Saturday, May 31, 2014

First Day of Summer

It didn't take long to strike out to our favorite location today.  This time, though, we invited two of Kari's best friends from school.  Yay for the farm at Prophetstown!




This was Madison and Avery's first time to the Farm, so we were excited to break in some newbies! We did our usual routine of visiting the farmhouse and then seeing all the animals and farm equipment before having a picnic lunch out at the playground.




Mother's Day and Last Days of School

Like you, we've had a busy few weeks around here.  We were so happy to have Grammy Pammy and Dale come down for a visit over the Mother's Day weekend.  We had great weather and were able to spend a lot of time outside.  Of course, we made our usual trek over to MCL, which coincidentally or not, is now Kari and Bryce's new favorite restaurant!!






 A day of celebration just wouldn't be complete without a DQ ice cream cake.  Yum!



The next big event was the coveted 10 Pin Challenge won by Kari's class.  This was a reward for her class collecting the most box tops this spring.  10 Pin is a cross between human bowling and dodgeball. Another parent and I made the t-shirts for the kids.  Mrs. Younts' class looked really sharp- and perhaps intimidating- walking out onto the gym floor with matching shirts!




 If you get tagged by a ball you have to sit out until your teammates knock over a pin on the opposing (teacher's) team.




I was fortunate to be able to be in Kari's classroom on the last day of school yesterday.  Another mom and I helped break down the classroom a bit and be a part of some of the wrap up activities and festivities.
 Two of Kari's best friends

 Have you heard of this fantastic book called, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"?  It's a humorous way to introduce proper comma usage and how commas can affect the context of the sentence.
We could not have asked for a better teacher this year.  Mrs. Younts has a wonderful knack for challenging each student, regardless of their pace.  



Last day of school,
first day of school