End of School

This last month has been crazy with the end of school. Jenni and Emma both had programs at school and did fantastic! They love to sing and perform. I finally went with Jenni on a field trip. She had 18 field trips this school year. It seemed like she went every other week. 4th grade is Utah history, so they went to every place they could. I hadn't been on a field trip yet, so I finally agreed to go to Antelope Island (where there was a farm) with her. It was interactive - I taught how they made wagon spokes. It was fun. I also went with Emma on a field trip to the zoo. We had a lot of fun there, and saw lots of animals. The girls also had their final recital for gymnastics. They have learned so much this year. Jenni also had her piano recital and did a great job with her memorized piece. Kudos to her. She loves the piano. James had a great end of year as well. He finished up band as first chair in bass clarinet in intermediate choir. He worked hard, having started out in clarinet and then switching to bass clarinet half thru the year. Another fun thing for James was his grades. He earned straight A's the whole school year. He came close to an A- once, but pulled it out at the last minute. He also failed to let us know that in March he was selected as 7th grader of the month out of 200 7th graders. We only found out when they sent home his certificate in the mail. It would be like him to 'forget' something like that. He was the top mathlete in 7th grade and earned $25 as well as going to state for a competition. As room mother I have had a lot of work in both of the girls' classes with teacher appreciation and end of year parties. Thankfully the year is finally over. I have posted pictures for you all to see their fun end of year activities. It was exhausting the final month of school, and because of that, I have decided to pull all the kids out of summer activities and let them just have fun. They will still have church activities, but we are not doing anything else all summer - let them be kids!!!