Graduation and Gymnastics Medals

(ABOVE: Jaden 'The Graduate' and her AMAZING teach Mrs. Alpaugh!)
(ABOVE: Jaden and her proud mom!)
(ABOVE: Gymnast Jaden on the Uneven Bars!)
(ABOVE: Jaden perfecting her Hand Stand!)
(ABOVE: Hannah, Jaden and their Much Earned Medals! Way To Go Girls!)
Well today is the last day of school - as of 12:04pm tpday my daughter is no longer a Kindergartner - instead she will be an 'up and coming 1st Grader!' She had her graduation on Monday and it was pretty cute! Each child had their Blue Jeffers Pond Class of 2020 shirt on. Their teacher called out their names and the Superintendent of Schools read out what each child wanted to be when they grew up and what their favorite part of Kindergarten was. Jaden wants to be a guitar player when she grows up and her favorite part of Kindergaren was seeing the play Frog and Toad at the Children's Theater. I was lucky enough to chaperone that field trip and it really was a great play and I loved being able to see it with Jaden and her classmates. It was a great year for Jaden. She learned so much and grew into an amazing little girl. She loves to do any kind of math and enjoyd reading and writing (a little she says - it is a little boring!) She is at a 1st grade level for Math and she is on spot for reading and writing so I am so proud of her. She loves to draw pretty much anything and coloring takes up a lot of her time. I am very proud of my little girl and can't believe how fast this year has gone by - is she really going to be a 1st Grader in 4 short months? UGH! I am posting a few pictures from her 'ceremony' as well as a video of what she said she wanted to be when she grows up.

We also attended Jaden's last Gymnastics Class for the winter-spring session. We will be going back in the Fall to start the next level of gymnastics but last night she put on her show and was awarded her Medal. It was a pretty cute show and the parents (grandparents) got to play along. Jaden really impressed me with her hand stands - she has been practicing every night up against the couch in the living room and it has paid off - she really can get her legs up in the air ... I also took some video of her flips, money jumps and vaults. So this week we ended a few importants things - School Ends and Gymnastics Ends but like I said in 4 short months we will be back in the swing of things and school will start back up. For now we will start enjoying the summer vacation ... we have a lot of things planned in the next few months - vacations, cross country road trip, Cedar Point and a stay at the Great Wolf Lodge in Ohio. We will also be swimming lots in the back yard, getting ready for baby#2 and going to a wedding or two. So we hope all of you have a safe and wonderful last week of school ... See you tomorrow for FFF!

Love ~ The Clark Family ~ Rebekah, Jason, Jaden and Baby#2 TOO!