Ella's Last Day of Preschool

Today was Ella's last day of the 3's Preschool. I really cannot believe the year is over. I also can't believe it's June, but maybe that's because this Spring has pretty much felt like a San Diego winter. It's mostly been in the 50's/60's and today its been pouring all day long. But, I regress...

So, we dropped off Ella off at 9am like usual but we all came back at 11:30 for what was supposed to be an end of year picnic but because of the rain turned into an in classroom pizza party. It was fun nonetheless!

The kids made adorable tie-dye shirts earlier this week and when we showed up they all had them on. Too cute!

Like every other day, when Sofia spotted Ella,
she ran to her and they gave each other a giant hug
Sitting in the circle for songs. Ella wouldn't move from Sofia's side, even when the circle kind of moved over a couple feet, Ella stayed planted to Sofia. Sofia had to sit on a carpet square even though it wasn't "meeting time" but she always sees the kids sitting on the square so she's learned that's what you do when you sit in circle time.
Singing
Video of Shabbat Shalom

They then sang Old Mac Donald and Ella got to pick the first animal. She chose snake....

Ella sitting in teacher Lisa's lap. Ella really loves Lisa and the feeling is mutual. Lisa gave us her email and phone number so we can keep in touch when we move. She and Ella had a really nice bond.
Pizza Time. Of course Sofia had to sit at the big kid table in between Ella and Carli. Carli LOVES Sofia and is like her little mommy. Sofia even asks for Carli by name.
Ella and Mia enjoying their fudgsicles
Saying goodbye to her teachers.

With Lisa. I'm so sad I forgot to ask Ella to look at the camera.
With Anita
With Donna
With Marta, the teachers aide and a favorite of all the kids. She's just wonderful!
When we came home we decided to bake a cake to celebrate the last day of class (and because we were stuck inside due to the rain and Sofia took a horrible nap...)

We decided to get a little "creative". We also couldn't wait for the cake to fully cool to ice it so the icing melted a bit which although not ascetically pleasing, was amazingly delicious!
The girls enjoying their cake
I enjoyed a nice big piece as well. Darn you chocolaty goodness! I can't resist you!

So, despite the rain, it was a really nice day. I can't believe next year Ella will be in Pre-K..in San Diego! Geez, time really does fly.

Oh, I realize too, that I forgot to do a post about Hazel's birthday party at My Gym last weekend. I'll try to post it sometime this weekend. There's some cute pictures.