The end of the year was crazy here and the kids were swamped the whole last week of school. Riley and Aaron finished up the soccer season with final games and soccer parties. Riley has decided he wants to take a break from soccer in the fall and I'm hoping he'll try a season of baseball to see how he likes it. Aaron is already signed up for soccer in the fall and very excited to keep playing. Emily finished dance class with her recital and we were so very proud of her! She has decided she wants to take a break from dance in the fall also. Here's her performance. The camera was very confused with the stage lights and unsure where to focus but you'll get the gist. She's on the right side, 3rd from the right.
Emily also graduated Kindergarten. Class of 2028! She was chosen to be one of about 10 kids who got to go down to the front of the stage and lead all 3 kindergarten classes in a song. The song was 7 minutes long so I'm not going to post it but here's a shorter one. You're welcome. ;)
Notice that look on her face? They accidentally skipped her name (it was alphabetical order and she knew when she was going to be called) and that is how she felt about it.
Aaron graduated preschool and said to me on the way home from his last day, "I am this (holding up fingers a couple inches apart) excited for summer and I am this (arms far apart) sad I'm done with school." :( He has loved preschool and the many friends he made there. Here's some of his graduation.
Riley finished second grade and loved every minute of it. On an extremely sad note, he also attended his first funeral. His amazing teacher, who left the class in February with a leukemia diagnosis, passed away a week before school was out. She was incredibly loving, took good care of him, instilled a passion for reading like no one else and when you walked in to her classroom you felt like you were home. Riley really wanted to go to her Celebration of Life so the two of us went together. Since she had been away from the classroom for so song, I'm not sure it's really sunk in with him that she's gone forever and we're ok with that. It was heartbreaking. He had a great teacher take over the class and went on many amazing adventures with her. Here is one where he performed a skit in front of his entire class AND a kindergarten class. He has come so far with his fears this last 6 months!
Happy end of the school year! Summer is in full swing and the summer bucket list completed.
Now, off to Dave's 20th High School Reunion. *grin
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