Moving Up!

All year long, Joy's teacher referred to her students as caterpillars. The last couple weeks before their moving up ceremony she started calling them chrysalises, warning them that they were almost ready for first grade. At the classroom party, after the performance, she told them that they were officially butterflies. I seriously thought Joy was going to explode, she was so happy and proud. And so was I. This little one has definitely grown a lot this year. It was sweet to celebrate her. 

Rose and Seth snuck out of class to watch the ceremony and party with her. (Poor John couldn't come because he goes to a different school.) And as a special surprise, her "favorite cousin" (not actually a cousin, but seriously close enough) Emma also came. It made the party even more special.

After the party, she got to plan her day while the other kids had to go back to class. So we hung out with some of her friends, ate lunch at McDonalds (because apparently she NEVER gets to go there) and finished it off with frozen yogurt. We both had a lot of fun.