Last Day of School

All the kids were sad on the last day of school...not sad about the homework and schoolwork ending, but sad that they won't be with their friends and have the same teachers next school year.   This year has been the first year that I have been sad at the end of the school year realizing that my kids are getting older.  I am happy with where they all are and I would be happy if they just stayed this age.

Kylee - 4th Grade

Favorite Color - yellow and blue
Favorite Subject - reading, science, p.e., art, music
Favorite lunch food - pizza sticks
Friends - Persephone, Madeline, Madison, Giovanni, Ariana
This year Kylee was on the Lewis leopard choir.  She enjoyed doing a few choir performances throughout the year.  Kylee read a lot of books this year and got a lot of AR points quickly.  Kylee
discovered she likes a lot of the food offered for lunch at school, which made my life less stressful since she does not like sandwiches.  She will only take pasta to school for lunch.

The highlights of her school year were making a roller coaster in GT class, doing science experiments,   and school parties.  This summer she is looking forward to going to the beach, pool, sea world, and playing outside.

Kylee doesn't really want to go to 5th grade because that means her class is in the portables and she says they are always freezing.

Brayden - 2nd grade

Favorite Color - blue, red
Favorite Subject - recess, lunch
Favorite Lunch Food - chicken patty sandwiches and pizza sticks
Friends - Dalton, Luke, Michael, Ashton
Brayden's big accomplishment this year was that he finally learned how to tie his shoes.  It didn't take him that long to learn when he finally tried to do it (he likes to make things a lot more difficult than they are).  Brayden enjoyed playing with his group of friends.  He talked a lot about different groups in the class.  There are 4 main groups and some "randoms".  I can't believe it starts this early.

The highlight of Brayden's school year was his teacher and friends.  He is looking forward to visiting his cousins in Dallas this summer.  He says he doesn't want to go into 3rd grade because he likes 2nd grade better.

Julia - Pre-K

Favorite Colors - pink, purple, golden, silver
Favorite Subject - playing centers, and Fun Friday box because it had more toys in it
Favorite Lunch Food - pizza, hamburgers
Friends -Maddison, Jenna, Bea, Reylissa (and then she started listing everyone in the class)
   
Julia came home singing various songs every day.  She loved "Fun Friday" because it meant more center time.  Julia enjoyed taking lunch to school and was one of a few that regularly took a lunch so that meant she was able to be the lunch line leader a lot.  She was so happy that a couple of months ago she learned how to swing by herself from her friends at school.  She loves to go out in our backyard and swing.  I enjoy watching her pumping her legs.

The highlight of the year for Julia was going on the fieldtrip to the children's museum.  She enjoyed riding the bus on the field trip and I got to be a chaperone.  This summer she is looking forward to swimming, going to Sea World, and going shopping.  She is excited to be going to kindergarten and learn new stuff.

(Julia recently told us when Grandma Mindy was visiting that she was ready for Kindergarten because she knows how to open a juice box, open a cheese stick, peel an orange, open up the cup of peaches, and she can swing by herself.)