Oh hey there.
If you need me this week I will be rocking out to VBS music.
And hanging in the "southwest"
This is my first year as director and Day One went pretty darn well!
It's so much work, but I love VBS week and helping youth find a love for Jesus.
The Last Day of School went well for the kids! And here we are already a few days into summer break. How is that possible.
M is devestated the school year is over. Mostly because the girl is a social butterfly and is already missing her friends.
C is less sad about school being over. He likes the routine. But he was ready for a break. The last bit of Mondays there were more exhausting because he was just ready for permanent weekends.
We surprised the kids with Hamilton tickets to kick off the summer the day after school let out.
We had a good time. Husband and I saw it in 2016 in Chicago. But this was the kid's first time seeing it. I am so glad we made it happen!
We had so much fun that we kind of got on a kick and declared summer 2022 the summer of theatre. So we saw another show this past weekend.
Madagascar Junior was more fun than I anticipated. We've got more shows coming down the pike too!
Do you remember that C got Waldo for his birthday last year? So we now consider that to be Waldo's "birthday" too. So he got a betta log for his big day. We finally installed it and after some hesitation, both aquatic gentlemen have discovered it and find to be quite satisfactory indeed.
In other aquatic news, swim lessons began last Tuesday and they're still going great. This year we put them together in the same "private" lesson of just the two of them.
Holy heck we made it to June! And the last day of school here!
Let's just recap the week a bit first though shall we? Tuesday was still May, but it was the parent showcase for the school Irish Dancing Club.
Here is M with one of her favorite friends.
So truthfully, I never thought M was going to do much as far as performing but hot dog if she didn't have natural stage presence. Time will tell what she does with that but she did really enjoy going to Irish dance this year.
Wednesday was the Day of Awesomeness. Basically, a bunch of inflatables and each group of grades gets some time playing.
Here's M and one of her other favorites before obstacle coursing.
I swear C participated too, but his teacher isn't as good about taking pictures and none of my friends volunteered during his classes time to play. (That's how I got this picture in fact, one of my friends was there.)
Yesterday was field day. I took no pictures of the kids before they left for school and I haven't seen any. But that's okay.
And today was the last day. Look at how much they grew up this year!!!
I know it's not just me, they definitely look more grown up! I didn't make them take uniform pictures this morning after all. I told them I was going to but it truly does it really matter to anyone but me? (And even I decided it didn't matter, because the reality is, I want to see what they actually wore on the last day of school!)
We are ready for summer!
I mean, actually I am not. There's kind of a lot of emotions swirled around the end of this school year. Things were... mostly normal honestly. And they haven't been normal since C was in Kindergarten. So, to have these celebrations and events with parents able to volunteer just means more. And seeing how big my kids are, after the events of the last week or so nationally... I don't take for granted how lucky I am that these beautiful souls are mine and I get to love them and experience the fun with them.
God is so good. And so is summer.
