Our soccer season ended abruptly because of all the rain. We only played 5 1/2 out of our 8 games, and I never got to play against my cousin Corinne. Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom and Nana Arden and Papa Rodney all came to one of my soccer games. It was nice to have a cheering squad!
We had our last Girl Scouts meeting too. Everything seems to be coming to an end! However, Bella, Brynn, and I are continuing our "soccer practices", although now we just call them play dates! We love to put on "plays" and got to play in a small pool and the sprinklers once.
I went with Daddy to a track meet and got to hang out with him for the day. It was a lot of fun! I was cold, so one of the coaches let me wear his sweatshirt. And of course, we got to go to McDonald's after! However, Mommy and Daddy took me to Orange Leaf one day, and it has quickly become my favorite place. We also got take out from Panda Express. My favorite was the teriyaki chicken. I also had a lot of fun at Lexi's roller skating birthday party. It took me a little bit, but I got the hang of it!
We had fun at field day at school. We did a lot of fun relays with water, like holding a cup of water over our head and trying to melt a huge ice cube. I must have gotten a sunburn because my "sculp" (scalp) hurt after that for a couple of days! We also had an end of the year pizza party at school and Mommy and Emily got to come. There was an end of the year kindergarten party at Shepard Park, but it mostly got rained out. Mommy and Emily came and brought me Subway for me though. It was nice to have them there.
We also found out that I will be going to Cedar Ridge with Mommy next year. I cried when I found out because I will miss Shepard and all my friends and Mrs. Sicht, even though I am excited to be with Mommy at her new school. On my last day at Shepard, I was "excited, but a little sad." It was a fun day and we sat in a circle and shared what we wished for everyone. I was the first to raise my hand and said I wished for everyone to have a good summer. I was crying at the end of the day because I had to say good-bye to Mrs. Sicht and my friends. Orange Leaf and going to the Humane Society helped though!
Mommy and Emily and I had a fun week off from school. We were all in really good moods, and I was a big helper and very pleasant. I helped bring everything in from a Sam's trip, even a 42 pound plastic container of kitty litter. It fell off the back of Mommy's car and landed on my leg. It hurt really bad, but I was a trooper! I also helped Mommy weed the garden one morning. I worked out with Daddy a couple times and he was impressed with how hard I exercised.
We spent a lot of time at the Humane Society, and looked at a litter of kittens. We went to look at a kitty named Twist. He is a really cute kitten who likes to play and snuggle. We really fell in love with one named Dexter. He was sleepy because he got sick in the car on the way there. He fell asleep on his back in Mommy's lap and let me snuggle him too. When we got home and checked his profile, we found out that he really isn't normally a snuggler, and only was because he got sick. So, Twist it was! It took him 2 weeks to gain enough weight to be neutered (he is only 2 pounds!) I was so patient and understanding every time he got weighed and was too small. I had tears of joy in my eyes when I found out we were getting him and when we went to pick him up! I really love having him home. I am still a little scared of his playful kitty scratching and biting though.
I got to go to Marque's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese and had a blast with my kindergarten friends one last time. We also went and visited a babysitter named Miss Bruna and Emily will go there next year. She will be really close to us at Cedar Ridge. She was really nice and even gave me a hug when I met her. We made a quick trip to Washington for Great-great uncle Ralph Marquart's funeral. I didn't really want to go, but I had a really good attitude and was very pleasant to everyone. Before we left, I wanted to know if we would see Ralph. I was confused because we didn't go to the visitation.
One day, we went to Tiger Bounce with Brynn and Bella. It was a lot of fun and I loved bouncing and climbing. We also made a trip to the library for summer reading and to check out books. We checked out more when we went back for Reading to Rover less than a week later. I read through them so fast! Emily and I went to Nana Arden's while Mommy and Daddy went to a wedding. She let us go through the sprinklers and it was so much fun! We also went to Camille's birthday party. I didn't want to leave because I really enjoyed playing with my cousins.
We had a cardinal nest right outside our kitchen window that we watched this month. It was so cool to watch the mama bird build the nest, and to see the eggs, and then watch her keep them warm. One day, we were so surprised that they hatched! I loved watching the mama bird feed them and the daddy came to bring food too sometimes. Then one day, they were gone. I wish we could have watched them learn to fly. I hope they come back to visit!
I love to listen to songs on the radio. One song has been stuck in my brain: "Hey all, you're an All Star, get your groove on, get paid!" (All Star by Smash Mouth)
I started summer school at Cedar Ridge already and really like my summer school teacher, Miss Schooler. I got to meet her at Open House and she loves kitties and has two cats herself! I was "kind of nervous" to start, but made a new friend the first day. I only remembered that her name started with an 'A" the first day, and then found out her name is Ayana. I am officially a Cedar Ridge Cardinal! We had a small class the first week, but today the two first grade classes were combined. We have 32 kids in our class now! Not all the students were behaving, so we had to practice and make rules instead of having PE. I am hoping things change soon because I love to have PE!
This past weekend, Mommy, Daddy, and I went to a Cardinals baseball game. Emily stayed with Grandma Kathy. We also got to visit Uncle Mark and Chase for a little bit before leaving for the game. My girl cousins came to the game and I wanted to be with them instead of sitting with my parents. It was really hot too so we watched most of the game on the TV in the shade. It went into a rain delay after the 5th inning and we left. They ended up beating the Royals!
Here is the mama bird making her nest
