In Between

In the midst of all the events of the last 3 weeks, this is what we were up to. = )

After attending the twins' picnic, we enjoyed seeing Alice and Emily in their singing performances.  

Luckily, they were back to back, and the twins had a little something to entertain themselves.

Since we no longer had to race home to meet the bus,  we headed to the playground right after school.

Avia, Grace, Juliet and I also spent another morning (or two) at Impressions 5.  They were collecting an assortment of recycled items until May 31st, so we were making one last delivery.

The weather is still much too cold for me to want to get in the water, but my children are still drawn to the idea of all water play on the prettier days.

We've had the Kearneys over a couple of times now for dinner and conversation, but this is literally the only picture I've taken of our evenings.

Emily's presentation was great!  She talked about Foxes and made a really lovely keepsake book.  As we were leaving we saw that the superintendent was in attendance again this year. = )

Playing around after school:

On a day too cold for a skirt (in June) I wore jeans.  Emily wanted to match me.  = )

One Friday we went out garage saleing, without Avia, for some reason.  On this day, Grace's boot came apart.  I ended up carrying her and buying the first pair of shoes that we came across that would fit her.  

She was very upset that her boots broke, because she wanted to take her picture on a horse!  I told her that we rarely see horses that we can ride, and she informed me that she wanted a picture on the Meijer horse.

So, on the next to last day of school, in the rain, we headed to Meijer, so that she could wear her (very temporarily) repaired boots on the horse. = )

While we were there, we also picked up Abby's birthday gift, since we were seeing her the next day.  While we were in Mason, we stopped by the library so that Avia could sift through their for sale books.  The twins enjoy all the toys they have available.

Grace looked so much like Alice to me, that I had Alice come wear the same thing.

At the volunteer breakfast, Avia challenged Emily and William to make the shape of Michigan.  We decided it would take four people to make Texas, but we were out of time. = (

Emily ordered a new toy, and waited patiently while it shipped.  She played with it for days after it arrived.

At William's picnic, they had chalk and bubbles and crafts and hula hoops.  I think he felt pretty special with the 4 of us there just for him!  Alice and Emily both came over to say hi when they were out at recess.

Our Village's farmer's market opened the first week of June, so we bought a tomato plant and named him Tommy Tomato. = )

We've been so many places with the BATYOT stamp collecting that I don't even remember where this was.  They do love to pose with the big rocks that are everywhere up here though.

On the final day of school, my little ones find out who their new teacher will be, as well as which of their friends will be with them.  William has Emily's teacher from last year, and we are all very excited about it. = ) Emily will not have Alice's teacher, and Alice will be in a class with her BFF.

Grace and Juliet played in the kitchen area of William's classroom while we waited for the move up day.  They are excited to start in the fall!

We had Abby, Aubrey and Willow over after school on Friday for peanut butter and jelly, and despite the chill, they all still wanted to go play on the slip and slide.  Brrr.

I personally am ready for a nice break from school, but I know it will fly by.  We already have one Doctor's visit under our belts, and it's only day one.  Hopefully we can do something (or nothing) more fun tomorrow.

later days

Research Presentation and Pre-K picnic

The next day? week? I forget, it's a blur, but very soon after the first grade picnic,  I found myself back a the school to enjoy Alice's research presentation.

She selected the parrot, since one of her classmates had claimed snakes already.  The presenter was expected to give the title, read the dedication, introduction their favorite excerpt from their book, and about the author.

Alice was next to last, but was confident in her reading, though takes after her mother, and had a bit of trouble reading her own writing.

As we were filing out for the cookie and juice reception in the library, I saw that the district superintendent had attended the event.   This reinforced my already positive opinion of him.

Alice read me her entire book, and she mentioned that parrots ate bugs and seeds.  Also, sometimes the male parrot will regurgitate his food and offer it to his mate.  I told Alice I would rather eat a bug than something Billy regurgitated and she looked horrified. (but it's true)

She headed back to class, and I immediately sought out William's class, since they had started their picnic 15 minutes before Alice's ended.

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After helping his teacher set up the indoor teddy bear picnic*, I found William on the playground with his class.  They were taking an extra recess, and not long after Alice came out for her normal recess time!

After we feasted, William's teacher presented certificates, and bubbles to his class.

The afternoon came quickly, and their class took their regular recess at the park across the street.  There were plenty of parents and adult attendees to help keep eyes on their little class.

I left before they walked back, so that I could spend a few moments with Emily in her class.  She was sad to see me go, so I walked with her to art class and said my goodbyes at the door.

I returned to my charges quickly, so that my mom could go catch the new star wars movie. = )

It was another fun and educational day, but we still had at least a few days left of school, and all my children wanted to do when they came home was play outside in the glorious, 15 hours of daily summer sunlight.

later days

*it had been drizzling that morning