Ava's Last Day of Preschool

Seems like just yesterday Ava was strapping on new shoes for her very first day of preschool! Today was her last day...school is out for summer! She was not so happy about the prospect of no school for the next 3 months (she actually got teary eyed - she loves school), but I explained to her that she would go back in the Fall and that we are going to do LOTS of fun things over the summer...swimming and art camp to name a few...and then her tears quickly turned into smiles.
To end the year, her teachers hosted a cookout. The kids sang adorable songs, Doug reverted back to his 5 year old self on the teeter totter with the girls (and then tried to throw in some sort of engineering lesson by making Ava stand in the middle of the teeter totter to balance at the "fulcrum" - to which I yelled at him and took her off because I'm sure they probably have rules about kids standing up in the middle of the teeter totter), and the girls ran around the playground with some of Ava's favorite friends from preschool. They included Kate so well...she felt top notch and can't wait to start her preschool career next year!
We are so proud of our girl! She had great "report cards" from her teachers all year long. Eager to learn, rule follower, always trying and kind to others. What more could we ask for from our Ava Bean:-)
And lastly...a cute little shot of our girls. Love them!

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