Today we left for our vacation to LA. I will say this, the kids asked to go to LA for some reason and we said yes. They never asked what we would be doing while we were there but we did tell them the hotel would have a pool. We found out later on in our trip how big of a deal that was to them!
Here is a photo as we hit the road.
And here is a short clip to give you a feel of their excitement. If only they knew...!
As we got closer, we saw this sign and they noticed it said Disneyland but didn't say more than that.
And this is the kids while we wait at the intersection right before our hotel. The cross street is Disneyland Drive (which you could see street signs for) and the "fair" is California Adventure.
All excited for the pool when we arrived at the hotel.
I wanted to take their photo in the lobby, they wanted it at this desk...
Instead of with the Micky which I suggested. (or the large Disney banner).
We went to check out their rooms. The boys had a Cars themed room.
Anna's room had a history of Mickey Mouse border.
And this cool retro Bambi poster.
Then we went on a walk. We didn't tell them where we were going, curious as to what they would ask along the way...
And this is the extent of what they asked.
Notice the sign we passed.
And the directory that we had to check.
Enjoying Downtown Disney.
They really liked the Lego store.
After dinner at a restaurant near our hotel we went to get them some frozen yogurt.
They were silly, what's new!
And before bed, Olivier wanted me to take his photo with the Cars poster.
Still no asking about what we would be doing the next day except for the pool, which we said "maybe". :-)
Today was the last day of school! Oh my! Where has the 180 days of school gone? They were very excited for today's festivities! But first a quick photo!
The kinder celebration was first, and the teachers had fun telling the kids that they really can speak English. Lots of giggles all around.
Olivier with his teacher (Maestra Irion)
Mason with his teacher, Maestro Browning
Anna enjoyed the assembly in the morning and got an award for her story (personal narrative) and was sad to leave her teacher behind. Maestra Koch had been with Anna in kinder and she was lucky enough to have her for 2nd grade too.
1st and 3rd grade watch out! Here come Mason, Olivier and Anna! But first, summer vacation!
Today was the boys last long day in kindergarten. In order to take advantage of the time, the teachers coordinated a walking field trip to the city library, then pizza for lunch, with a ride on the city bus back to school. I was lucky enough to be able to swing the day off work and join the group. They have 43 kids, four teachers, and 18 parents. It was great! They were so excited when they realized Anna's best friends mom would be reading to them (she is a GREAT story teller by the way!) and then they got to roam. Of course I wasn't surprised when Mason picked a book to read and Olivier asked me to read a book. They love books!
It was a great day! Hard to believe kindergarten is almost over!
Tonight we visited the kids school for Open House. Before we enjoyed that we played at the park, and completed homework! And a picnic for dinner! Talk about a fun night! And everyone should sleep well tonight! Anna decided to do her reading on the swing. Why not? And Olivier was happy to swing next to her.
The kinder kids all paint tiles with flowers. They put their names and year they completed kinder on the tiles and then they go up around the kinder yard. We got to see the boys tiles.
And then took Anna's photo with her tile.
Outside of the second grade classrooms they had drawings of the kids. Here is Anna with Anna. We had to giggle because she said it was tricky because she was wearing a skirt that day.
So much fun checking out the classrooms and of course we had to check out what the classrooms look like for next year. Hard to believe there are only nine more days of school!
Today we took the kids out to a local Outdoor Discovery festival. As part of the activities they had a color fun run (5k). In the last few months Mason had been asking to do one since Anna had done one with me a couple of years ago. This was a low cost run and low pressure so we decided to go and enjoy. Here are the kids before photos. :-)
Anna and Mason after with me! Nice and messy. Anna avoided the last new color stations because she was getting too messy. :-)
Matt with all three kiddos. Olivier was our slow poke but we all eventually finished.
After the run we had lunch and noticed that Olivier had a bit of a blue mohawk.
After lunch and cleaning up a little bit, we went and checked out the vendor booths. Anna was happy to visit with the bear.
Thank goodness for showers and a good washing machine. :-)
