VBS

My dad graciously took on the challenge of entertaining a 4 year old for the whole entire week (well mostly)... he was exhausted by Friday!!! Actually he was probably exhausted by Tuesday but he'd never say it! Well..... yes he would..... hee hee.....

We met at my park and ride in the mornings and off to VBS they went, it was a great time. Here is her VBS week :)

No cavity club!!!

I'm so proud of Mikayla, we had our six month check up this morning and she did such a good job!!! She sat in the chair like a big girl while Miss Brenda polished and cleaned (even used the sucker thing). I just can't say how amazing this little girl is. While my teeth were being polished, she was just chattering away with Miss Brenda. I think even Brenda enjoyed having us there today!

Boat Show

We went to the boat show this past weekend. It was so nice to be out of the heat for awhile and still on boats... LOL kind of weird huh. Of course we picked out a favorite motor boat (a jet black VIP) oh it IS amazing. I think we'll be crossing over from sail boats to motor boats for awhile. We've had sail boats together for almost 15 years and 7 of them with our boat docked in the same area. It sure is fun to look at them!

Here she is trying out some new boats :)

Pools, bubbles, shark fins, kites and fun!!!

Starting out the weekend at the pool - ahhhhhh feels gooooooood!

Then we set up camp on the beach..... It was so hot and so much direct sun, we brought our own shade :)

Mikayla had a skin rash (caused by strep) so I had her play inside the gazebo out of the direct sun (at least part of the time).

What is better than a Princess kite..... come on now.....(one of Mikayla's quotes... say it in your head with a southern drawl.... come on now - that's what she sounds like)

Bubbles on the beach!!! YAY!!!

Michael and Mikayla were exploring and found a fin.... yes... a real live (probably shark) FIN!! EWWWWWW it was pretty fresh.... ick ick ick

My little poser

Goofball

Cheeseball

Pool time!!! (and time to wash off sand - brilliant plan and more comfortable for the long ride home!)

We had a nice relaxing time!!!! I'm so happy we can enjoy just enjoying!!!! Now I did find something out about Mikayla this weekend, I had a suspicion but it was MORE than confirmed.... she is NOT ready to ask Santa for fishing gear (which is what she had previously stated)..... you wouldn't believe how squeemish she is... 10 times (or more) WORSE than me.... there is NOOOOOO way she could handle catching a fish (yet) even seeing the crab shells on the beach sent her running (and screaming) (and crying) for cover!

Buckets!!!!

Who knew the buckets were so important!! Today Mikayla got to play hookie with her Papa. They had grand plans to go to lunch and then over to the community pool and have a pool day. Well those plans were changed when they found out the pool isn't open on Tuesdays.... so Mikayla was upset and sort of crying then she looked up at her Papa and said, well we're just going to have to get the buckets out.... so that's exactly what they did!

I'm not sure who had more fun.... Mikayla or Jennifer!

She has been playing in these buckets since she could barely walk....... such fun!!!! She sure has always been drawn to the water..... here are some pictures from June 2007 - WOW!

I LOVE this picture!!! LOL

Pre-K Graduation

We had Mikayla's Pre-Kindergarten graduation ceremony last night. It was the most awesome experience. It was sooooo much fun. We are all feeling practically hung over today (even without drinks) it was just such an event!

It started out with a slide presentation of each of the graduates showin their baby picture and their professional graduation picture... I wish it had shown up better but I loved seeing our girl up on the big screen!


Here they are starting to come in, the lady in the black top is Miss Lauren, Mikayla is right behind her :) she got to lead her class in, she was sooooo excited!


Here is where she spotted us! I really don't know who was more excited, her or me!!! I did good with the whole crying thing.... LOL

Here is the entrance video, all the kids in blue are the kindergarten class, the red robes are pre-k. There are actually 2 pre-k classes, Mikayla is in the 2nd.

Each class did two songs (one in english and one in spanish) then they received their "diploma" then the next class came up and did the same. It was so well organized and SOOOO much fun! Here is one of Mikayla's songs, it was Jeramiah was a bull frog (edited for kids) it was so cute, she was sooooo into it (she is the first kiddo on the far left). My camera man...(Michael) drifted a few times...but did a good job!

She's waiting her turn to get her diploma...... she was so cute, she clapped for all of her friends as they got their diplomas!!!

Here is our girl getting her diploma from Miss Tanya the school director.

PHEW now we're outside in the courtyard.... the kids were SOOOOOOO tired, such a long day. When I dropped her off in the morning, you could feel the tension, anxiety, excitement everything from both the teachers and the kids, the shool was WORKED UP!!!! The ceremony wasn't until 7:00 pm so these kids were EXHAUSTED!!! Some were melting down, some were just crying... and some were just happy it was over with (I think that's the catagory we were in).

Here is Miss Lauren and Miss Ellis, they have done so much work with Mikayla, we really appreciate everything!!! It's been a great year and Mikayla has learned soooooooo much.

Her very first professional graduation pictures.... oh my, where has the time gone!!!! *sniff sniff*

Our Little Dancer

I took the afternoon off from work and went to see Mikayla's dance class. It was parent observation day so it wasn't an official recital but it was sooooooo cute!!!

Here is my little dancer starting some stretches.

I took a ton of video but these are my three favorites :)

Hip hop

Ballet

Little ballet but I love the stretching/warm up :)

Here is Mikayla's teacher Miss Stephanie, she does such a wonderful job with the kids!!! I'm so happy I went to see her in action. Afterwards I took Mikayla out for an ice cream (gasp - before dinner)....LOL!

I love days like this!