Mother's Day and Ending May

The week before Mother's Day, we went to a tea party. Hannah wore her wizard hat I got her at Disney World and we made mine together once we got here.

The day before Mother's day was UNM graduation. Here are the crowds in the "The Pitt" where the lobos play.

Here are the graduates all lined up.

One Mothers' Day, we took a photo to commemorate the occassion.

She also made me a book at church.

And did I mention the roses and chocolate pretzels?

After Mother's Day, Hannah officially graduated Kindergarten.

After the ceremony, I took her out for ice cream and to get a foil balloon.

The final event of the year was a trip to the zoo.

I supervised a group of exuberant youngsters. One of which was my daughter.

Here they are looking at the snakes. I stayed far away.

On the second to the last day of school, my girl brought this home for me. She won a prize and was able to choose and she chose this for me.

Walking to school on the last day.

She got out at 11 a.m. on the last day. We went to lunch and then came home to set goals for summer.

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