Last Day of 2nd Grade for Kelly Kelly's class had a great field trip on Friday. They were picked up in front of the school by the Memphis Ducks (Based on the famous WWII DUKW amphibious design). She had a good time (thanks to a handy pair of ear plugs to block out a lot of the quacking) touring downtown and splashing through the Mississippi River. What a great way to wrap up another school year!

Last Fieldtrip Tatum's kindergarten class explored the Memphis Botanical Gardens today. Tatum had a great time (Trenton's class was there as well) and even volunteered to be a flower.

TaeKwonDo Testing Last month Kelly competed in her first testing. She did a wonderful job--she earned her yellow belt, 2 stripes. Great job, Kelly! Below is her white belt pattern, Chun-Ji.

Kindergarten Program Tatum and the rest of kindergarten performed 3 songs today as part of their program. Tatum was so excited that even with her "engine medication" she had a hard time standing still!

Spring Music Program The 2nd grade entertained the crowd with the classic folk song, Where Are You Going, My Good Old Man? last week. Up front and center is the first seat glockenspiel player, Kelly.

T + T = C Yes, this is the math formula I found Tate working one afternoon. She was more than happy to explain that it stood for Tatum + Trey = Kids (Yeah, we're working on that spelling, along with the fact that there are about 1,274 things that she needs to accomplish before we even begin to discuss boyfriends and love).

Turns out that this story of true love began on the 1st day of kindergarten when "Trey" (only in May did we learn his real name is Trenton) invited Tatum to play Power Rangers at recess. The rest is history...

I assumed all year that this was Tatum's infatuation with Trenton. Only today did I learn that Trenton's mother has to hear all about Tatum every night and about how beautiful she looked today in her graduation outfit : )

Baby's First Set of Contacts? Way back in January of 2005, we learned that Kelly needed glasses. When the optometrist told her to go look at frames, Kelly stated that she would rather have contacts. We convinced her to hold off a few years before she tackled contacts.

After breaking one pair of glasses and losing her back up pair this spring, we decided to give contacts a try. She is doing very well with them! She can put them in all by herself (but usually likes a little help) and can take them out and clean them all on her own.

Now if we could only figure out what color her eyes are going to finally end up!

Wrapping Up a Great Year

Tatum would like you to meet some of her favorite teachers.

Mrs. Davis (Kindergarten) Mrs. Payne (CLUE)

Mrs. Rob (Computers) Senora Reed (Spanish)

Thanks to each of these teachers for all they have done to help Tatum have a great year!

Outdoor Time Last Sunday, after church, the girls and I headed to Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. Kelly, Tally, and I had a great time hiking. Tatum did not : ( Outside contains a lot of bugs (our biggest fear these days), as well as a lot of things that get into our shoes! But we managed to survive a 3 mile trail together.

Rock Everywhere! Kelly performed in her first piano recital in May. She did a wonderful job and even played from memory!

Keeping Busy! May has turned out to be one of the busiest months so far this year. We have had Tae Kwon Do testing, field trips, musical programs, piano recitals, and end of school programs. I am behind with posting all of the videos and pictures but stay tuned...