As we are finishing up, one of the most exciting things is the end of the year karate challenge! Davy did such a great job during the challenge he earned his yellow belt! Way to go Davy!!!
Category Archives: Berkeley Prep
Davys Kindergarten Christmas Party
Tyler
Wren
Emily
Gabriella and Colton
Kylie
Sophia
Mikey
Mrs. Lewis
Filed under Berkeley Prep, Christmas Traditions, Holiday's
Davys Kindergarten Calendar
Davy made this calendar for us as a Christmas present. He gave it to us after the Winter Concert.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Filed under Berkeley Prep, Christmas Traditions, Fun Stuff, Holiday's
Kindergarten Halloween Parade
Every year the lower division at Berkeley hosts an annual Halloween Costume Parade. The children line up in their classes by grade and parade around the mound to fun spooky music. After all of the grades have entered, each one is presented to the parents for photo opportunities and then they parade out. How cute is Mrs. Lewis dressed up like an MnM… Afterwards, the children get to have a special party in their room…. This year I was on the volunteer list and got to help assist the mummy wrapping center.
Filed under Berkeley Prep, Halloween, Kindergarten
Davy’s First Swim Mini-Meet
Davy’s first mini-meet. Well, it was definitely an experience for all of us. As I was loading the pictures for this post he says to me, “Mom, I just thought that it was going to be easier.” I kindly and very parentally reminded him that it was only the first one. The first one’s are always the hardest, and going forward they just get easier. He said ok, and then ran off. He does like to swim and the coaches say that he is good.
He was the youngest and the only 5 year old, next year he will be in this same group and will be an entire year older. It will make a difference.
Before the meet, the kids dressed in their Halloween costumes for a contest. Who knew there would be three spys??? :O)
All participating kids get into the pool for a warm-up.
The meet is offically under way. First up is the girls and boys 6 and under group, and this heat is the free style. A little confusion occurred here. There were girls in lanes 1-4 and boys in 5-8, Davy was in lane 5 next to the girls. Davy thought that everyone was going, but actually it was just the girls. The horn blew and out of the corner of his eye he sees the girls hit the water, he jumps in. In front of everyone, the coach yells through the Bull Horn, “Davy Zahn get out of the pool!” He turns around, climbs out, and now the boys are setting. The horn blows and he isn’t ready. His goggles are crooked and he jumps in late. He crosses the pool, gets out, and cries. He was embarrassed. Andy and I tried to calm him down, nothing helped. They go through all age groups and it is time to line up again…he is still crying… 😦 Next up, the back stroke.
Davy is in the last lane for the back stroke, he comes in third.
The third heat comes up and Davy has finally calmed down. He is not happy, but he isn’t a quitter. The boys set, horn blows, Breast stroke. Davy comes in second place.
The fourth heat is the butterfly and we tell Davy that he doesn’t have to do it. His coach said that since he has only been in swim since last spring, that he really wasn’t ready for this one. All done…. Way to go Davy!!!
When the kids earned a ribbon, they got to pick out one pumpkin.
Davy sitting with little Emily McDermott.
Davy getting his ribbons. :O)
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Davy’s First Day of Kindergarten
The big day is finally here! It’s one of those moments that you talk about for years, and before you know it…. wow it’s here! Davy is starting Kindergarten. It wasn’t as overwhelming to us as we had anticipated; after all, last year really was his starting year at Berkeley. As we climbed out of bed, ate breakfast, got dressed, and headed out the door…it was just like any other school day…
Except… what was easily forgotten about… the 6:40 wake up. Ugh… Rise and Shine babies. To start off the school year, we all sat down for a big chocolate chip pancake breakfast.
After breakfast, we took Davy outside to stand on the front porch for the annual “First Day of School Photos.”
This year Davy gets to bring his own backpack. So, over the summer I tore out all the backpack pictures that I could find in the different catalogues that come in the mail, laid them out on the table, and let him pick which one he wanted. He decided on a lime green Lands End Kids backpack with two logos: his name and a pirate patch.
Usually, the morning drop off routine is to go through the car line, but there was no way that we were going to let him go off to Kindergarten without us :O). We parked the car and as we walked onto the campus we were greeted with the sound of bagpipes…
The first car sitting in the car line was Sophia’s, so we invited her to walk in with us…the children were so excited.
Each child has a designated hook outside of the classroom to hang their backpack, here’s Davy’s…
Good Morning Mrs. Lewis!!!
