Graham's piano recital

 http://youtu.be/k0IH0Io184Y

Helen's spa day

 Helen graduation from preschool on a Wednesday and Jillian still had school on Friday - so I thought it might be fun for Helen to have a spa day.  She loved it!

 ahhh - coloring while her feet are soaking :)

 a hot wrap

 now for the pretty purple, sparkly polish (helen picked her own color after MUCH deliberation)

 helen's view of her foot...

 ... her other foot....

 ...both feet :)

 self portrait :)

 and now for the haircut

 the spa day is complete with a feather and "circles"  (helen calls the curls that she got  - "circles")

... guess who had to buy a curling iron at wal-mart?

the Principal's office!

 Jayden was summoned to the principal's office a few weeks ago...

 .... to stand on her desk!  jayden had a very special achievement for a 1st grader - he was the first ever to pass multiplication on his Rocket Math (rocket math is a series of timed tests taken in the classroom - he started with addition, moved on to subtraction, and then finished multiplication)

 they are getting ready to give him 3 cheers

 he was so proud :)

 http://youtu.be/JY8yI67fJ7k

my preschool graduate

 first day of preschool - september 2009

 last day of preschool - june 2012 ---- so grown up!

 getting ready for graduation ceremony

 helen's preschool teacher - mrs. johnson

 awe - can't believe my girl is ready for kindergarten

http://youtu.be/tnVyWmG7uPQ (graduation procession)
http://youtu.be/qlRVJbwMyrM (graduation song 1)
http://youtu.be/EWHxyeccCsA (graduation song 2)
 http://youtu.be/wSaSbffl0b8 (graduation song 3)
 http://youtu.be/Pxd1ZgnJLBE (presentation of the preschool diploma)
 http://youtu.be/7k9QTgxKqrY (picture slideshow part 1)
 http://youtu.be/wguk3KRRGMs (picture slideshow part 2)

 helen's preschool friend, torrie

jillian wanted to wear helen's hat :)

the ballerina

 "mom - please hurry up and take the picture!"

 ready for her first ballet class :)

 stretching

 http://youtu.be/hrTwGR__-h4   - video of her ballet class (sorry for the bad camera angle!)

 jumping

 i think the parachute actually picked her up off the ground :)

 awe - helen helping her little sister

 jillian's last day of school (june 2012)

butterfly snack

 getting ready to make some snacks for their last day of school

 drawing on the butterfly faces

 going topless now because we got more marker on our dress than on the closepins  :)

i saw this idea on facebook - cheeze-it crackers and grapes.  so cute!