last week of school, 3 piggy opera and good-bye to first grade!

The last week of school was so much fun for Brandon. The teacher planned a fun activity to do each day of the last week. These activities were- boardgames, movie and popcorn, ice cream party and pizza party!
I can't see any ice cream in that bowl!

Every child in the class received a friendship bracelet from Mrs. Hansen. She is wonderful.
Here is London, Becca, Brandon Richard and Kiernan. This was cousin London's last day of first grade. She and her family were off to a Harry Potter adventure in Florida a couple days before school ended. It was an emotional day for me. Having Brandon and London in the same class for two years has been a dream come true. Brandon is so lucky to have such amazing cousins who love him.
The whole class, right after they presented Mrs. Hansen with the "end-of-year" gift.
Goofy!
I LOVE this silly face.
Brandon was a narrator for the first grade presentation of "The Three Piggy Opera." He did a great job. He told me that he was chosen to be one of the 5 narrators because he "reads with expression." :)




Here is Brandon on his first day of first grade...



and here is Brandon on his last day of first grade. Wow! What a difference.
Mrs. Hansen has been such an amazing teacher. We LOVE her! I can hardly believe that first grade is really over. On to our new adventures in second grade!

Little Tokyo, San Fran Zoo, Open House and Memorial Day Fun!

Brandon and London tried some yummy noodles in Little Tokyo. The best part of going to downtown LA would have to be getting butterflies from the Phoenix bakery! YUM!
We went to the San Fransisco Zoo while we were visiting John. It was a blast!


We loved the Gorillas! They were super entertaining!


Open House/Mulitcultural Night at Sumner Elementary! Brandon and London's class represented India. Mrs. Hansen did an amazing job of transforming their classroom!

Pointing to his elephant. I could not believe the amount of work the kids did this year. I was seriously amazed!!

Brandon's recreation of a Velociraptor. He did it all by himself! LOVE IT!


For Memorial Day we went over to Grandma Judy's. We enjoyed delicious food and had lots of fun outside!


Three cousins in a bath + bubbles = awesome memories.
These kids love each other so much.

Brandon Is SEVEN!

Wow! My little man turned seven on May 12th! This year, instead of having a traditional "friends party," we decided to celebrate for a full week. Each day, for seven days, Brandon got to pick out a small toy. This was an absolute blast for him! On Wednesday, his actual birthday, I made cupcakes to bring to school. In keeping with the DOG theme he picked, I made a Chihuahua cupcake for him, and all his classmates got the "dog bones!"

Here are some of his friends! Such cute little kids!





After the singing and cupcakes, I took London and Brandon out for birthday lunch at "Pick-Up Stix." (Brandon's choice of course!)
After school his Nana took him shopping and he got some awesome things! We went out to dinner later that night so Brandon could get a French Dip- his absolute favorite thing to eat! He also opened gifts from Nana there. That goofy face means "I LOVE THIS!!"
At the restaurant he got his own slice of chocolate cake.
Throughout the week, Brandon got some wonderful gifts in the mail! He recieved a whole package of goodies from his Uncle John and Aunt Julie, then a DSI game from Grandma Judy and $$ from his other Nana. ;)
To wrap up the week of celebration, we had a family party on Saturday. Tie-Tie wanted to help celebrate!

The cousins got to decorate shirts. After Brandon finished his Pokemon masterpiece, he wore it for two days straight! I could not get him to take it off!

The cake was just what Brandon wanted! He loved it so much. He kept opening the fridge and looking at it! He did NOT want us to cut and eat it! Ha!


Brandon, Happy Birthday! I cannot believe that you are seven. The time has seriously flown by. I love you so super much.