Birthday Boy!

Ben had a super fabulous birthday with his friends.  It ended up to be a hot afternoon - perfect for water fights and a bouncy house.  Ben choose to have an ice cream cake - had to eat it quick before it melted!  So fun!

Kids very excited that the bounce house came an hour before the party started.  Ben was a sweaty mess before his friends even arrived!  It's party time!

 Special treat - pop!

 Getting ready for the water gun fight!

The hose is much better at cooling everyone down!

 Dancin' to the music!

 Harlow and Brooke - BFF's?  We love our new neighbors.

Getting some air without the big kids!

 Can you really be 6 years old?  Only a few more days, buddy!

 Make a wish!

 Present time...YES!

 Big sister reading the cards for little bro

Daddy even surprised Ben and came home for a little bit to say Happy Birthday - with a Model Rocket kit!  :)

The party was GREAT!

Last day of 2nd Grade

How can it be that you are all done with 2nd grade?  This has been a great year for you and you have grown SO much!  You've met new friends, enjoyed reading new books and writing in cursive!  You are super fast with your math facts - mastered 3rd grade level already and love PE (of course!).  I'm excited to see how your journey continues over the summer and into 3rd grade!  We are so proud of all the hard work you have put in this year!!  

Sister love on the last day of school!  You are an awesome big sister to Brookie.

Looking forward to another great year with Ms. Shaw next year!  

Last day of Pre-K!

Pre-K is in the books for Benjamin!  Well done, buddy!  You have grown so much over the year and are super ready for Kindergarten!  :)  We are so proud of you!

 Ben, Bailee, & Tyler.  

On a side note:  every classmate gets to say something they liked about each other.  Bailee's took the cake:  "Ben is SO handsome and is just perfect!"  Oh boy...not ready for that quite yet!  :)

Ben's awesome teacher's!!  He was blessed by them and learned SO much this year!  Totally ready for Kindergarten!

Phillies

Ben had his last t-ball game.  The Phillies were a great bunch of kids (& the parents had fun in the stands).

 Lookin' good, kid!

 He's a fast one around the bases...ha!

 Cousins on the same team this year!

 Ben and the coveted trophy for doing awesome this season!

The Phillies - well done kids!

Explorer Family Camp

What a great time we had with Jaelyn's school at Family Camp.  Pretty cool that the entire student body, teacher's, and families all attend the overnight camp at Warm Beach Conference Center.  This year the theme was Going Greener.  What a blast!

 The entire Explorer Community!

 Jaelyn and her "greenalicious babes".  The teachers split the kids up into cabin groups - Jaelyn was super excited to be in with her buddies.

 All the kids were environmental superheros!

Jaelyn's cabin group made up a cabin cheer & dance and performed it in front of the entire community!

 Pretty amazing to see this at camp!  A bald eagle with lunch!!

 Ben & Jaelyn doing their swim test.  Ben was pumped to have passed the test and wear the coveted wrist band!

Singing songs at the campfire

At the campfire the kids did a madlib...which was turned into a skit by their fearless teachers!  Hilarious!

Ironman Shaw, Captain America O'Malley, Hulk Leviten!

 Explorer teachers!

Breathtaking view!