend's parents at their house and she got to have her first sleepover!  I was sad and did not sleep the entire night but she had a blast and would have stayed longer the next day if she had it her way.  They stayed up until 1:30 in the morning and woke up at 6:30 in the morning - I think it's safe to say that the BFFs parents didn't sleep either!!  Aren't they cute!  She got that charm bracelet and a shooting star charm for the graduation - she really liked it!

 

 

And then, same weekend, she lost her third tooth - a front one this time - and while eating chocolate chips in cookie dough!

 



 

 It really is true that time just flies when you get older.  This is her at 6 months and then the night of graduation, about 5 years and 6 months!  I couldn't love her more!