More Water Day Pictures

Evan loves roly polies - she loves most bugs, in fact. She found a roly poly and had to show everyone. I had to babysit it while she played. Luckily, her memory is fairly short - with some things. After playing in the water for a while, they decided to play in a huge mud puddle created by their fun. I didn't get a picture of her actually in the puddle, but her face and bathing suit prove that she was there!

Last Day of Preschool

Today was WATER DAY at school since it was the last day. Ms. Lisa brought a Slip n Slide, body paint, colored foam soap, water balls and water balloons. They loved it all! I have lost count of how many bathing suits Evan has (I found a ton on clearance at the end of last summer and then found some cute new ones this spring), but her favorite one is this one. I think it is very cute, but it sure does mess up her tan line.

2022 Benton High School Graduate

Thursday was Evan's preschool graduation. She is so excited to be that much closer to starting Kindergarten. As each child walked up to get their diploma, the director told what each wants to be when they grow up. Evan wants to be a cowgirl and a cheerleader. Does that mean we have a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader on our hands? Since this was the first time I'd heard anything about cheering, I had to ask her about it. She said Cade (one of her many friends in our neighborhood) was going to play football, and she wanted to cheer for him. She made a cute preschool graduate regardless of what she wants to be 20 years from now.

At the end of the ceremony, her class was presented as the Benton High School graduating class of 2022. 2022???!!!???! I hastily figured in my head that Mike would be 61 years old when she graduates from high school (and did not bother to refigure for a few days). I 'freaked out' a while wondering what business we had pursuing a second adoption if we were going to be that old! I finally refigured and was thrilled to find that I need to take a math class. Mike will only be 55 when she graduates! Maybe we will get to retire one day afterall!

More Basketball

Evan does not like for me to say she is playing basketball...it is KinderTot. Here are some shots I took before her performance. I just love that she can be such a tomboy but also enjoy dressing up. She loves playing with cars as much as Barbies.

Shine Time

Today was Evan's time to shine with Kinder TOT - a basketball skills class. She participates in a Kinder TOT class once a week, and today was their 'recital'. She did very well and was so entertaining. She especially loved posing with her trophy and showing off her muscles.

Gymnastics Achievement Ceremony

A few months ago Evan moved to the next older gymnastics class and has been doing very well. She is so close to doing a back flip, she just doesn't realize it. Miss Britney is really good with her and says she has a lot of potential. This class has a small achievement ceremony from time to time. Evan was so excited to get her ribbon.

Happy Mother's Day!

It has been a great weekend! Mike, Evan & I completely redid our living room. We bought new furniture, repainted with a slate blue and a chocolate brown accent wall and are now ready to put up our new decorations. Evan helped out a lot by painting with her own little roller. This was all part of my Mother's Day present. We took a break so she could make me a pink cake with pink frosting and sprinkles. She did a great job! Now usually she will eat either the frosting or the cake, but not both. This time she ate both and kept saying how she just couldn't get enough of the cake.

Sunday morning I found her wrapping my present - one of her stuffed animals. She told me that she liked this puppy except when his ears flopped down - that's why she was giving it to me. I'm supposed to snuggle with it. We had a great afternoon with family.