Hallie's Preschool Graduation

Wednesday was a busy day at our house. I ended up working 13 hours, Hallie had dance and a birthday party, and last but not least preschool graduation. Amy was great and made sure both girls were ready for the day and made sure Hallie got to her birthday party. I got home and got ready before picking Hallie up so we could get her ready to head to Bonneville High School. Wednesday evening Hallie graduated from Preschool Express. We were thrilled to have Joy join us to help celebrate and be part of Hallie's special day. They had a cute and short program.. First they sang a few songs. Hallie has been singing them around the house and attempting to teach them to Gracie for weeks now. It was so cute to hear all of them with all their actions. 

Then they had each child come up to receive their diploma. All of the kids had big smiles and you could tell they were all very excited, proud, and/or happy to be there.

Receiving her diploma from Ms. Angie

As each of the kids came through to receive their diploma Ms. Angie asked what each child wanted to be when they grow up. Hallie a couple nights prior to graduation was telling me that they each would have a chance to speak in the microphone to say what they wanted to be when they grew up. I asked her what she was going to say and she says, "A princess, but not just any princess, a fairy princess. And I hope some day when I'm older maybe I will grow wings so I can fly." I wasn't quite sure what to say but I got a good laugh out of it. So when it came her turn I wondered what she would say. When she was asked she said simply, "Elsa." Took a slight bow and continued to have her picture taken. Seriously so genuine and cute.

    Our little graduate

Hallie with Ms. Angie

This is Hallie's best friend from preschool. Her name is Millie and she is a common name talked about at our house. She is only 4 months older than Hallie but about a foot taller its quite comical to see them together.

And of coarse with the silly face

Our little graduate family

Afterward we all headed to Buffalo Wild Wings. A couple weeks ago we were talking about our schedule coming up and asked Hallie what or where she would like to eat after graduation. I really expected her to say chinese but instead she said Buffalo Wild Wings. Matt and I were thrown off a little but left it at that. Tuesday evening we once again were discussing plans for the following evening and once again asked Hallie where she wanted to eat and once again she said Buffalo Wild Wings so that is where we went. Gracie made herself right at home with Joy's coleslaw. This girl loves veggies in about any form.

After we ordered Hallie opened her gift from us. She received a bag of cotton candy(her favorite) and a sleeping beauty barbie. She was so excited. Then to add more excitement our waitress brought Hallie a custom made hat in purple and pink that said graduate Hallie and the entire restaurant congratulated her. the look on her face when they had her stand as they announced her name in the restaurant was priceless. Now for the so sad part....while Matt was uploading the pictures he accidentally deleted all the pictures from dinner:( Oh I was so sad but Matt has tried for days now to get them back with no luck. I am so sad! There were pictures of Joy with Hallie and both girls and selfie pictures of all of us. I have justified it by thinking it could have been worse and deleted all the pictures we had from that night. But aside from the picture mishap it was a great night spent celebrating this little smarty. We are so proud of the little girl she is and wants to be. Here's to many more years of loving education.