Friday, July 26, 2013

Preschool Graduation & the Last Day of School!

First let me say that I am just in shock with how fast the past two years have gone!  It feels like Jacob JUST started preschool at St. Timothy's Preschool, and now he's a Preschool graduate!! My little baby is growing up before my eyes and I don't like it one bit!

At the end of May, Jacob's teacher held a preschool graduation for his entire class at a nearby park.  It was such a fun time and so cute to see him with all his classmates!  I am so sad that he won't be at the same school as all his little guy friends next year, but he will at least know two of his classmates ... two of the little girls in his class from St. Timothy's, Katie and Nina, are both going to be attending Dranesville Elementary with Jacob in the Fall.

We were one of the first families to arrive at the park, so the boys got busy playing while we waited for everyone to get there.

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I love this cute table and all the fun stuff Jacob's teachers had set up there for the "Red Star" class. :)

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After everyone arrived and the kids had a little free time to play, Jacob's teachers, Miss Jamie and Miss Cheryl rounded all the kids up and took them to a far side of the park to get lined up for their "processional". It was so cute!! They got everyone lined up (Jacob was in the back, as will be the norm his entire way through school, poor kid!) and then they played the graduation song (you know? The one they play at high school graduations) as the kids walked in to the pavilion where all the parents were seated. So.stinkin.cute!

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Before the teachers got started handing out their diplomas we all made sure to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Then came the time to hand out diplomas. It was the cutest thing ever, and I may or may not have teared up. :) Miss Jamie called each child up individually and asked them a series of questions (where are you going to school next year? what was your favorite thing this year at St. Timothys? what are you most looking forward to next year at your new school? - stuff like that). It was just so cute and so fun to see how each of them acted with Miss Jamie and how they answered her questions. Had I blogged about this right after his graduation I might be able to remember the answers to his questions, but I cannot. :( Anyway, here are some photos of him with Miss Jamie. How cute is my guy?!

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And, here they are .. the 2013 Red Star graduating class of St. Timothy's Preschool! :)

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 And, of course I had to get a photo with my guy and just look how proud he is of his diploma!

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Here's a fun comparison of Jacob from his first day of school to his last day of school during this past school year. Look how much he's grown in just one school year!!

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 And, here are some "last day of school photos" cause the last day is just as exciting (if not MORE exciting)
s the first day!

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Mother's Day Weekend ~ May 12, 2013

This was my mom's first Mother's Day without Ashlee, so I felt like my main goal for the day was to keep her mind OFF of that one aspect.  I think I did okay. We had plans for both days that weekend (one day was our Mother's Day plans and one day was Jacob's birthday plans), but we had to wait until we saw the weather forecast before we could make definite plans.  The weather ended up being nicer on Sunday (Mother's Day), so we did Jacob's birthday stuff that day and on Saturday we did our Mother's Day stuff.

So, anyway, on Saturday my mom and I went to Spa World and just hung out and RELAXED. Something I think we both needed. I ended up relaxing so much I fell asleep. lol I can't even remember what we did for dinner that evening, but I know I didn't cook or clean up from it, so that's all that really counts. Sunday, we did Jacob's birthday stuff, but we were still celebrating Mother's Day some too. Confused, yet?? haha Anyway, we went down in to DC to play tourist for the day. That's always a fun thing to do especially when you live in the area you're touring! It was such a cold day outside, but the sky was clear and I was able to get some really great pictures! We bought tickets for one of the double decker tour bus lines. Those are so great because you can just hop on and off when you want.

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I was able to get some really great photos of the Capital building from the top of the bus! Aren't the buildings in our Nation's Capital so beautiful?!

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 The first stop we got off at was for the National Mall right by the Washington Monument. The Washington Monument ended up being under construction STILL from the earthquake we had almost 2 years ago, so we just took some quick photos and then hopped back on the bus to continue on to our ultimate stop ... the Lincoln Memorial!

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 The Lincoln Memorial! We've finally arrived!! Or, as Jacob calls it "the Inklin' Memorial". hehe too cute! Anyway, the boy is obsessed with the Presidents, especially President Lincoln. He was in Heaven getting to see the giant statue of him ... he talked about it for weeks after!

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 Here's another view of the Washington Monument looking from the Lincoln Memorial. Very pretty, if you ask me! Oh, and a cute little duck family we saw swimming through the reflecting pool. :)

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 This statue of Albert Einstein might possibly be my favorite thing we saw all day! There is a galaxy on the floor in front of the statue and if you stand directly in the middle it is said that you are in the middle of the Milky Way. Also, when you talk you can hear it echoing, but no one else can. It's so neat!! We all took turns listening to our echos!!

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 After we were done with all this, we hopped on a bus and headed over to Arlington National Cemetery. We would have gone to visit John's friend who is buried there, but oh boy would that have been a lot of walking! We did, however, stop by JFK's grave and that of Jackie O. and their two young children.

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 And, finally before our day was over we stopped by the White House to take a quick pic.

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