Year End Milestones

Joyfully, we recently wrapped up our first true academic year!  All God's Children Preschool finished up first, with an adorable program including songs, poems and Bible verses from memory.  Hannah's verse was Dueteronomy 6:5 "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength."  She practiced it often at home and we're so proud of her hard work!  This year she excelled at writing all of the letters, some numbers, her own first and last name, learning about the weather, days of the week, can count to 100 and is beginning to read!

The following week, our big kindergartener finished up with what seemed to be one special event after another!  Kindy 500 pictures are on Facebook and that event alone provided lots of excitement.  A pace car from the Indy 500 was on hand, the national anthem and Back Home Again in Indiana were performed, the kindergarteners took a parade lap and the fans were many!
Field day was also a lot of fun and Abigail came home with the stinkiest feet of her life!  There were water games (which explained the wet feet) and a picnic lunch that she told us all about.
Abigail finished the year strong, after the setback of her concussion and broken wrist in March.  She's confidently going into first grade, reading well, telling time and counting by 2's, 5's and 10's plus having begun basic addition and subtraction!  We were very happy with her first year as a Needham bulldog.

 And last but not least, Andrew recently took his first and second bottles with no complaints!  It may not seem like a big deal to some, but for us, it's huge!  Abigail wasn't a big eater and really didn't mind bottles too much but Hannah hated them and subsequently stressed me out.  She was just attached to Mommy and we certainly like that, but the necessity of feeding her without Mommy home was stressful for quite awhile.  AJ did great!  He ate slowly but without complaint, and that's all I ask.