School's Out for Summer!

The end of the school year was a long time coming - yet it hit me like a ton of bricks! There were so many activities and my baby finishing kindergarten affected me more than I thought. I've got big girls now!

Here are some of the end of the year highlights:

The Second Grade Poetry Reading for Mothers


The Kindergarteners performed at the Volunteer Appreciation Brunch (BTW, my kindergartener is standing by her boyfriend)


Field Day activities, including tug-of-war and soccer relay



Above is a picture of the Kindergarten Fishing Trip - after this field trip two years ago, I realized it's one daddy needs to attend. He had as much fun as the 6-year olds!
Below is actually her smaller fish, she caught a 14" rainbow trout later in the day... Daddy was so proud!


The 2nd graders had an ice cream sundae party - complete in a 6' trough! They put on their own toppings, including various syrups, fruit and whip cream and OF COURSE, oreo cookie pieces, butterfingers, M&Ms, whole peanut butter cups, whole chocolate chip cookies, sweet tarts, bubblegum... oh and so much more.

I passed on a sundae, but all the kids indulged - even little sister!

My Boys

Being surrounded by females all day is something that my husband has become accustomed to. In a house with a wife, two daughters and a female cat, my husband's only male-counterpart is our dog - and he's starting to get senile. (The dog, not the human.) My husband jokes often about when the girls are scary teenagers, that he's going to buy the house next door and live there. Not an absent father or husband... just OUT of the house. He never had a brother, and has two sisters himself, so I suppose he's used to the estrogen.

Fortunately, we have LOTS of nephews. In fact, on my side of the family, that's all we have. It's my girls, then my brother and sister each have two boys. For Christmas, my husband gave Seattle Mariners tickets to three of them (the other is too young) and last week they ventured up to the Emerald City to watch a game - with my brother and father in tow.

So, here are my boys - absent my husband, who was taking the picture. My dad, my brother and three of my nephews. As the oldest one said later, "It was one of the best days of my life." For my husband, it was, too.