Kindergarten Graduation

In May Madalyn finished Kindergarten at Hewitt Elem. and had her first Graduation. Madalyn loved her first year in school and made great progress in reading and counting. We were fortunate to have family come and share in Madalyn's graduation. Meme & Papa, Aunt Amy , Mason, Bryson, Jackson, & Teegan (cousins), and Mema & Pepa (great grandparents) were all able to come. They had a little program were they sang several really cute songs. We have video of it but it is way to long for the blog. Here are a few pictures of this exciting day.

Madalyn walking in to the graduation music.

Madalyn waiting for her name to be called.

Mrs. McMahan gives Madalyn her diploma.

Madalyn with her teacher Mrs. McMahan.

Madalyn with her daddy.

Madalyn with her Mommy.

Papa & Meme with Madalyn.

Pepa & Mema with Madalyn.

Four generations.

Aunt Amy, Mason, Bryson, Jackson, Teegan & Madalyn.

Ethan & Madalyn.

Zoo Field Trip

Ethan had a field trip to the zoo on Tuesday April 21st. I was not able to go with him so I don't have any pictures.

On Wednesday April 22nd Madalyn had a zoo field trip. I was able to go on this field trip. I was incharge of Madalyn & another little girl from her class. We made it around half the zoo and then took a break to eat lunch in front of the zoo. After we finished our picnic we headed back into the zoo to see the rest. I had a very nice time being with Madalyn's class. I hope I can continue to go on field trips with my children.

Dr. Seuss Week (March 2nd-6th)

We celebrated Dr. Seuss's Birthday this week at school. We had lots of fun activities making green eggs and ham for the kids to eat, a hat parade and a little visit from the Cat in the Hat as he read his story. Ethan was asked to be Thing 1 for the reading. Ethan did not want to do this at first, but with a little convencing from mom he agreed to it.

Thing 1 & Thing 2 in the "Box of Fun"

The Cat in the Hat and the Goldfish

Thing 1 & Thing 2 pop out

Ethan is Thing 1

Thing 1 & Thing 2 meet the boy and girl

Metting at different angle

Not sure what to do

Still waitng

Back in the Box

Thing 2 & Thing 1 (Meme made the outfits for the dolls)

The cast

The goldfish with Thing 1 & Thing 2

First Day of School

Madalyn's 1st day of Kindergarten!!

She is so excited!

Yesterday (Tuesday) was Madalyn's first day Kindergarten. I got Madalyn up to eat breakfast while I made her lunch. Then she got dressed and was ready to go.

She loves her new "My Little Pony" backpack

I was taking to long. She kept telling me I was going to make her late.

(We still had 20 min. before we needed to leave)

Daddy & Madalyn

Mommy & Madalyn

Ryan & I both took her to school we walked her inside and took her to the gym were they meet every morning for assembly. We found her Teacher (Mrs. McMahan). They allowed the parents to stay for assembly. During this time they say "The Pledge of Allegiance" , "Texas Pledge of Allegiance" and "The School Pledge".

Madalyn sitting with her class in the gym

Madalyn listening to her teacher

Madalyn saying bye to Daddy

Madalyn

Before Assembly the PE teacher, Coach Chick came and gave Madalyn big hug and talked to her for a little bit. Then she came and talked to me. (As a side note Coach Chick was my coach in Elementary at Axtell. Actually she was K-12 so she was also Amy's basketball and track coach. So, we have known her for many years. Now she is at Midway and gets to be Madalyn's coach.)

Madalyn is very excited to have someone at the school she knows. It also makes me feel better knowing someone at the school. I cried as I watched Madalyn walk to her class. Madalyn was nervous but also very excited.

Madalyn walking to class with her classmates

When I picked her up from school she said she had a good day. I felt like I was pulling teeth to get her to elaborate on her day. After we talked about her day I was glad to know that she likes her teacher and had a good day.

Last Day of School

Friday was Madalyn's last day of school in Bryan, TX (b/c of our move to Round Rock). Madalyn's friends all wanted to give her a hug and say goodbye. It is so cute to see the friendships she made in just a few months of school. I took a picture of Madalyn with her teachers.

Christmas Party!

Madalyn had her first school christmas party on Dec. 20th. They got to exchange gifts (books) with the person they had previously picked. Madalyn was very excited to give the book to her friend b/c she helped pick it out and wrap it. The kids all seemed to be excited to exchange books. After the gifts the kids set at the tables and decorated sugar cookies.

The kids enjoyed having all the party treats and then they got to show off. They sang and danced to some christmas songs they had been learning.

They were so cute!!

Winter Field Trip!

Madalyn's class had it's second fieldtrip of the year and they went to the Christmas Tree Farm. The same one we went to the weekend before the field trip. Madalyn was even more excited to go this time because she was going to ride on the school bus. I'm not sure why but that has been the highlight of both fieldtrips. This time I rode on the bus with her to save money/gas. It takes about 40 min. to get to the farm by bus, by the time we got to the farm Madalyn asked if she could ride with her friends on the way back to school. I guess it wasn't as much fun with mom sitting next to her. We ended up arriving at the farm late which only gave us about 30 min. to get through everything that normally takes about 45-60 min. The children started off by listening to the owner talk about the process of growing trees. This was very interesting because I didn't know the process. Then we all got on the hayride and we got to see trees that were 1 year old up to 8 year old trees (the 8 year old trees were huge). After the hayride the class got to pick out a tree for the classroom. Once the tree was cut and bundled the children were hurried back on the bus and they ate a sack lunch on the trip back to school.