end of year awards

This year our school challenged the students to read 1,000,000 minutes outside of the school day. Kids read at home and turned in reading slips. The teachers counted minutes and kept track for each student.

Today was our end of year awards assembly.

Delaney was one of the top two readers from her preschool class!!

I’m so thankful for her love of books and reading and I hope it continues throughout her life.

By the way, we did reach 1,000,000 minutes. Tomorrow the top reader from each class will get to help shave our principal’s head!!!

third grade field trip

Today we took a field trip to Tanganyika Wildlife Park.

   

Nate had fun with his nurse and para. He even got to interact with a lemur!

Do you see that baby kangaroo in his mama’s pouch? It was precious!

This is Nate’s third grade teacher. She was also Bri and Allison’s third grade teacher and she’s been my grade level partner for the past 6 years. And now she’s moving to another building to be a reading teacher. It makes me very sad. :(

But on a happier note…

Only 4 more days until graduation. You should see our house (I’ll spare you the horror!) Trust me though, it’s a mess. I have crafty stuff and paper goods stacked on our dining room table. It’s not a pretty sight. And I only have 4 more days to get it under control!

 

Here were are at Baccalaureate on Sunday. Three generations of Augusta High School graduates!!!

firsts and lasts

 

This cute little girl is Brianna on her first day of kindergarten.

And this beautiful young lady is Bri on her last day of high school.

Yes, Friday was her last day of school. Sigh…

Thursday night was her last band concert. Every spring all the band students, from 5th grade through high school participate in Band-O-Rama. We have an excellent band program in Augusta, but it’s an awfully long night at an extremely busy time of year. Well, Thursday was our last Band-O-Rama for at least 6 years. Hallelujah!

Tonight we have baccalaureate and next week is graduation. It’s a busy week coming up. The last day of school for Delaney is Thursday. For Nate, Allison and me, it’s Friday. And Jeremy’s last day is the following Wednesday. Another year is winding down and before we know it, my oldest will be going to college and my youngest will be starting kindergarten. How is this possible?

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers in my life! My family let me take a little siesta this afternoon. A much needed rest. Then tomorrow it’s back to reality and an extremely busy week!

recovery mode

I’ve spent the last week recovering from a very busy prom weekend. Two proms, 3 hair appointments, photo sessions, etc. Back when I went to prom, we didn’t get our hair or nails done. We did our own make-up. There were no party buses. How in the world did we manage?

With 2 girls going to prom, life was pretty hectic around here. And to top it off, Bri went to prom at another school the night before. Back to back proms = insanity for this mom. Hence the week long recovery.

   

I don’t know how they can walk in these shoes!! Now I’m really sounding like an old lady…

Delaney did not want to be left out of the excitement of the day!

This is the group of friends that Bri went with. Her date is a friend of hers and they had been at his school’s prom the night before. Talk about tired teenagers!!

These are Allison’s dance team friends. They are both graduating this year. She’s really going to miss them!

Allison’s date was also a friend and classmate.

Allison and Hope have been great friends since middle school.

   

This group took a pink party bus to prom!

  

The prom theme was Atlantis. This was the first year it’s been held at a reception hall instead of the high school.

 

After the promenade, when we watched all the couples walk the red carpet as they were announced going into prom, these kiddos got into the prom spirit. Nolan was the lucky escort with two dates!

And this is a picture of me and my friends at our senior prom. Notice Delaney is wearing the same dress in the previous photo! It really looks like we could’ve used a little help with our hair that night!

Next event on the agenda…graduation!!!

fun night, botox and cake balls

Well that title pretty much sums up our last three days. Are you curious yet?

Saturday was Fun Night at our school.

 

Delaney and Hayden had fun in the photo booth!

And they played lots of games and got lots of prizes.

Delaney loved the obstacle course!

And she got her face painted. Hayden and Tucker opted for tattoos.

We left Fun Night with 2 cakes from the cake walk and a cake pop maker. The cake pop maker was in a raffle basket. Our friends won the basket and already had a cake pop maker, so being the great friends they are, they passed it on to Delaney, who has been begging for one for months!

The cake pop maker led to making cake balls this weekend. No wonder I can’t seem to keep the weight off once I lose it!!

This morning, Nate had botox injections in his hamstrings. No, it isn’t because he has wrinkly hammies. It helps with the tightness and spasticity in his legs and allows him to straighten his legs a little more. Everything went well and an afternoon off from work gave me a little time to catch up on the blog.

Life’s been busy lately and I’m afraid busier times are ahead. Be patient and stay tuned for prom and graduation…the next big events in our lives!