Huzzzah!

The Renaissance Festival was a hit for this girl...
 

She loved all the characters...

which are interesting to say the least! 

Loved that there was a real queen and king...

princesses...

knights...

the whole thing was right up her alley! 

I love that I always got a flowery head thing...

frozen ice in an orange...

and loved it...

just like my Allikaye. 

She is just like her mom! 

 

Pretty cool to ride an elephant!

 

We went home for babies naps...

while Allikaye was able to change into 

a true Renaissance dress...

and headed back for the evening. 

Made a whole day out of the fair. 

It was perfect. 

Memory! 

Her royal steed...

There was a zebra and a horse mix...

seriously. 

Weird. 

And pretty. 

Pony rides...

 Butterfly rides...

 And then we enjoyed the 

final jousting event of the night. 

Cam wasn't so sure...

but Kai and her got into it and clapped

and cheered!

 Loved this day. 

Allikaye had a blast...

and is now asking for a 

Renaissance themed birthday party. 

hmmm...

Good bye Kindergarten!

 Allikaye has WON kindergarten!

Yay Allikaye! 

She amazed us all this year

and grew more than we could have imagined! 

 

As a reader she is reading at a 2nd grade level. 

She reads with such amazing expression...

and has really grown to love books.

She is also an amazing writer. 

Her stories are always filled with such imagination...

usually involving unicorns, and animals of all sorts. 

Or always writing about her family or friends. 

She loves hard. 

She also wrote us a persuasive letter 

about us buying her a horse. 

Very persuasive! 

She loves math, science, social studies, 

all of it. 

She has such a love for learning

new things and is always asking us questions

and not stopping until she understands it all! 

She loved buying her lunch every Thursday...

pizza day!

And the other days her lunch was pretty consistent...

chicken nuggets and ranch. 

 

She made a lot of friends 

and was always greeted with an 

"Allikaye!!!" and a hug from someone in her class!

 

Her teacher, Mrs. Whalen, 

taught them a ton of songs and poems...

it was so fun to see them perform all of them...

and pretty impressive that they remembered all of them! 

 Cambria and Kai thoroughly enjoyed AK's 

end of year celebration...

Cam cheered for every student as their name was called. 

It was quite funny! 

Here she is with popa...

We really couldn't have asked for a better class 

and year for Allikaye. 

 Our sunshine girl...

all done with Kindergarten!

Sweet and pretty...

smart and sassy! 

 So very proud.

Allikaye's Kindergarten BFF

 Allikaye and Rylan...

pretty much inseperable

all throughout Kindergarten.

Allikaye's bday party...

Field Day...

Zoo Field Trip...

 They had the same sens of humor...

so silly...

always lots of giggles...

lots.of.giggles.

At another friend's bday party...

At school lunch...

this picture I adore! 

 Best friends...

There is something special about 

that very first best friend.