Graduation Day

Another year, another graduation day. This year we had two reasons to celebrate; Jack finished his first year of pre-school, Annabelle her second!

The day was very similar to last year- each class did a performance on stage in the temple auditorium then received a diploma. Afterwards they went over to the school yard for fun and games.

Before the ceremony: Annabelle and a few of her classmates pose for some pictures with their teachers.

Jack's class performing their "special" song.

Getting their diplomas!

Annabelle on stage with the class.

Being transformed into a puppy.

Snacks on the steps.

Oreos with Papa.

I tried to get them to stand together for a picture; it was hopeless.

Damaged

This morning I found Annabelle lying face down at the bottom of the back stairs. I guess she was running and tripped over the threshold, tumbling down head first. She has some bumps and bruises, mostly on her face, but she is OK. Thankfully, nothing is broken!

Soccer Has Begun... Again!

Spring soccer started a couple of weeks ago. It's amazing how much has changed over the few short winter months since the fall soccer season ended. For one, the club got new uniforms. But even more notable, is the fact that Annabelle has gone from an enthusiastic non-scoring member of the team to THE dominating force, scoring as many as 8 goals in one game!

Other changes this season; Jack has officially joined the team! He was pretty excited about being old enough to play this season, mostly because he wanted the uniform, but he has surprised us in that he is actually a pretty good player- much better than Annabelle was at his age!

At the first game, Jack seemed pretty nervous- not really knowing what to do, but by the second game he was right out there chasing the ball with the rest of the kids. By game three, he was even making contact with the ball- PROOF below:

Yet another goal scored by Annabelle- tongue hanging out!

This season Nick was asked to coach his own team- The head coach of the Jaguars moved up with the older kids, taking his team name with him, and thus 'The Bandits' came to being. The Bandits, or Banditos, as Nick likes to call them, are undefeated so far but shhhhhh; we're not really supposed to be keeping score ;)