Busy Times at the James House!

Well, the James family has been busy! First Reed had his Shine Time performance for Kindertot. This is an activity that he does after school. They work with basketballs and it teaches them coordination, mental alertness, listening and many more useful skills. He really enjoyed it!

Next, Reed started Baseball. This is just one of the MANY sports that he loves! He is going to be a good little athlete, and we love to watch him!

Next, it was Avery's turn to shine and boy did she ever (and showed her behind too)! She did great at her recital. She performed a ballet and a tap dance. I am quite certain that she loves being in the spotlight! At the end of the recital someone takes flowers to the little dancers on stage, this was Tommy and Reed's job. GiGi had made a beautiful nosegay (sp?) of roses for them to give Avery. Remember that a nosegay is a small (short stemmed) bouquet of flowers. As the spotlight was on Avery and she was crossing the stage to meet her Daddy and Reed she said loudly that she wanted "BIG FLOWERS"- those would be the ones with long stems that most of the other girls had. She started crying and would not even take the flowers from Tommy and Reed! It didn't take long to forget how cute she had just been dancing on the stage moments earlier and wanting to jerk her unthankful little 4 year old behind off of that stage! But, her WaWA promised he would go buy her a "BIG FLOWER", so she was happy after that!

Lastly, we had a wonderful celebration as Reed graduated from K5 Kindergarten! It is so hard to believe that he will be starting 1st grade next year! He looked so OLD in his cap and gown! He even got an award for Perfect Attendance (I had no clue that he had been at school everyday!) He was very proud of that though because there were only a few children who received it.

We will have a busy summer with them both taking swimming lessons, Reed doing a basketball camp, Vacation Bible School and Twin Lakes Camp and Avery wants to do a gymnastics camp. So, you may not hear from us for a while! Everyone have a wonderful summer!