School’s Out, Summer’s In

So the end of the school year always brings a sense of craziness along with it. The kids (and the Mom) are always ready for school to be done, wondering if the warmer weather will ever come, ready to be done with homework and spelling lists and animal reports Teacher Appreciation Week and Field Day and other PTA shenanigans. May also brought Annie’s spring dance recital, a trip to St. George, a conference, field trips, a horrible eye infection, my month for Sharing Time, a Bees baseball game, my brother-in-law’s Masters graduation, BBQ’s, playgroups, haircuts, a Primary Activity, snow…good but crazy times! Thank goodness we didn’t sign anyone up for spring sports this year!

Bottom line—-Welcome June! I love you. And I’m in shock that you are pretty much halfway over.

We spent the last week at the cabin (post coming soon) which was wonderful, and came home with the sickies: all 3 kids have double ear infections and all 3 have pink eye! And I have pink eye too and a cold and Jaden has a cold as well, so our house is like a death trap at the moment. We’re on the mend though and hopefully have met our “sick quota” for the rest of the summer!

So, now, in an effort to actually post some pictures and try to remember how to blog, I have some “end of school” pics. You know, for preserving the memories and stuff.

Brandon enjoyed first grade and I survived my first year of being a mom of a first grader. That’s a mouthful. He received a Gold Medal at the Mustang Awards and promptly told me his plan: He is going to trade the gold medal to the Tooth Fairy for an iPad. Wonder if the TF will go for it?

After the last bus stop we went to the annual School’s Out water party at the house of my awesome friend Brooke. Yes, she’s the mom with all the coolest waterslides and bounce houses and basically every kid in the neighborhood wants to hang out at her house all the time. Heck, I want to hang out there too! We all bring treats to share and let the kids run wild while the moms hang out together and try to keep our eyes on everything!

The waterslide was a huge hit, even when it was threatening to tip over.

At the end of several hours of playing outside in the water, it’s always good to share a chair with a friend. Haylie and Maddy were so cute.

So in the blink of an eye another school year is done. Hard to believe! We’ve been making our fun summer plans and have already enjoyed the cabin trip, water parties, snow cones and attemping to teach the kids how to sleep in a little bit. Hooray for SUMMER!