Summertime

The last two weeks of school flew.  Like a blur.  Like so much going on that I thought of trying to write it all down and it just gave me tired head.  So here I am, finally writing it down a few days after everything is over and we are already into our first week of spring break.

The weekend before school got out we took a fun trip to Dallas for a party that some friends of our have talked about throwing for about 20 years.  Pretty since we met them.  We got to catch up with so many people at the party and the day before, it was almost as if we hadn't moved.  Except, well...

We got delayed out of Dallas and the kids didn't get to bed until after midnight which wasn't that big of a deal because it was the last week of school and everybody knows that not much happens the last week of school, except that Monday was Field Day.  Yippee!  So we sent our overtired older two to school to run around and do crazy stunts and I brought the overtired younger one to watch.  Luckily Sarah was in the morning and Andy was in the afternoon so I could watch each one and not have the share my time (lucky for them but a long day for mom and baby sister), except the clouds and lightning rolled in while Andy's class was in their second event.  They sent everybody inside, started a movie and even though the sun came out about 30 minutes later they never finished Field Day.  Kind of a bummer when it's your last one.

The rest of the week was field trips and park visits and Outdoor Ed for Andy, and a stomach virus for Sarah that kept her from fun and school and made my last few days of freedom not so free.  I took the two girls to Target the day before school got out and they were crazy.  Amanda actually said to Sarah, "We're supposed to be annoying, stick to the program", which did not give me warm and fuzzies for how the summer is going to go.  I think in nine weeks I am really going to enjoy sending her to Kindergarten.

Andy had Continuation (for some reason they don't call it Graduation, probably because they are just continuing to 7th grade at the middle school) on Thursday morning, but as soon as they called his name and he "crossed the stage" they pulled me out to get Sarah because her stomach hurt again.  So I missed the Clap Out that they do for the 6th grades where all the kids in the school line up outside the classrooms and the 6th graders parade around the whole school while all the kids clap for them.  The 6th grade parents get to stand and clap in the main hallway which is the last place they go before they leave the building.  Supposedly it's super cool, I guess I'll have to wait another three years to see it.

After Continuation Andy had about 10 kids come over for a Summer Kick-Off Party.  We had food, cake, a bounce house, water balloons and a pinata.  It seemed like everybody enjoyed themselves, I know Andy had a good time.  Then a few hours later I invited a bunch of my mom friends and their kids to stop by and get a few bounces in a finish all the cake and food the older kids didn't eat.  It worked out quite well and we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

A great way to end the school year and to start the summer.  Hopefully the fun continues!