Summer Days 2 and 3

Yeah, I missed yesterday. Its been a bit stressful around here with schedule changes and I was at the office until midnight last night. Getting Ellie to Kids Klub by 7:30 so she can make her bus to camp is exhausting! At least Kids Klub feeds both Ellie and Calvin breakfast. Typically I feed Calvin breakfast at home when I feed Ellie as he is a growing boy and likely part Hobbit. Well with the loss of 15-20 minutes at home...breakfast has become a quick bite and a snack in the car for Ellie.

Well, except today. Today at camp Ellie had a field trip to a pool for swim lessons. Knowing she was going to have a long day I wanted to make sure that she had a good breakfast in her and so I made eggs for both kids (which meant earlier wake-up times for all). Of course, for breakfast both kids got french toast and bacon...so I guess I didn't have to fret about breakfast for anyone!

Kids Klub also feeds Ellie lunch everyday...I have a one-week break from making lunches and it is glorious! Today she told me she had mac and cheese with applesauce and broccoli for lunch. Everyday when I pick up Ellie she is bouncing off the walls full of energy and so excited to tell me all about her day and sing new songs. The girl loves her some summer camp. I actually feel guilty about sending her to summer school this year each day when I see how happy she is.

Of course Calvin is always happy to see Ellie when we pick her up from camp. They two babble and Calvin tries to sing along with Ellie (but he does dance and clap along with her).

First day of summer camp!

Ellie has a packed summer. This first week she is doing summer camp though Calvin's daycare. Today I dropped her off right at 7:30 and she hopped on a bus to take her to a off-site facility a few minutes away. The camp is at a fancy girls school in Pasadena.






I picked her up at 5:30pm and we headed to the Dodgers game. She talked non-stop about how much fun she had at camp. A couple of kids from her school are in the camp with her so she had some immediate friends. And not we are at the Dodgers game with Cousin Jimmy enjoying some very nice seats in the field box level.






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Last day of school

Today was Ellie's last day of kindergarten. I can't believe how fast the year flew by. So many things awesome happened this year from concerts to field trips to watching Ellie's personality grow.

We are looking forward to next year and first grade!

Second to last day of kindergarten

Today was her last full day of school for Ellie (tomorrow is a half day). Yesterday another kindergarten class had a party and Ellie was a bit upset that her class didn't have a party. Little did she know that some parents were arranging something. One mom said she would bring pizza and then it snowballed. I handed Ellie some napkins to take to school and she looked at me and said, "are we going to have a party?". I neither confirmed nor denied. Nick also dropped off some
Pirate booty (cheddar popcorn) once school started. Apparently they had so much food that they saved some for another party tomorrow! This week has been spent, from what we can gather from Ellie, talking about the drought and water conservation, playing on the big kid playground to get ready for next year, and making diaramas about the rainforest and endangered animals. Sounds pretty awesome.



And in other news my baby carried his lunch box and walked out of his daycare by himself.



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Second to last day of kindergarten

Today was her last full day of school for Ellie (tomorrow is a half day). Yesterday another kindergarten class had a party and Ellie was a bit upset that her class didn't have a party. Little did she know that some parents were arranging something. One mom said she would bring pizza and then it snowballed. I handed Ellie some napkins to take to school and she looked at me and said, "are we going to have a party?". I neither confirmed nor denied. Nick also dropped off some
Pirate booty (cheddar popcorn) once school started. Apparently they had so much food that they saved some for another party tomorrow! This week has been spent, from what we can gather from Ellie, talking about the drought and water conservation, playing on the big kid playground to get ready for next year, and making diaramas about the rainforest and endangered animals. Sounds pretty awesome.



And in other news my baby carried his lunch box and walked out of his daycare by himself.



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Third to last day of kindergarten

This week is free dress day everyday, which we didn't know yesterday when E was getting dressed. Today however, so was so excited to wear her own clothes on a Tuesday! She got all Anna and Elsa decked out. I guess even in kinder you dress to impress.




Of course it was the exact same outfit she wore to go hiking on Sunday with Nick.


Today she was also very excited to take cards and end of school year gifts for her teachers. I should have taken pictures of the cards. She told her kindergarten teacher that her favorite thing was the "math bookes (sic)." She told her after school teacher her favorite thing from this year was the art projects.




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Fourth to last day of kindergarten

This is Ellies last week of kindergarten. The last day of school is Thursday. Today it dawned on her she will have a new teacher and get to play on the big kids playground next year. I then explained that she will have different classmates to, I'm not she she comprehended that or maybe she didn't want to.

Calvin dropped some chicken during dinner and Mallie came over and ate it. It only encouraged him to try sharing his bell pepper and puffs with her.






A few weeks ago Ellie and I built a raised garden bed and we have been planting flowers, veggies, and fruits ever since. This past weekend Ellie made identifier thingies by writing what we planted on some Popsicle sticks. I can't wait to see how it goes.









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