Addie's Last Day of Preschool...Family Picnic

Today was Addie's final day for her Mommy's Morning Out class! This has been such a fantastic year for her (and me too!). I am thrilled that Addie's first experience with "school" has been such a positive one. It was extremely important for me that Addie really enjoy and get something out of school, perhaps that is because I am a teacher and have personally always loved school. However, Addie seemed to surpass my every expectation! She would talk about her teacher and classmates throughout the week, and would cry if she was too sick to go to school. She knows her colors, shapes, and can count to ten (one to one correspondence is coming....). I looked back at my post in August of this past year, and was amazed at how much our little girl has grown. It is something about them going off to school and having a little independent time, that you can really begin to see them take off. We are really looking forward to our 2-K class in the fall...alphabet, here we come!
For her last day, her school arranged a family picnic on the grounds. We were SO blessed today because Justin had a test this morning, but got out in time to make the picnic. I packed her a "Jelly Jelly" (peanut butter/jelly sandwich) and some berries from our adventure this weekend.

She is definitely a people watcher...just like her Mommy!

While we were eating, we had a little friend drop by...a ladybug! So Addie had to play with it! (No worries - I washed her hands before she resumed eating!)

After we ate, Justin took her on a ride around the field and stopped off for a snowcone!

Guess who was making the snow cones?! Mrs. Susan! Addie hopped off her bike and ran to give her a hug! (Couldn't get a good picture in time! Oh well!)

She ate her snow cone so quickly, we were afraid she'd get a brain freeze! Addie was excited that Daddy came to her school; here she is giving him a big, wet kiss!

Once the snow cone was finished, Addie and Daddy started playing with bubbles. She loved running after them as the wind carried them away.


Before long, Addie's friend Anna Kate came by with her mommy to play. Addie was so cute!! She kept calling Anna Kate's name and laughing excitedly!

We had such a wonderful morning and are looking forward to an exciting and hopefully, a restful summer!