Baby Tessa

Last week, Luke and Anna got a new baby cousin!  Her name is Tessa Jo.  They really liked meeting her.  

Anna

Happy birthday to Paige and fireworks

Paige had a fun princess themed party!

We had a good turn out to watch fireworks this year.  All of Lukey and Anna's cousins were there!

Front teeth

Luke's 2 front teeth were barely hanging on for a few weeks then finally came out within days of each other.  He really likes his teeth to take their time coming out. The first one was so loose that it fell right out of his mouth onto the floor at school.  The next came out at Colony.  

What a smile!

End of the year for Anna and dance recital

Anna's end of the year party was at High Velocity.  The kids first played soccer and ran around on a field.  Then they played in the bounce houses.  Anna liked her class a lot and loved going to school. Once I tried to get her to stay home because she looked a little under the weather and she threw a fit because she didn't want to miss a day.  She met some nice friends.  Her teacher was always very impressed with how advanced her writing, math and reading is.  She can do basic adding and subtracting and is starting to understand basic multiplication concepts.  She has also started reading chapter books.  
At the beginning of the year she was little quiet in class but by the end the teacher said she talked non-stop.  To everyone but her at least.  Her teacher was very nice but Anna never totally warmed up to her.  She didn't hold it against Anna though and seemed to really like her.  She'll do great in kindergarten and will be starting girl scouts in the fall.  She is also doing well in piano.  It is wonderful to hear her play.  She sometimes puts on concerts for her cats.  

This was before the dance recital.  These 4 are BFFs.  

Anna did fine at her recital.  She did the same thing that she did last year-when it was time to all hold hands and make a circle, Anna was staring off and it delayed the circle getting together.  No biggie though.  It was a great performance!

End of the year for Lukey

Luke's end of the year music show was very good.  He was not excited about it ahead of time, but looked like he had a lot of fun while he was there.

Anna came too. They had cupcakes, lemonade and candy for the kids after the show.  This was their favorite part.

Luke also celebrated the end of the year with a farm party at the school.  Anna came.  It was a very hot day so the picnic lunch got moved inside.
Lukey had a very successful kindergarten year.  He got all top scores on his last report card and his standardized tests scores were in the 99th percentile.  He did especially good on the last one and his teacher said it was the best score she'd ever seen for a kindergartner.  His favorite thing right now is Captain Underpants books.  He has read all of them.  He also just started the swim team.  On his first event, he won his heat! Around the house, he is usually reading, drawing, making books, or walking around practicing his basketball or soccer skills with a bouncy ball.  He's a pretty good boy.

A soccer star

Luke finished up his soccer year a few weeks ago.  He played the whole year with mostly the same group of boys.  They had a lot of fun together and got a lot better over the year.  At the last game they were each given certificates. Lukey got most improved!

Kick ins are not his strongest area of soccer.  He likes to stand there for quite awhile just staring off until he finally decides to kick the ball. 

A dancing poodle rehearsal

Anna had a great time at her dance rehearsal. Her routine was "Dancing Poodles".  They don't let you take pictures during the recital, but during the rehearsal its okay.

For the last few years we've been able to take runs with Da pushing the stroller.  We only took one run like this so far this year.  It might have been the last.  They're getting a little big for the stroller. Just a little.