The Friday before school started, the last day of summer, the school opened the Spirit Shop and invited the children to come in and see their classrooms. We already had plans to spend the day with Caiden at the beach so we missed coming in and participating in an activity. Mrs. Lewis was kind enough to let us into the classroom a little early this morning so Davy could find his desk and run through a scavenger hunt with Sophia.
Davy was completely at ease and so excited to see his friends… so with heavy hearts full of love and pride we kissed him goodbye and left. Our baby is a Kindergartener.
Mrs. Lewis send out a “First Day of School” digital scrapbook and here are a few of fun things that Davy did on his first day:
Fine Arts with Ms. Ansinelli
Spanish with Senora Calladrino
Dance Party with Mrs. Lewis
Filed under Berkeley Prep, Kindergarten
Honor’s Night 2011
Tonight was Honor’s Night for the Lower Division. Everyday we see the children and most of the time they seem so big to us…but tonight I was completely surprised when I saw them all together with the other children and they were so little. Now, I know that he is little…I mean he is five after all; but the children just looked so small! My heart-strings squeezed.
Each class walked in starting with Pre-K and ending with the 5th grade. They walked around the gymnasium and took their seats with their class. Andy and I got there a little early so we were able to get an aisle seat. When Davy walked by, he saw us and started jumping. So cute.
First, they introduced Ms. Depew’s class and then they brought up Ms. Fruit’s class. They lined them up in two rows, of course Davy was in the back. They announced the class and before they could walk off of the stage Davy jumps up from the back row and starts waving as hard as he could at us. I was so proud of him. I waved back as quick as I could and then they ushered them off of the stage. He was the only one to wave. I love him so he makes my heart swell….
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The Last Day of Pre-K
It’s Davy’s last day as a Pre-Ker…. Sniff Sniff….
As always, on the last day of school at Berkeley they have what is called Farmers Day, otherwise known as a field day. The students are always divided into one of two teams: blue or white. Davy was on the white team. We dropped him off at normal time and then returned at 10:15 for the end of the year classroom party. The kids were so excited. They made a few crafts and of course ate some candy. At 11am the party ended and so did their school year. The last day of school is the only half day that the children get all year. He told his friends to have a nice summer, gave Ms. Fruit a giant hug and a thank you, waved goodbye from the classroom door, and we were off.
Congratulations to my big guy…he is now a Kindergartener!!!!
Davy with his girlfriend Annabelle and his friend Sophia.
Davy with Ms. Fruit.
On the first day of school I got a great picture of Davy with his friend Ryan and I was hoping to get a picture of them on last day of school as well… You can see that they had no interest in posing for me… :O)
Davy waving goodbye to Pre-K.
We stopped at TGIFriday’s for a celebratory lunch. Davy is eating an ice cream Oreo sandwich…Yum!
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Teddy Bear Picnic
Once a year, the children do something special for “mom’s” and in Pre-K it is the Teddy Bear Picnic. Since this was my first time, I had no idea what to expect…but the children just amazed me with how much they prepared and planned for us.
When we arrived at the school, they had us enter from the back. Outside they had set up our name badges, necklaces that the children had made for us, as well as some of the artwork that they had completed over the year. When it was time to go inside, we were all given a gift bag full of goodies that the kids had made. Inside the goodie bag was a thermal tote, an alphabet bear book, homemade stationary, and 2 teddy bear pens.
The children performed several songs and then to end the production each child approached a microphone and said why they loved their mom. It was the sweetest thing! There were not very many that were the same, and when Davy approached the microphone he said, “I love my mommy because she takes me to North Carolina”. Oh! Be still my melting heart! Love him so.
Afterwards, the children were lined up outside with a partner and had a picnic basket all prepared for us. We found our number and shared our picnic with Miles and his mom Angela. It was a beautiful morning and I had a wonderful time.
Filed under Artwork, Berkeley Prep
Winter Concert 2010
Today is Davy’s big Winter Concert. I thought that I would out smart all of the other parents and get to the auditorium nice and early for a good seat, but little did I know that almost half would be filled 45 minutes in advance. The Winter Concert consists of PreK, Kindergarden, and 1st grade. Andy and I also didn’t realize that this concert was his really big production of the year, so as I was sitting in the center of the seventh row I found myself in one of those surreal moments that you see in the movies where the parents are watching their child in the school play or recital and they are so proud…I realized that I am now that parent… :O)
Before the concert began, they showed a slide show of the children rehearsing…I was able to get these of Davy.
Here is Davy coming down the aisle.
Davy’s Friend Sophia
Davy’s Friend Annabelle
Davy’s Friend Emily
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Mountains! Beach! or Both!... 