A Bike, A Program, and Tiz time

It has been a fun filled last week of school. Tizita and Courtney came down on Tuesday for Preschool. We had our last practice that day for our Spring sing. In spite of having 31 kids there that morning I was able to keep my sanity.
John had gone out that morning while we were in school to buy Tiz a new little "real" bike that we had seen at Walmart. Just seeing her excitement was worth ten times the $40.00 it cost us. I wanted her to have a little bike so she could start riding and not have to wait until she was seven like Courtney. We only bought both girls a 20 inch bike and because of that, they were not able to master bike riding until they were six and seven. With this little bike, it looks like Tiz will be riding a training wheeless two wheeler before too long. On Tuesday Tiz wanted to ride to a store so she rode her bike over to St. Vinney's. She did crash once, but it was a minor crash due to not mastering the brakes yet.
After the bike ride, we went over to Kev's and swam for a little bit. The water was still a bit on the cool side, but Tiz got in and had some fun on the rafts. It was a nice way to begin the summer.

On Wednesday night we had our Spring Sing. It went well and the kids did a fine job. Tiz made us all proud as she sang the songs just like a pro.

We ended the program with singing, "The world is Rainbow." We sang that song many times at Mary Linsmeier and it always left everyone with such a warm, fuzzy feeling, that did not change this time around. This year my class truly was a mixing pot with Lily from Taiwan, Tiz, and six or so Hispanics so the song was a good one. In the picture below you can see how we ended the song by putting arms around each other and swaying back and forth. It was a touching moment.

On Thursday Tiz rode her bike all the way to St. John's for the Awards ceremony. After that we had lunch at Schuett's, rode home, and after a nice nap, rode around Marquardt Manor. It is amazing how well Tiz can control that bike on just the second day of riding it. She even stands up to pedal and rides with one hand. So much like her papa!

After a nice dinner of spaghetti and lettuce from the garden, we played some Uno and Old Maid. Tiz did very well with her first attempt at card games.

Tomrrow Tiz and Courtney return to Oshkosh. I will miss them and I will miss our weekly visits on Wednesdays, but we will have some special summer get togethers to look forward to.