June 9, 2007
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Summer Cometh...
It is the girls last week of school and so we have been very busy with all the year end activities. Our house guest, Mel, went back to Scotland, last Tuesday and I am busy with catching up on house keeping and such, that always falls behind with guests.
Wednesday was Field Day at the school and Joe and I volunteered to help for two hours. They had set up various activities on the big grass field, like sack races and an obstacle course. Joe and I manned a football toss both were kids aimed the balls at vertically hung hoops. Luckily they were Nerf footballs, as the kids were not always the best about waiting for us to pick up the footballs from previous tries, before doing there own. It ended up being a rather intense workout, chasing balls and bending over and over to pick them up for two hours. We were both sore the next day like old people!
Thursday was a end-of-year Family Picnic at the school and the third grade play. We were surpised to learn that Megan had a really large speaking part in the play (well it was more a musical with a little bit of speaking) and she had kept it secret! She had the longest part and did it great, never even looked like she had stage fright! The picnic was fun, kids running all over, parents chatting, a great sunny afternoon and touching farewells to Megan's teacher, Mr. Rogers, who is retiring..
Megan and Mr. Rogers
Today we took the kids to see the kid's penguin movie Surf's Up. It was fun and cute and the girls liked it a lot. They play a lot on a multi-user game for elementary aged kids called Club Penguin, so both are a bit into penguins now anyhow, especially Megan.
Right now I am busy baking eight dozen chocolate chip cookies to take to Megan's Girl Scout bridging ceremony tomorrow. She will be moving from Brownies to Juniors and change from the brown vest to the green one. We will have a potluck meal and I am providing cookies for 40-60 people expected.
Next week will be more focused on Becca. For her fifth grade promotion to middle school they are spending one day at a waterpark and the next day with bowling and then a luau party. And of course there will be a graduation ceremony. A girl in her class is also throwing a promotion party next Saturday for even more fun and celebration!
Meanwhile, the Miniature Gazette, a publication put out every other month by the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts, have asked me to write 3 how-to articles for the next issue. So I have been busy with that as well. It sounded fast and easy when I said yes, but has taken a lot longer than I expected! I think, if there is a next time, I will keep it to one article at a time!
o, that is about all our chaos. This time next week, the girls will be out of school and probably already complaining they are bored and don't know what to do! LOL! But (buhahahaha) I have plans for that particular complaint!
Comments (3)
Ah, I remember volunteering to have the bowling game one year. Twelve pins to pick up every time. That was the longest evening ever! I am very impressed that Megan had such an important part in the play. Her class always seems to have an end-of-the-year play, but I don't recall Becca's class ever having one. Time is passing, Megan is already a junior scout. I wish there was a troop for Becca. It is so hard to get leaders any more.
What will your articles be about? I know you will do a great job, because you are so good at explaining how to do things, and you have excellent writing skills.
Love, Mom
That's so awesome about being able to write those articles!
Lil' Dude finished up at the Charter about a week ago...(I didn't know until that day!)
Our library's got a Spy thing going on this Summer, he's all excited and has started a Chess Club every Monday.
That's so awesome about your girls. Isn't it great when things flow smoothly?
-M
Jeeze louise, the kids here have been out of school for... about 3 wks already!
Of course... they'll also be back in school a month earlier...
Sounds like busy days ahead. That's summer, ain't it?
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