and just like that.....

Just like that, the school year has ended!!!!

 

I'm shocked to say 2nd grade is over already - how is that possible?  I know the last month has felt really really busy - but what happened to the rest of the year?

 

Here she is on her first day of 2nd Grade..... 

 

Here she is on her last day!

 

 

 

Of course I had her hold a picture of her on her first day

 

 

 

 

She not only grew a lot physically but mentally - wow!!  HUGE difference from the beginning of the school year!

 

She got all As on her report card, she really did work hard this year.  I am a proud mom!!!!

 

Here is our super star dancer before her big show.  I brought her a snack to have some energy to sustain her through her dances.  I'm really not sure who this young lady is...where is my baby????

 

 

I kid you not, this was the best recital ever!  It was soooo fun! and doesn't her dance instructor pick out the best costumes!!

 

 

 

 

SOOOO fun when "what did the fox say" song came on....seriously!!!  I loved every second of it!

 

 

 

 Ballet time!! 

 

 

 

 

She's SOOO into it!!!  She told me she wanted to make me proud.... awwwwwwww :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the line up for their boot scootin tap boogie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ultimate action shot!

 

 

 

 

I really am proud of her!  She and all her girls rocked it!!!

 

One last time

Mikayla got to wear her First Communion dress one more time.  All of the second graders were allowed to wear their dresses/suits to school today for church and a reception where they are going to get cake and sprite (according to Mikayla).

 

 

I will confess, I didn't know what to do with her short hair...yikes!!!  I had it up in a pony, tried to put it in a bun, then a different bun, then yes a third kind of bun....none of them were working acceptably so she wore it down and I used the topsy tail on a small section - phew!

 

 

um...when did she get this grown up?

 

 

 

 

I had to take this picture...she was looking in the mirror because she bit her lip.  I did ask her if she was ok before taking picture LOL!

 

 

I think this concludes our First Communion celebrations (for now at least). 

 

Wow......

Another life changing event this week

You might guess......  It's not life changing for us (well too much) but it will help someone else.  Mikayla decided it's time to cut her hair again and donate it to Locks of Love.

 

 

Posing for me while she's watching a movie.... (silly girl)

 

 

ACK!!!!  We're taking off a foot of hair - I have been teased recently about how most people talk about hair in inches...while my house talks about hair in foot measurements HA!!

 

 

There we are!

 

 

 

WOW!!

WOO HOO!!!!

 

 

YEESH!

 

 

Ahhhh some of the wave/curl will come back again!

 

 

 

She was excited to wear it down today to show her friends. I told her that I still get to do pony's and braids though. 

 

 

 

Wow!!!!  I didn't even cry this time!