A little late, but here are some first day of school pictures!
Helena loooooooves her new *chambray*. I think this outfit is totally her!
Tempe chose a little dress with deer all over it. Again, so her!
Helena is in afternoon kindergarten but she wanted to wear her backpack when we walked Tempe to school. I love this sweet picture of them holding hands!
I got to go to kindergarten with Helena on the first day. It was exciting!
Last year we started a tradition of having cookies every Friday afternoon. For the first Friday of the year, I made a giant white chocolate macadamia nut cookie that said "Happy first week of school!" Now we've been in school for almost two full weeks and we are settling into our homework-doing, lunch-making routine. Tempe loves first grade, eating lunch at school, and having three recesses. Helena loves her teacher and the new friends she is making. Mom loves that Juno naps while the older girls are at school!
Welcome to summer!! School is officially out and I sure am glad. While it was nice having some alone time this year while the girls were at school, I sure love having them with me and I am looking forward to a fun summer spent all together. Even though today was the last day, Tempe had her kindergarten graduation yesterday. They even marched in to Pomp and Circumstance. The look on Tempe's face was priceless. You could tell that she was so proud of herself! She was a little nervous to do her part of the program, but she did a great job.
Official kindergarten graduate!!
Tempe loved her kindergarten teacher. She's moving up to first grade, so who knows, maybe Tempe will have her two years in a row!
I saw this idea floating around the internet last year (on this Tip Junkie post--#15--and incidentally, #4 is from me and #13 is from a lady that lived in my mom's ward in TN about 10 years ago!) The banner said "happy summer" and was really cute, but you can't read it in this picture. I put it up while Tempe was at school for a surprise, but next year I think I'll put it up the night before the last day of school so they can see it all morning before school!
And here she is crashing through it to officially start her summer break! I have a lot of ideas to make this the best summer ever. I mean, a lot, everything from fun outings to take every week, to how to manage our daily routine, to a brand new chore/allowance system I am going to break out this month. Lots of good intentions, we'll see how long it lasts!
