Last Day of School!

aaaahhhhhhhhhh....the last day of school! I was able to take the day off and make it to Stephanie's award ceremony and then got to go back and pick her up when school was out. The top pic is of her best friends Hannah and Paige. The second picture I took when the teacher handed her grade card to her. Not sure what she was checking for????? The bottom picture is just her and classmates clowning around. They were all about to fall over at this point. There were 90 3rd graders this year. We didn't find out who her teacher was. They are thinking of dividing the 5th graders into 6 classrooms next year and scaling down 4th graders to only 4 classrooms. If they do this, then all the teacher assignments will change. The note we got said we wouldn't find out until the first week of August.

She did well this school year. She completed her reading circle, got 2nd place in the Math & Logic team for 3rd grade, and an award for B's or Better on her grade card. I think she's glad school's finally out.

Ethan on the other hand. You don't get many pictures of a teenager, especially a boy. He came running out from school with his arms full of books, a bag full and grinning from ear to ear. Our son, the library aide, took full advantage of discarded library books! If you know Ethan...only him. The same son who's been carrying his cleats around in his shoe box to baseball games. You just never know how your kids personality will develop and where they come up with some of this stuff.

I loved having the day off and it made me wish for the days of not working full time outside the home. I took the kids to school, got a Sonic Cherry Coke, came home got 2 loads of laundry done, dishes washed, tidied up the living room, picked the kids up at 1:00, came home & took a 45 minute nap, got the rest of the laundry done, made a scrumpdillylicious meal for supper (chicken enchiladas from scratch) and watched my Tivo'ed shows and it's only 10:45! Work tomorrow though. Then with Monday being a holiday, I've got 4 day work weeks in a row! I love my job, but it's so good to get a day off here and there and breathe. Don't think I'll ever get caught up as long as the kids are home.

okey dokey, all for now, lana