School’s out!

I don’t know who’s happier that school is out for the year–the kids or the parents. Seriously. I’m so relieved that the homework nagging, the assignment finding, the driving the carpools, the band programs, field day, class parties, dance festival, yada–yada–yada are OVER, that I’m ok with the fact that my kids will be hanging around home for the next 2 1/2 months.

But before we move on to summer and the festivities, let’s review some of the fun things we did with the end of the year, shall we?

The kindergarteners did SO WELL on their dance festival dances. I love this picture! Notice how none of the kids are exactly on the same steps at the same time? That’s John in the bright orange jacket.

This was one of my favorite games at John’s field day. The kids had to put on a wig and a shirt, or a girl’s wig and a boa, and kick the soccer ball through the cones, then make a basket at the other end. This is John in the “boy’s” gettup. How cute is that?

Here’s my group on the school sign.

On the day of the dance festival, here’s John and his partner Whitney in costume.

I tried to get pictures of the other girls doing their dances, but since I was sitting with the Kindergarteners (passing out flags, helping them get into their lines, passing out water), I didn’t get any good pictures of them. But Natalie’s somewhere in this group.

here they are after the big festival.

And while we were doing these fun activities, Ryan was here:

in a sea of Japanese. He was in Japan less than a week, which seems like not enough time to even get acclimated, but it was a successful trip.

We’ve gotten a good start on summer, too.
Friday I took the kids swimming after they got out of school. Of course as soon as we got there, it turned cold and overcast and we were FREEZING by the time we got to the car. But it still counts! Friday night the kids got to laze around and watch a movie from Redbox, which is one of our favorite cheap source of entertainment.
Saturday, I decided to ditch the garage sale I was planning and just hauled a truck load of stuff to DI. That left us free to let the kids play with friends, and we went out to our favorite Mexican spot, Los Hermanos. Yum.