pop a special message just for you

happy birthday to you cha cha cha, happy birthday to you cha cha cha, happy birthday dear pop, happy birthday to you cha cha cha. have a grrrreat day!!! we miss & love you so, so, so much!!!

happy last day of school

well today was the last day of school and we got our report cards & it's official we can say...
WE ARE NOW 4th & 8th GRADERS!!! 

Blue ink

i've been studying like crazy for my final exams and i read that if you write everything in blue ink it helps you remember everything that your writing. so i've been writing everything over & over in blue ink... so we'll see. mommy is just happy that i'm copying everything because she thinks its the repetition that's going to help me, but i know its really the blue ink!

livi's 3rd grade award ceremony

today was livi's 3rd grade award ceremony & her teacher went all out to make the kids feel loved & special! it was a packed house in there with so many proud parents. out of all of livi's ceremonies, this one was mommy & daddy's favorite. each student stood up and talked about their experience in 3rd grade and since they spend so much time on poetry in 3rd grade they also read a poem they wrote. it was so personal & thoughtful, there wasn't a dry eye in the room.  livi received lots of awards this year & she even got a trophy for being a student council representative. here's the list of awards she received.... accelerated reader: gold level, a medal for being an all star reader,  a medal for reading all 20 wrangler reading books, a medal for all A's one B honor roll & her classroom award was for outstanding achievement in LEADERSHIP!!! we're so super proud of how amazing livi has done this year & how she proved to everyone that nothing can stop her from doing anything! we can't wait to see what she'll accomplish next school year!