Everything I Missed

While I was gone Tai Lynn graduated from A Step Ahead Preschool!

She has loved Mrs. Katie and making new friends and every chance she got to bring snacks and be the line leader. Her last day of preschool was a fun water and field day and it sounds like she had a lot of fun!

She thought she got to go to Kindergarten on Monday though and was so bummed that she has to wait until summer is over to go to Kindergarten. She is even telling us that she is in Kindergarten now, but Kasen is quick to let her know, "No you're not! You're just on summer break!" Haha

During her Kindergarten class she also had a movement class included, so her preschool got to perform at the Gotta Dance Showcase on Saturday and show off some of their tumbling too.

Tai has also been in a Jazz/Tumbling/Ballet Combo class at Gotta Dance studio since January and go to have her first dance recital later that day. They danced to 'A Sky Full of Stars' and I was so proud of her for being brave enough to dance the whole time! 

During her last week of class he teacher came over to let me know how much Tai had improved. For a while there all she would do during class is twirl and hang on the bars!

I was crushed that I wasn't there to see it, but also my heart melted at how many people came to support her! Grammy Tammy was there filming for me and Kyley and Jordan's family came and took pictures and Grandma and Grandpa Forsyth and Grandpa Kelly were all there too. Tai was showered with love and I'm so happy that she got to feel so special and loved and encouraged to try new and scary things, cause they might be fun!

Thank you so much everyone! It was all the next best thing to be being able to be there and meant the world to me and to Tai too I'm sure.

 I just love this girl so much! 

Lately when I've asked her if she wants to come with me to pick up Kasen from school she'll ask, "Can I roll down the window?" If I say yes, then she'll come. She always wants the window down! And loves to have her head hanging out of it to sing.

One day we drove past Kasen at pick up and I saw him running back to us, "I thought that wasn't our car cause I thought there was a dog out the window and we don't have a dog!" Bahaha

-She's been asking to do my hair too and puts bows in, calling them hair toppings.

-Chunk is her word. if there is more than one of anything or a lot of something, then it's a chunk. Look at that chunk of birds, that was a chunk of pee, can I have a chunk of candy, he just kicked me a chunk, etc. It is so funny to me, but she loves that word!

-She is always the first one to pick Kohen up and give him hugs when he's hurt and loves taking care of him.

-I helped her clean out our room a couple weeks ago and oh my gosh! All the trinkets. Everywhere. She has little boxes of beads and little bags of toys and rings and bracelets and makeup things in drawers and purses and inside her kitchen and in her closet and on here windowsill. She puts stuff everywhere. I don't know how to keep it contained. But for her outside nature things, I tell her if it can't fit into this tackle box, she can't bring it inside to keep.

-She picks me dandelions.

I'm so glad I get to be her mom.