It's All Part of Growin' Up

Lots of big things happened in Maryn's life last week. First off, she finished Kindergarten. On Monday, she and the rest of the Kindergarteners had their little celebration out at the park by their school. They performed some cute little songs: (sorry, my camera would only focus on the girls in front of her, or the trees behind her--hence the blurry Maryn) Then, each child took a turn and told us what they wanted to be when they grew up. Here's Maryn, telling us she wants to be a vet when she's older:

And lastely, before we took off, we had to get a picture of her cute teacher, Mrs. Booth:

It's funny, throughout this entire school year, Maryn has been saying that she wanted to go to school ALL day, instead of just a half day, like some of her friends. Just yesterday, she informed me that all day school doesn't sound so great, and she'd rather do half days. Hmmm. Interesting. Too bad she doesn't have a choice for first grade. Tooooooo bad.

The next day, Tuesday, was Maryn's sixth birthday. I can't believe she's six! My, how the time has flown. Of course, those pesky birthday elves snuck into her room at night, and decorated it for her birthday! I'll catch those sneaky elves one of these days!

We spent the morning running errands, which included going to Target to spend the gift card from Grandma and Grandpa. We had her favorite dinner--Tomatoe Juice Stuff (fancy name for a fancy dinner! ;) ) then a family birthday party. I like this next picture. It looks like she's ready to pounce on those presents.

Singing Happy Birthday, and blowing out candles:

She scored with a Pillow Pet (as requested), a caboodle full of fun make up, a movie, and a Star Wars Piano book. She's quite the diversified girl!
Happy 6th Birthday, Maryn. We love you, and we are so glad you are part of our family!