School daze....2009-2010

I sent my wee little Maddy (my favorite child) off to her LAST day of 4th grade this morning. It seems like she was born 13 seconds ago, and now she'll be starting 5th grade in the fall.


This is the first day of 4th grade. She started the year with pierced ears and ended without. Don't mention that information to her as she is a little sad about it still.

Here's the last day of school (today). Notice the jacket at the end of MAY. This spring has been the weirdest weather. We're still growing hair out, and her hair is long enough for 2 little piggie tails in the back.....

**That's pretty much all she's done with her hair since she discovered it. I've threatened to cut off the piggies in the night. It's my biggest hair peeve when all people do is scrape it up in a pony (or piggie) tail every dang day. I MEAN why have long hair in the first place?**

Back to Maddy. Maddy really is a great kid. She is on reading level "Z" with is the equivalent of end of year 6th grade. She has LOVED school, her teacher (Mrs Dickie) has been very strict, (remember "AP fourth grade"?) but it's been really great for Mads. She LOVES a quite classroom and order and calm. She loves any and everything "peace dude". She use to only just love art, but now she loves GEOMETRY and science and everything in between. Her best friend is still Bailey (which we are VERY GLAD of). We love that kid so much. Lately all her friends (boys and girls) play Horse jail at recess. Which, from what I gather, is basically dragging people across the grass while they make as big of a struggle as they can. Grass stains are a priority. I curse "Horse Jail".

This summer Maddy is going to take tennis and then soccer in the fall. She told me this spring that she "Just wants to do something". She really wants to play piano, Max won't let us get a piano, something about moving it? I don't know, he's a buzz kill.

Mads has turned out to be a great kid, except for she actually came that way. She loves clothes (still) and her MP3 player. Her room isn't so orderly anymore, it looks more like a teenagers room. She can clean it up speedy quick, when I ask her too. She loves for my Mom to tell her stories, but who doesn't? Maddy is going to play with Bailey after the half day of school today. They played last year and apparently it's tradition.


And now for RUBY. She's my favorite child. Here's Ruby on her first day of her new pre-school with Ms Andy (and Ms Bristy). What a cute little squirt she is. We're growing her hair out too and it has grown approximately 3 millimeters since September 2009. Ruby loved her school and her teachers. She made lots of new friends and had a few boys fighting over her during the year, until one was caught kissing another girl in class, then she was over him. :). They are still friends though. About half our wards 4-5 year olds were in Ms Andy's class so it was fun for Ruby to see them and make new friends. One of her good friends is Emmalee. She lives in town -SO far away- but they have played a little and are such cute friends.

The saddest thing about this year was that Ruby got the worst case of barfs the night before her graduation celebration. She was SOOOO sick and the first thing she said (in the middle of the night after her first of many barfs) was "I don't want to miss my graduation". But we did. She was the most pitifullest sight all that night and the next day.

We did meet up with Ms Andy for pictures that next week. Ms Andy is super. She loved all the kids so much and Ruby learned lots and lots all year. Ruby loves to play outside and dress just exactly how she wants, despite her mothers suggestions. You can't see in this picture, but she has on peachish velour pants with ruffles on the bum underneath her PINK dress... it was cold. In her yellow bag she's holding was a DVD of all the pictures from the whole year set to music, a binder of monthly info (height, weight etc) a graduation hat and a diploma from her teacher! I asked Andy how she made any money, she said "I don't make much".

Ruby is all set for kindergarten in the fall. She's going to take her first dance class starting fall too. Her dance class is up here in Summit Ridge so we drive by it a lot, Ruby always spots it and says "there's my dance class that I get to go to in the fall". She doesn't forget much. She's pretty cute.

Her room looks like a teenagers room too, and she still has troubles with it. Ruby says she doesn't want to learn how to read in kindergarten because she doesn't want to read "Maddy books" she says she just likes her books still. Ruby NEVER stops talking, especially when we're in the car. She's got lots to say, usually about everything she sees. She sees stuff I never do see (since I'm driving) but tell her I do so she'll not explain about it for 20 minutes. (is that wrong) She is a great rememberer and loves to play "I spy" in the car. She still loves her Ruff Ruff (or Ruffy) and her Tinkerbell blanket. She doesn't like to sleep with her closet doors open and mostly remembers to say her "pears" prayers at night. She's most always is a good kid and super good for a chuckle. She's my buddy and I'll miss her (some) while she's at big people school.

I'm so proud of my girls and I love both of them the very most.

The end.