Cleo’s graduation on May 24 was great.
Cleo with her co-valedictorian, Brayden.
Cleo with her best bestie, Alexandria, and Alexandria's twin brother, Quinton.
Cleo with her teacher, Ms. Jennifer.
Cleo and Robin, sorry it's so blurry.
Friday, May 25 was the celebratory luau. I took the day off from work. Roger and I volunteered to set up, help out with, and clean up. A few other plucky parents helped as well. Cleo had a great time. There was a bouncehouse water slide, which Cleo did not particularly enjoy. She did enjoy the dance contest – she was one of the 7 winners. She won by doing an interesting interpretive type of dance. Her dancing reminds me of a college senior dance major doing her senior thesis dance performance. There was a cookout with hotdogs and hamburgers. There was quite a spread for her and her classmates, including fruit, chips, mac & cheese, baked beans, coleslaw, and potato salad. For dessert there were cookies, cupcakes, and a cake.
After lunch, there was an awards ceremony at which Cleo received her valedictorian award, and medals and/or certificates for Spanish, soccer, ballet, and sign language. The three of us picked up Sidney around 3pm and headed home.
Saturday, we hung around the house. That evening, we celebrated our anniversary. Cleo and Sidney’s babysitter, Ms. Angie, came around 5:30 and Roger and I headed out to see the Avengers. It was really good. Ms. Angie braided Cleo’s hair. It came out really nice. These are pictures of Cleo and Sidney playing in the pool on Sunday.
At some point on Saturday, the kids played with the Wii - boxing.
Monday, May 28 Roger golfed. Cleo, Sidney, and I hung around the house and went to McDonalds for lunch. We were there 11am-12pm. Cleo ate her lunch. Sidney did not. The played in the indoor playground for a long time. There was a 4 year-old boy and 6 year-old girl there and they all played together. The bathroom is horrible there and I wrote a complaint yesterday. I will not take them to that McDonalds again. Chick Fil A bathrooms are always clean, new, and tidy. If I need to take them to a restaurant with a playground, I will take them to Chick Fil A.
This summer, Cleo is considered a camper so she does not have to wear her uniform. It’s a good thing because her 4T uniform polos were looking a bit short on her. Sidney is still considered a regular student so he wears a uniform.
This past week Sidney was learning about dinosaurs at school. When I picked him up from school on Thursday, his teacher pointed at a t-rex and asked him what type of dinosaur it was and he said, “That is a meat eater.” His teacher and I were so proud.
This weekend, we went to Jacksonville, FL because it was Roger’s family friend’s, Bubba, son’s (Isaiah aka Zeze) college send-off party. In the Fall, he will be attending Florida Atlantic University. There are bunch of campuses, I am not sure which one he’s attending. We drove down Saturday morning and returned yesterday. We got Cleo’s hair rebraided on Friday. It looks so nice!
Sunday, Roger’s mom had to work. We stopped by on our way out of the city to say good-bye. Cleo wanted to take a walk to the river which was less than a block away. We took pictures with two running statues on the sidewalk. Cleo has a lollipop in her mouth, the stick is sticking out of her mouth.
I have fallen off the eating right and exercising bandwagon. But, as of today, I am back on it. I am tracking my food and will try to do some sort of exercise this week. I pulled my neck and upper back last week, I shrugged weird and pulled something, so I am going to wait until I feel 100%, which will hopefully be later this week.
This weekend, Sidney and I are attending his pal Sidney Dickinson’s 3rd birthday. It should be fun. She’s one of his good little pals at daycare.
Have a good week!
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