A Barnyard 'Moo'sical

After the kindergarten graduation ceremony, the preschoolers, kindergarteners and first graders performed in a short musical - "A Barnyard 'Moo'sical". The kids were asked to dress as barnyard animals or farmers. According to Malachi, he had to be a cow because that's his best animal sound! He did turn out to be a pretty cute one anyways!

 Elliott and Jonas loved watching the musical. Elliott kept saying "ah-deen" (again) when each song ended, and Jonas was squealing the whole time!

Kindergarten Graduation

Today is Malachi's official last day of kindergarten. Wow! The year has flown by and it's hard to believe how much he's changed. Last Friday there was a graduation ceremony at school where each kid received a certificate. Afterwards we went to his room with him and picked up his portfolio from the year and had a cookout with all his friends.

 

Some of the new friends he's made this year:

Malachi and his teacher, Mrs. Hobbs. She's been a wonderful teacher and we are so thankful Malachi was placed in her class.

Field Trip

Last Wednesday Erik and I were able to chaperone Malachi's class field trip to the Columbus Zoo. We had perfect weather and a very fun day. 

Malachi and his friend Zackrey with the elephants



 Malachi and a tiger, his favorite animal of the day

 The boys liked the statues almost as much as the real animals!

 Starting to get a little worn out

Mother's Day

The kids had a special presentation for Mother's Day at church. It's always so fun to see my boys up on the stage and they were both very excited about their surprise for me!

Happy (late) Mother's day to all the important moms in our lives. I am so blessed to have such wonderful examples of what it means to be a great mom and wife!

A Hit...And A Run!

At tonight's baseball game Malachi fouled 6 balls during his first time at bat, but the next time he was up he finally got his first hit!

One of the advantages of being the last person in the line-up is that the best batters follow you and you have a better chance of getting around to score. So even with 2 outs Malachi was able to score tonight!

Yay, Malachi! We're proud of you and excited to go get your very own batter's helmet now!

Baseball Schedule Update

There was a change on Malachi's baseball schedule that I've updated below - just in case you were planning on catching one of his games!

Thursday, May 10th @ 5:30 and 7:00

Game originally scheduled for Friday, June 15th is cancelled.

Baseball Season!

Although Malachi kept saying he didn't want to play baseball this year, when his friends started talking about it a few weeks ago he suddenly decided he wanted to play again. He's now on the Orioles in the coach pitch league. Opening day was last Saturday and his first game was this past Monday. He did a really good job during all his practices but so far he hasn't had a hit in a game.

Here's his schedule in case you want to try and catch a game:

Friday, May 4th @ 5:30

Thursday, May 10th @ 5:30 and 7:00

Friday, May 11th @ 5:30

Friday, May 18th @ 7:00

Friday, May 25th @ 7:00

Thursday, May 31st @ 5:30

Monday, June 4th @ 7:00

Tuesday, June 5th @ 5:30

Friday, June 8th @ 5:30

Thursday, June 14th @7:00

Friday, June 15th @ 7:00 cancelled

Monday, June 18th @ 5:30

Thursday, June 21st @ 7:00

Friday, June 22nd @ 7:00