Oh my!! Brooke is done being a kindergartener!! That is so crazy. While if I really think about it, it does seem like she's been in school for quite a while, the year has just flown by! I think the saddest part is that she'll be leaving Mrs. Hammel, her teacher, who she simply adores! Here they are together! More on final week activities in a bit.
The roly-polies continue to do well. One morning all the orange ones were out in a gang, so I snapped a picture. You can also see the back of a Dalmatian too. The Dalmatians are funny, they almost always hide, but lot of time they just stick their head in the dirt, with their bums sticking out, kind of like an ostrich.
Brooke had an end of school presentation on Wednesday. It was supposed to be Thursday, the last day of school, but field day got moved because it was supposed to be rainy, so the last week got scrambled a little bit. All the kids had a line they spoke, and they all got to say what they want to be when they grow up. Brooke dressed in her recital outfit and said she wanted to be a ballerina! They also sang a great song about summer coming.
While we were there Grayson started getting pretty loud about wanting a snack. Unfortunately Monica had NOTHING in the diaper bag. After digging, she was able to find a sucker... so Grayson got his first sucker... At least he was quiet for the rest of the presentation.
After, we all got to go into Brooke's classroom for some refreshments. Grayson was happy to get a proper snack. The person who sits next to Brooke was sick, so Winry got to sit next to Brooke! It was a lot of fun, and the kids took pictures together and with Mrs. Hammel. Very last day of school vibes. Too bad we didn't think to bring her yearbook or she could have gotten some signatures (no one had a yearbook with them, so it wasn't "obvious" we missed out).
Monica had to go to the kids doctors office to get an immunization sheet filled out for Winry for starting preschool next year. Grayson went with her, and did a good job having fun while they waited for the paper to get filled out.
That night Brooke and Winry took a bath together, and had a really great time!
The next morning, Monica made special shape pancakes for the last day of school. There were the more customary shapes, like stingrays, vultures, octopus, and various other animals.
But Brooke had a special request and got a Mrs. Hammel pancake!
Thursday was field day, and families could come visit. Field day went all morning, but Monica, Winry and Grayson headed over for the last hour or so. Winry had fun getting to hang out with Brooke!
They even got to see Brooke do a few events. They were there for jump rope and for the... ladder hang... or whatever it's called. Brooke had so much fun on field day!
Here's Brooke with some of her classmates. She's made so many friends this year! The good news is that she'll still have some of them in her class next year, and the opportunity to make even more friends!
There was face painting and Brooke got several things. I remember an ice cream cone, I believe a snake... and something else I don't remember. Winry stood and watched, but didn't go up and have her own turn.
Grayson spent his time straight chillin in his car! He really loves that car, it'll be sad when he outgrows it.
Brooke ended up winning two medals at field day! She got 3rd in jump rope (meaning she got over the rope 3rd most in a minute), and 2nd on the obstacle course. I don't think Monica was there for that, so we don't know what all the obstacle course had. She was VERY happy to have won some medals!
Aurelia came over on Thursday afternoon to play. They moved this weekend ;,(! We'll miss them greatly! Aurelia drew the girls this picture, and gave them both a stuffed beaver. The good news is that our neighbors still do intend to come back around the area from time to time, so the girls will have chances to get back together.
Winry's roly-polies are doing well. They tend to hide away during the day, but often first thing in the morning I can catch a group of them behind the rock, and the carrots we put in (that seems to be their favorite) shrink every night, so they're definitely alive. Well, they're more than alive. I was looking in this past week and saw a BABY! It's on the top of the dirt a little left of the center of the picture. I've seen 2 or 3 at the same time, so I don't know exactly how many there are. We might have to release some back into our yard if it gets too full in there!
Grayson was apparently having a hard evening, so he took his blanket over to lay on Monica's foot while she worked on dinner. As one would expect, this is the natural position in which one should sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Monica took Brooke out for frozen yogurt to celebrate the end of the school year. Everyone was supposed to go originally, but something happened (behavior problems with child #2)... so just the two of them went. They had fun, and I assume the frozen yogurt was good. They went to a serve yourself place down on Main Street.
The weather has been nice, so we've all been out in the backyard a bunch over the past week. I noticed this past week that the leaf-seeds from the tree were starting to dry out, so they helicopter a lot better now that they're lighter. I showed the girls a few times, and eventually we started collecting big handfuls to throw all at once. Winry especially loved it, and would scour the lawn for the seeds and find lots and lots for me to throw again.
I guess Grayson was in need of a kitchen spot to lay this week, cause here we are, same room, new position. This time he was laying on a box of clothes that needed to go in the garage. No singing this time, just laying on his own little bed. It was cute until he sat down on the box and leaned back, fell off, and hit his head on the floor...
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