Brayden's last days of kindergarten...

Denver Zoo

So, since I've been such a slacker I will post these all under one large post.  Starting with Brayden's class field trip to the zoo.  We went on a Friday a couple weeks before school got out.  I went as a chaperone and boy was it a treat!:)  We weren't even sure that morning if we were going to be able to go because it was soooo windy. The kids were literally being blown over as they tried to walk to the bus.  We heard that Denver (where the zoo is) wasn't as bad so they decided to go anyway.  It really wasn't bad down there but it was fairly chilly.  Maybe in the 40's.  The kids had a blast though and it was a lot of fun to be able to spend the day with Brayden and his class.

              

           Brayden with his best friend Riley on the bus.

               

                 Here is an elephant getting a manicure.

               

                

Brayden's favorites were feeding the lorikeets and seeing the Kimodo (sp?) dragon.  Fun times and great memories for all!!!!

Field Day

I don't know if any of you grew up having "field day" at school, Matt said he didn't have them, but they are kind of a tradition out here in Colorado.  It's basically a track meet for the entire school.  They do long jump, triple jump, hurdles, relays, high jump, etc.  Some schools give out ribbons/awards, others t-shirts, it just depends.  It's just a fun end of the school year activity where kids get to basically have P.E. all day long.  I remember looking forward to the day.  Anyway here are some pics of Brayden's field day.  He did the 50 yard/meter? dash, hurdles, long jump, and 1/2 mile.  He didn't necessarily care if he won, he just didn't want to lose which he never did.

   

 

Brayden doing the 5o meter/yard dash.

           

The hurdles were sooo cute and tiny!  I didn't get any really good shots of him jumping over them, but he didn't knock any over.:)

Just Brayden goofing around with his friends!

Kindergarten Graduation

This was so cute and they really went all out.  They wore the hats, marched in, got diplomas, etc.  They were so incredibly cute and Brayden feels so grown-up now.  He tells everyone that he has graduated from kindergarten and that he's almost a first grader.  Don't you remember those days of wanting to grow up so fast.  Now I just want to freeze time.  I'm sick of getting older!!!!!

One proud momma!            Brayden, Mrs. Shepherd, & Riley

All in all it was a GREAT year!  Brayden did awesome and his teacher made it so much fun for them.  Hope it's just as good next year!