Photos from first day of kindergarten

First day of kindergarten for Emma

Party games

Emma went to the 5th birthday party of her best friend, Mikayla, on Saturday and played pin the tail on the donkey.

Swim lessons are over

Swim lessons ended today, marking the end of summer. Emma had a great time at each lesson and learned a lot. She's a very confident swimmer at age 5.

She's hard to find in the video above, but she's there. All of the teachers and students joined in a round of "motorboat" before ending the session. Emma is wearing her pink goggles and comes up after the boy splashes like a dolphin next to her. Good luck finding her.

This is the second summer that I've taken her to swim lessons, and I've really enjoyed it. I'm sad to see it end, as is Emma, and see this as another milestone. The days will no longer be ours, as she starts kindergarten on Monday. We'll still go swimming, of course, but weekday swim lessons for this summer, are over.

Rockin the Bo Diddley beat

Emma had a little dance party the other night before going to bed. Rockin Bo Diddley.

Birthday girl

Emma turned 5 Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009.

She blew out candles, jumped around like a nut with her friends, had cake, played games and got enough presents to keep her busy and clothed for the new school year, which starts in three weeks with kindergarten. She's growing up.

Games were played

We played a few games at Emma's 5th birthday party on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009.
Started with pin the bowtie, then threw water balloons at it, and of course jumped on the jumper before opening presents and having cake.

Opening birthday presents Aug. 8, 2009

Emma's 5th birthday party