Summers Here!!!

Finally! It seemed like such a long school year, mainly because we added on so many days because of the snow days we took this winter. But today was the last day and the kids are officially done with school!


I was able to attend the awards ceremony and field day at Tristan and Carissa's school. The kids both got awards from their teachers. Tristan got the "Truly talented artist and 'creative juicy word stories that come alive' writing award" from Mrs. Fisher. Carissa got a writing award and her word this year was "gentle", very close to "kind", which is what Ms. Carolyn gave her last year.



After the awards it was field day. The kids had a great time going to all the stations, playing and chatting with their friends. It was just a fun day. Here's a few of my fave shots from the day.

Just hanging around...

How hard can you stomp the stomp rocket???

Carissa on the obstacle course
Tristan running for the finish line

And now school is over for them. They move on to 3rd and 5th grades next year. Because they have mixed-grade classrooms, this means it's time for them both to move our of their classrooms and into the next blended class. So Tristan will be moving into Sippo's 5/6 blend and Carissa will move up to Mrs. Fishers 3/4 blend. As much as they love their old teachers, they have had them for 2 school years and are both really looking forward to moving on to new teachers next year.



Another change next year will be Tyten's departure. He and Carissa are such sweet friends. And somehow they always manage to end up together - by chance or by choice I'm not really certain. I do know that they like each other and they really are so adorable. She's really going to miss him and I'm going to miss his mother Nikki and her other kids, Kyah and Azlynn, who were in my classes this year. I wish them luck in Spokane, but they will be leaving a void here in our lives.

I missed Chase's award ceremony, but he came home with an armful of awards. He received an Academic Honors Award, another for no detentions and was given the best boy speller award. He is also EXTREMELY proud to have received the Presidental Education Award for Oustanding Academic Excellence. What excited him most about this, besides the cool pin that came with it, was the it's signed by President Obama. He's been showing that thing off to anyone that will look. LOL

Oh, and he came home with his report card. Straight A's again - that makes straight A's for the entire year. Way to go!

Well, it's been a wonderful year but I'm really looking forward to a little down time. Next week we head to the beach for a few days and then it's back to work for me teaching summer camps on and off for the rest of the summer. But for now I'm just enjoying the bliss of knowing I don't have to get up in the morning!!!