somebody get this kid a trampoline

hayden loves trampolines. last year when we took him to paradise park he did a lot of jumping and even did some somersaults. this year, dave told him to step it up a notch and do some flips. he was doing great, and even one time he did a back flip. i don't think it was necessarily on purpose, but don't tell anyone that.

dave has wanted to put hayden in gymnastics for years, and this is why:

a spring fling thing

ast month hayden's class was able to take a field trip to macgowan....his new school. when we were there, the principal told us that we were all invited to their end of the year spring fling.
so after a long day at the sprinkler park on friday, the four of us headed over to the school to eat some food, see some magic, get a tattoo and play some games.
hayden saw several of his friends from his class as well as the two little boys in the house directly behind us that he plays with. even with a sunburn, hayden didn't slow down. he got in as much as he could before we headed off to grandma's house to take a trip to cone zone with jessica and justin (pictures on mommy's blog).
hayden can't wait to attend macgowan!

as soon as we got there, he couldn't wait to go down this slide:

and then on to the moonwalk:


talan wouldn't let dave take him down:
"the magic of jason" he was no gob, let me tell you:
a snow cone and a cake walk:
one day he will break a bone:

hayden tried several times, but was too afraid to go down the pole himself:
daddy finally helped him out:


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preschool graduation

today was hayden's very last day of preschool. he's been going to the b. beck center since january of 2005 so i guess it's time to move on.
mom was kind enough to come over bright and early this morning to watch talan so that i could go to hayden's school and participate (take pictures) in their "graduation" activities. unfortunately it had rained a bit in the morning and we were expecting storms to move in a bit later (which we still haven't seen) so they had to move the party inside.
i got there when the kids were doing their morning routine, all of them dressed in tie-dyed shirts that their teacher had made. we then all headed down to the gym for the "special guest." i had been thinking that maybe the special guest would be their old teacher, mrs. bauman, who left for maternity leave in february. when i pulled up to the school and was walking in, i noticed a clown getting out of her car. awesome.
all of the kids were actually very excited to sit and watch the clown routine. after, they all got up and played with the parachute they had been sitting on. then they were able to pick stations like trampoline, basketball, pin the nose on the clown (which i was in charge of), bean bag toss and body painting that the clown did for all of the kids. hayden ended up having the clown paint a snake on his arm...his shirt sleeve is still rolled up to show it all off.
everyone then all sat down for a story about kindergarten, they gave their teacher a present, and then sat down for snack. cheese, crackers, grapes, watermelon, cookies, and cupcakes. but the favorite thing for most of them were the rootbeer floats. hayden, of course, would not mix his ice cream with his rootbeer but he was just as excited as the rest of them to have one cup of rootbeer and one of ice cream.
after snack we all headed outside to play for a bit where mrs. bauman and her two children came for a little visit. hayden really didn't care about saying too many goodbyes, as he just wanted to get home to show grandma his painted arm. hayden's teachers will be coming over to the house on june 3rd for an "in home visit" to go over all that he learned this year so maybe he'll give them more of a goodbye then.
and so the last day of preschool is over and i have about 3 months to prepare myself for sending him off to kindergarten. even though i'm wondering what in the world to do with him all summer long, i know that it just won't be long enough.
congratulations on graduating preschool, hayden!!!

last bus ride to preschool:


the jannie annie show:




parachute fun:




pin the nose on the clown:

body paint:

she was a very nice clown, although i'm sure that's what they said about john wayne gacy, too:
ariana and hayden:
reading a book about kindergarten before snack time:
ms. hornyak opening her gift that all of the kids signed:
oh, boys. zachary, justin, hayden and elijah:
he loves rootbeer:
ms. karen, hayden and ms. hornyak:

always with the slides:
bianca and hayden. hayden's not that short, bianca is just that tall. hayden LOVES her and talks about wanting to go to her house all of the time:
hayden, his teacher for the first half of the year, mrs. bauman, and her baby, drew:

bowling comes to an end...again

yesterday was the bowling party for hayden's bowling league. the kids were able to bowl for over an hour, they had pizza and pop and got trophies (which were different than the ones from the last session). hayden, of course, had the highest score of all of the kids and made it to all 15 weeks. we've decided to take a break over the summer but we'll most likely sign up again in the fall/winter seasons.

another spare!:
getting his trophy:
the new trophy:
hayden, devon and jenna wardwell (i went to school with their mom):