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I love lazy Sundays. Yesterday Kadee helped me make homemade strawberry jam, it was so relaxing.




The rainbow in my backyard. This is why Spring is my favorite season.

Preschool graduation and a baby bump

Today we had our preschool graduations. Kadee's was at 10 and Connor's was at noon. The kids all did such a great job and behaved so well. Rory and Jamie helped me make them adorable graduation caps and they memorized their parts so well. They started by saying their name and what they like about preschool.

Kadee: "My name is Kadee Bradley and what I like about preschool is my mom"
Connor: " My name is Connor Bradley and what I like about preschool is my teacher"

Awww, they are so sweet!

Next they sang: Baby Bumblebee, I love Trees (a song in sign), Mister Sun, Yellow, Blue, Green, Pink, and Red. They then told the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Connor and Kadee's parts were the same: "The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf and after that he felt much better."

I was so proud of them and all of my preschool students. They have grown so much and I have enjoyed working with all of them. It all went very well except at the end of the afternoon graduation I had a mom yell at me. They were in Mexico last week and she was mad that I hadn't let her know about the change of time for the graduation (it was originally scheduled for tonight). In my defense, I put a sign on my door, a note on each of the kids time cards, and had the kids make invitations for their parents. I understand that she was upset, I just wish she would have waited to talk to me about it after the other parents had left.



Kadee and daddy



Kadee and mommy


Dad, mom, and Connor

The mischievous four

All in all it was a great day and I finally got a picture of my baby bump.

My baby bump

Happy May!

Wow, May has been busy, busy, busy. We started off the month with a field trip to a real Kindergarten class. I think the kids really enjoyed it. The teacher, Miss Melissa at Castle Heights was super nice and told them what to expect when they go to kindergarten. We then got to play on all the cool playground equipment (it was so cold that day though) and then check out the bathrooms and the drinking fountain (the kids favorite part).


Mother's Day we went to grandma and grandpa Branch's house for a bbq. The food was delicious (as always) and I ate way too much (as always). Rory's little cousin Axel was there and Kadee and I got a kick out of making him laugh. I think it made Kadee very excited for the new baby, but also very territorial. She kept telling me to put the baby down and hold her, it is going to be interesting here at our house in a couple months.



This last Thursday we took another preschool field trip. This time it was to the Dino Mine Park and the kids had a blast. I was a little worried because it had rained tow days prior, but it ended up being a beautiful day. It was a great way to end the school year and I am so excited for my first preschool graduation on Tuesday.

Chet, Gavin, Connor, and Cole
These boys are VERY mischievious when they get together, but it has been so fun having them in my afternoon class.


Kadee and Austin, very good friends. She will miss him next year







Finally Friday night we went to Kadee's first dance recital. I think I was more excited than she was. We weren't allowed to take pictures during the actual performance, but I got some cute pics of her before and after and of course we recorded it. She got a rose from Nana Kelli and Grandma Debbie and LOVED all the attention. Yes folks, I think I have a dancer on my hands. I signed her up for Pee Wee Baseball and she doesn't act the least bit excited. She just wants to know when cheer camp is and when she starts dance again. Connor on the other hand, can't wait. He has been practicing every chance he gets and is still absolutely obsessed with basketball. Debbie gave him her old Playstation and that has been an adventure itself. We have limited his time on it, but he probably asks Rory 100 times a day to play it with him.

Kadee before her Bunny Jumps performance




Kella and Kadee at intermission


Connor and dad playing the Playstation



Well I guess that is all for now, more to come next week after my preschool graduation, wish me luck!!!!