Shad Mecham Family

Today was the last day of school for Brenden and Ainsley. Brenden received a trophy for reading 100 hours in secomd grade. We are so proud of him and his hard work. He made amazing improvements in his reading scores this year thanks to an amazing and dedicated teacher. Brenden will be doing some summer school this year. He was invited to help him hang on to all the growth he made. Ainsley did awesome in school this year. She had all 3s on her report card, which essentially translates to straight "A"s. The kindergarten classes had a end of the year program where they shared some of the things they learned this year. Ainsley had a speaking part, which she did very well on. It was fun to watch her sing with her classmates. Ainsley loves singing and performing. Capri had her 3rd birthday recently. She had Mickey Mouse cakes, which she was so excited for. She received a scooter and roller skates, as well as some new clothes and other fun toys. It was a great day for her. Daphney is growing and changing. She is smiling, giggling, and talking. She loves her older brother and sisters and they love her. Capri keeps trying to "help" with Daphney. Luckily, there haven't been any injuries. When I stop what she is doing, she just looks at me and says, "Mommy, I helping. ", or "I love her". What do you say to that?

Daphney was born Sunday, February 27 at 2:08 pm. She weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. She is a sweet baby that loves being held by Mom during her waking hours. Sometimes she will let Dad hold her. She has had some troubles eating. She was too sleepy and didn't suck hard enough to get enough to eat. Mom has been pumping and finger feeding her waiting until she is big enough to eat on her own. She is well loved by her brother and sisters who love giving her kisses and talking to her. Capri's favorite thing to say to her is, "so cute". We have been blessed to have Daphney as the newest addition to our family.

Ainsley has spent the past few days with her Aunt Teresa. Today they went to the Art City Festival with Grandpa and Grandma Anderson. Grandpa sent me these pictures. She had a great time. The only thing she wasn't a fan of was going potty in one that had "stuff" in it. I am glad that she is having a great time with her aunt and grandparents. We have missed her, even though it has been a lot quieter. I look forward to getting her back tomorrow.

Ainsley is now finished with preschool. It was a great experience for her. She did a great job in her program. Her teachers expressed how much they enjoyed having her in class and that they are going to miss her. She is definitely ready for Kindergarten. Ainsley will be starting her Kindergarten Smart Start on June 14. She is pretty excited.

Capri recently had her second birthday. We are now full on into the terrible twos with a red-headed female. At least she's cute. We had a fun birthday celebration. Because of the rain, we went to Chuck E Cheese to ride rides and play games. I checked Brenden out of school at lunch so he could go with us. Capri had a blast. She would move from one ride to another and wait for me to come put a token in to make it go. If she wanted to ride it again, she would stay on and say "please". I would go over and put another token in. Even Ainsley would put tokens in for her once in a while. We went home after for a dinner of hot dogs and cake. If you are familiar with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Mickey loves hot dogs. Mickey Mouse was one of her first words, used to request an episode of her favorite show to be played. She loved her Minnie Mouse dress and wore it all day. She also got a Mickey towel, a toy laptop, a guitar that she rocks out with, summer jammies, and a bubble mower. It was a great day.

Erin has asked me to make available to our friends and family the video she took of Ainsley's play she was in for her graduation from preschool. It is kind of large (450mb) and due to it containing other peoples kids I didn't want to post it on YouTube so I have created a link you can use to download and watch it from.

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Enjoy,

Shad