last day of school

today was natalie's last day of school. last week we were in kansas city all week and next week we'll be in california. when we get back it's spring break. then we're moving to a new house april 1st which will make the commute to school almost thirty minutes. and we're back in kc the entire month of may when school officially ends. so i pulled her out but told her it was everyone's last day.

we wrote cards to all her classmates, brought cupcakes for snack and flowers for her dear teacher. she got bored with writing her name on each card so on this one she said, "BIG N. little a. BIG T. little a..."

and then she was posing really cute to show off her braids and i'm so annoyed because i DELETED the best picture. i hate when i do that! this one was a pretty close second though.

and when i realized i had deleted the one, i wanted to keep shooting and then she was annoyed with me taking pictures.

one thing i wanted to do when natalie started school was go see a movie during the day. all year i either forgot or was too busy with errands or other things that needed to be done. but i remembered and it was her LAST day! so i did it! and it was perfect because thanks to lots of previews, i was there for the start and it was only an hour and 45 minutes long. i was back to her school with time to spare! p.s. matt damon is cute!! p.p.s. i LOVE that matinees are only $5!

i was back in time to watch her class play in the gym. they change the room daily so there are always different things to play with or climb on. and when it's above ZERO they go outside and play. i'm glad someone else takes her out because i sure don't!

where do you think she perfects her climbing skills?!

after school we had her spring conference. great scores! i'm so proud of natalie. for all the school she has missed with us traveling, she still made friends and excelled at her skills! i'm really sad to be pulling her from school. she loves it so much and her teacher has been great. even though i think she's picked up some of the naughty behavior from the other kids, the teacher said she has really been a good influence on those same kids. she said they are the ones she is drawn to (oh no!) but that it's good for the others.