The End is Here

Well folks it's here.  The end of our packed calendar, the end of the school year, and the end of my sanity.  All of it is ending in less than 24 hours!  Hahaha.  Tomorrow is the last day of school, and I'm equal parts excited and apprehensive.  Only time will tell if we end up having the best summer ever or suffer through twelve weeks of Dante's Inferno.

For tonight's post, I'm finally clearing out my phone of ALL the pictures that have been clogging it up and clamoring for screen time to represent the rest of our end-of-school-year-happenings.  Prepare yourself for an absolute photo dump...

{And by that, I mean, the rest of this post will only really matter to my kids. ;) }

District Art Show
Grace and Sophie both had "art" pieces chosen to represent at the art fair.  Ethan, meanwhile, had a cool portrait from his homeroom teacher on display -- along with the rest of his class.

{His homeroom teacher is an art teacher and decided to do a portrait study for her project at the show.}

 

Sophie's masterpiece

And Grace's

He got to take his portrait home.

Curiosity Expedition
Sophie's GEMS class had a 4th quarter research project that culminated in a district-wide expedition to display all their findings.  Sophie's topic -- STARS!

{I helped her come up with the title. ;)  }

{How big can stars get?  How hot can stars be?  How far away are the stars?  What does the brightness of a star tell us?  How many constellations are there?  How many stars are there?}

Field Day
I'm so thankful for teachers and parents who help to make Field Day happen!  Especially since it consistently ranks as the "favorite memory of the year" for almost ALL of my children.  :)  {And since I didn't make it over there this year (or any year), I'm so thankful to the moms who took pictures of my kids having fun for me.  ;)  }

Grace's tug-of-war

Sophie and some of her friends

Orange Leaf Outing
Sophie (along with 3 other classmates) won the coveted 3rd grade auction item -- a trip to Orange Leaf with her teacher!  For a mere $10,000 in 3rd grade bucks, she snagged one of the spots and still had some money leftover for a ziploc bag's worth of stuff.  :)

7th Grade Awards Ceremony
For Family Home Evening this Monday, we attempted to attend Ethan's 7th grade awards ceremony.  Unfortunately, it was HOT, crowded and a little bit longer than certain younger children could handle.  We made it about 20 minutes in (long enough to see enough win a Chinese award and a PE award), before I decided I needed to get out of there with the other kids before they caused even more of a scene.  {Late bedtimes for the younger crew have been the rule rather than the exception this month.  DOH!}

Our view from the VERY back of the gym.

{Spoiler alert -- Alex and Jane were struggling the most}

I took off with all the kids (minus Ethan, of course) and headed over to our very favorite Hawaiian shaved ice stand for the promised FHE treat.  Unfortunately, I had no way of knowing that Ethan would be righteously indignant that no one stayed to see him get his high honor roll award.  Despite his aggravation, he still managed to enjoy his "Pink Flamingo" once he and Scott joined us after the ceremony.

{He's still holding a grudge, in case you were wondering.}

Felfie time!

Pool Time
And FINALLY, the pool is open for the season!  We kicked off our summer a little early, with an after dinner swim last night that left Alex and Jane shivering and cold (when Jane got out, she kept sobbing that she had "the quiver lip") and created bedtime problems for almost all of them.  Yay for summer!!  Hahahaha.

And THAT is a wrap.  Congratulations if you've made it this far!  Stay tuned for our last day of school pictures and questionnaire tomorrow.  :)