Last Week of School

It has been a busy week. The boys have seen a lot of the car lately. We spent a good deal of time up at the school for various awards ceremonies, class parties, plays and programs. I am exhausted. Lauren was one of the competitors in the Art Quest. They have a list of artists that they study during the year. They then have a competition to see who can correctly identify the artist whose work is displayed. Lauren was the only one from her class to participate. She was quite confident. The winner receives a $100 visa card. She was sure it would be her. She did really well, but did not win. There she is with her art teacher, Mrs. Weight. Afterwards, she said she was so embarrassed that she messed up in front of everyone. I reminded her that everyone "messed up" because there was only ONE winner. She got over it.

Lauren's class also had a dinner and play for the parents. It was so cute. The kids all memorized their parts. Surprisingly, Lauren was not at all shy....those drama classes at school are really paying off.

I helped in Kyle's class. This week they did "Camp Learned A Lot." They had crafts and snacks and last day BBQ. They worked on an art project using corn syrup and food coloring. The kids drew pictures with black crayon pressing hard and then painted the insides. They dry shiny. Kyle folded his up in his backpack and it stuck together. Typical boy thing. I'm gonna get the ingredients and have the kids make some more for a summer activity.

Kyle got the Gladiator award for the most improved student and A/B Honor Roll. I am so proud of him. He has progressed really well this year. He is reading and writing and on grade level. His comprehension of math has always been really good. But he worked so hard in the language arts area and it shows.

His teacher mentioned to me that she LOVES Kyle. That she knows teachers aren't supposed to have favorites, but Kyle is hers. It is nice to know that he is well behaved at school. It was a hard year with no friends in his class and having to make a transition with a new teacher after the winter break. Miss Roselli has been awesome.

Lauren also had her awards ceremony. She got the A/B Honor Roll, Citizenship Award and Art Quest Award. Her pictures are still on my camera. I will share later. She also did really well this year. Loved her teacher and friends.

So while leaving school today, the kids asked what friends were coming over. I caved. We had the 3 Woolf kids and then Lauren couldn't be left out so we invited the 3 Reil kids. The played on that water slide until our grass was mush. I am frightened to get the water bill.