The cutest dalmation ever!

Isabella made her acting debut in a small production of 101 Dalmations!

 Isabella's teacher and her children were sweet enough to come see Isabella's acting debut!

 Theresa came too and even brought her flowers (as she did to Gianna's debut violin performance!)

Father's Day + some bonus excitement!

Gianna's card to her daddy - I took this picture to show how she added sticks of gum to it.  She's always so thoughtful...

Isabella lost tooth #3 - her first top tooth to come out!

Here's her cute new smile!

First Violin Recital

 When I get it, I will add the video of her rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" on here!

Last Day of First Grade

With their awesome morning bus driver... Not only does he spoil them, he lets them scream at the top of their lungs until the other kids get picked up! He also has been know to go out of his way to drive past an albino deer. And the best part?? - He has promised the girls he'll let any deer ride on the bus if it wants to go to school with them. They are always working on getting that to happen!

I honestly did not plan on doing anything special this year, but according to the girls, last year started a tradition.  And they know how important traditions are!

I made them each a summer reading journal and gave them a each a new book.

Last weekend we spent some time figuring out our summer goals...

I wish I would have taken more pictures of this, but honestly the thing they were most excited about was all the books I got from the library for them!

Flowers the kids have picked during the week...

I decorated the front door for when they got off the bus...

That is just the beginning.  Next we are going out to a late lunch/early dinner.  Then we wanted to do our tradition of backyard camping on their last day, but the weather is a bit cold for that, so we'll be "camping" in the living room tonight!

Added later... 
the kids get cozy as they eat their yogurt for dessert!

Donut Day

At the girls' school Fun Night they had a silent auction. One of the things I won was a donut delivery to the girls' classroom. Their teacher was sweet enough to take pictures of it for me!

And yes, Isabella is wearing zebra ears.  She is a huge fan of headwear!

Elementary School Art Show

Taken by the girls' school principal...

  (sorry this is so out of focus!)