Happy 5th Birthday Kendall!

 I can not believe that Kendall is now 5 years old! She really is our little princess. When asked what she wanted for her birthday she replied a pedicure. So this morning Kendall and I went out and got matching pedicures.

 She loved getting pampered!

 The nail place even had a chair just her size.

 She picked out pink polish, then had butterflies painted on her big toes, and then a sparkley top coat. I walked out with the same. She wanted us to match. :)

 We all met Trey for lunch, at McDonalds of course! Then Kendall decided she wanted to spend the rest of the afternoon in the pool.

 Kendall has told everyone all day that she is five and that's a handful.

 We had chocolate birthday cake this evening.

 She couldn't wait to blow out the candles.

Oh, and since I put trick candles on her cake she got to blow them out over and over. :)

8K

I ran my first 8K today, The Chattanooga Chase. It was a great way to start off Memorial Day. A good run really gets your blood flowing and gives you a nice boost of energy that can carry you through the day.

 Me with Kylee and Kendall all decked out in their stars and stripes.

 Me with all my girls!

 Kaitlynn was my photographer today. Above is a picture of me right after the start of the race and below is a picture of me about to cross the finish line.

 Everyone was waiting for me at the finish line. I think Kendall was the first one that spotted me. She started blowing kisses to me so I started blowing them back. :)

Ok, so the race was tough. The scenery was nice and the view at the top was amazing! Yes, I said top! Another race up a mountain! Ha, I love that my Garmin will graph the change in elevation of my runs. It even looks like a mountain on my computer screen! Anyways, I really didn't know what to expect for an 8K and did not set a time goal. I finished in 45:40, I'll take that! Especially since my Garmin says I walked half a mile of it. :p Those hills were rough!

Photo Friday

I guess this has been a busy week... Unfortunately when you are the youngest of three your nap time is the first thing to get cut from the schedule.

 Here are a few pictures of Kylee sneaking a nap in this week.

This last one is my favorite. Kylee took a 45 minute nap in my lap during Kaitlynn's awards ceremony. This child will sleep anywhere! I'm not sure if this is just her personality or an adaption she has made. Either way I'm not complaining.

Awards Ceremony - 5th Grade Graduate

I'll start by saying I'm not one that feels you should graduate at the end of every school year. However I do think that when it is your last year at a particular school such as an elementary school and the following year you enter a middle school then there is reason to celebrate and reflect. With that being said, Kaitlynn graduated from the 5th grade today. Next year she will be attending a school for grades 6th-8th.

 Along with her Completion of Elementary Studies Certificate of Achievement Kaitlynn was awarded numerous academic awards which I will try to list below.

 I tried to take a picture every time her name was called for an award, but I think I missed a few. Kylee was also sitting in my lap which made it hard to focus the camera.

 Here is a picture of the children that made straight A's the entire year. Seven of them. Only seven out of the whole school! I'm a very proud mama that Kaitlynn was one of them!

 Here is a picture of Kaitlynn with her librarian and librarian assistant. Kaitlynn's favorite award and the award that she is most proud of was given to her by her librarian. Kaitlynn had the most accelerated reader points this year out of all the students in the school. She also won this award last year. The Amazon gift certificate that comes with this award is a big hit. Kaitlynn's Kindle will be getting some new books downloaded on it very soon!

 Kaitlynn with her homeroom teacher. She has had such a great year and I know her awesome teachers are to thank for that.

 Kaitlynn sitting on the school sign. I couldn't pick the one I liked best so I posted them both. Goodbye Westside School.

I'm going to try to make a list of the awards she received below.

• The Victor General Award
• Most Accelerated Reader Points for this grading period
• Recognition for her Performance on the State Writing Assessment
• Maintaining a Level 6 all year (highest level for good behavior)
• Gold Honor Roll for this grading period
• Mathematics Mastery Award
• Certificate of Appreciation for Chorus
• Mathematics Outstanding Achievement Award
• Recognition for her achievement on Study Island
• Superior Achievement in Accelerated Reader for the 5th Grade 
• Gold Honor Roll for the Entire School Year
• 2 Year Victor Award
• Most Accelerated Reader Points in the entire school

I am super proud of her! She achieved this academic success at the same time she was excelling in Awana at our church and keeping up with her crazy soccer schedule. I guess busy agrees with her.

School's out for Summer!

Kendall and Kylee had their last day of preschool yesterday. They are now officially out for summer vacation! Since Kendall's birthday is next week her class celebrated it a little early. I took in a birthday breakfast for the kids and they sang happy birthday to Kendall. She also passed out invitations for her birthday party. Here is a picture of Kendall with her class. This is everyone except one little boy who was out of town.

 Here is Kendall with her teachers. She has really enjoyed her class this year. Kylee has also had a great year in her three year old classroom. I wanted to get a picture of Kylee and her teachers, but Kylee did not want to cooperate. These terrible threes are tough!

I love their preschool so much!

Water Day & Pirates!

Monday was water day at preschool. The kids got to have a picnic lunch and spend the afternoon outside playing in the water.

 The water slide was a big hit!

Kylee was exhausted and took a really long nap which worked out great since the five of us went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides that night. Here's a picture of me and Kendall in our 3D glasses.

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