End of another school year!

Lily & her teacher:



Today is the last day of school for my girls, and I realized that in only 30 minutes, Lily will no longer be in preschool! I know I'm probably going to cry when I pick her up and we have to say goodbye to her teacher and the aides in her room. She will be going to a new elementary school for kindergarten next year. She has had a great year and we all really love her teacher. I'm nervous about her going to kindergarten. But, we had our big meeting with all the school personnel a couple of weeks ago and she will have lots of support next year. She's going to have her reg. ed. kindergarten teacher, her resource teacher, an OT, Speech Therapist, and they are also going to put an aide in her classroom. I know it's going to be quite an adjustment for her, but I know the school staff will help her to have a positive experience.

I also can't believe that in just a few hours, Natalie will be finished with the 5th grade!!! Where did the time go? It seems like she just finished kindergarten! Next year will be her last year before middle school. That makes me feel really old! She always does well in school, though and I know she's going to do great next year too.

We are going to have such a busy summer! We should be moving into our new house by the first part of July. I have lots of packing to do in the next few weeks. I started packing a couple of weeks ago. But, I don't feel like I've made much headway yet. I'm dreading the actual move, but we can't wait to actually live in our new home! There's even a pool just a few houses down, so we can spend lots of time swimming this summer. With the scorching Texas temps, we're really going to need that pool!

**As requested, I have created a section of "Lilyisms". It's on the right side of the screen under the pictures of the girls**

Disney on Ice--"High School Musical"

We got free tickets to see "High School Musical" on ice last Thursday. It was a really great show! I think Coult even enjoyed it! Natalie loves High School Musical 1 & 2 and Lily loves the songs that are about basketball and baseball. Lily's face lit up when she saw the basketball players on the ice. Here are some pics from the show:

Ready for church...

I couldn't resist taking some pictures of our beautiful girls before church today.

New pictures of the house

Natalie's limo ride

I just sent Natalie off to school in a limo!!! She earned enough Accelerated Reading points (AR) to qualify for a limo ride to the school librarian's house! Once they get to the librarian's house, she and the other other 5th graders that qualified, get to eat donuts, watch two movies, and go out for pizza for lunch. She has worked so hard this year to meet her goal of 400 points. She exceeded that goal by earning 439 points! In order to earn points, students must read books and take tests on each book. Each book is worth a certain number of points if they make a 90 or 100 on the test. She also was in the top twenty AR readers at the school, so she has also earned lunch with the other top readers at the Outback Steakhouse next Monday during their school lunch time. We are so proud of her! I tried to take a picture of her standing by the limo, but unfortunately the battery on my camera died on me right as I was about to press the button. The librarian took a picture though, and she's supposed to send me a copy. Natalie was so excited this morning to see that limo pull up to our house! I know she's going to have so much fun today!

updated house photos

Here are some more pics of the house, as requested...Alisa ;) As of yesterday evening, the plumbing, electrical, and ac duct work were finished. The shingles were put on the roof this past week as well. It looks like things are ready for insulation and sheet rock. They also will be finishing the paint and brick on the outside soon (hopefully).