Friday, June 4, 2010

Girls Road Trip




May 27th, Melissa, Ella and I headed out on our girls road trip. We were taking Melissa (and all her candles) home and had scheduled a visit to Ella's kindergarten class on Friday morning. We left after Ella got out of school and after a long drive arrived in Troutman at about 12:30. We were back up bright and early. Ella said her tummy felt funny. I think she was nervous and excited. We stopped for some cupcakes, dropped Melissa off at her car and then grabbed a cup of coffee. We arrived during recess and patiently waited for Mrs. Cronce to notice she was there. She noticed and so did all the kids. Ella was a little scared i think. It was like a hands on meusem and she was the exhibt. She is not used to being the center of attention so this was different for her.




She got settled in just in time for snack. We took cupcakes. :) Then the kids were off to Science lab. We had planned to leave and start our trip home but Ella was having such a good time so i let her go with the class. They returned for lunch so we stayed a little longer. Caleb stayed stuck to Ella like glue. He even shared with us when he got his yearbook and saw Ella's picture he kissed it. HA.



Friday was favorite story day. All the children brought their favorite books from home. After lunch Mrs. Cronce read a book and then allowed Ella to read a book to the class. Ella was very happy.




As the school day was drawing to a close, we handed out their gifts. A bag with some sand from here and a sand dollar and starfish. We attached a poem that read," Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold. Circle round that has no end. That's how long i want to be your friend."



It was time to go home. So Ella bid farewell to Mrs. Cronce and we flew south. Well, as fast as traffic would allow on a Friday afternoon on a holiday weekend. We met up with Mom, Dad and Wes in Jacksonville, FL who were also headed to our house for the holiday weekend. It was a wonderful day and it meant a lot to Ella. 32 hour trip, 20 hours were in the car...worth every minute.



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