Last DAY

School got out the 25th of May this year! So we are already on week #2 of summer vacay! Love it!! The girls had a fabulous year. Karis had Mrs. "A" the superstar teacher who Hailey also had in first grade. She adored her. She also came soooo far in her reading. At the beginning of the year she could read 5 words a minute with 10 mistakes. Yes, we were slightly worried, but not really, as I know when they are ready it will click. And it clicked for her this year! She is  now at 73 wpm with 1 mistake!! We are so proud of how far she came. Mrs. A truly has a gift with teaching!!! Karis was so sad to leave her teacher that she spent days sobbing over it. So heartbreaking!!

Hailey had Mrs. Moyle and she loved her!! Mrs. Moyle was by far the most laid-back teacher the girls have had yet. It was a great situation for our little worrier/rule-follower. Hailey used to worry so much about passing all the tests and doing everything just so. Well with having such a laid-back teacher, it really translated to Hailey. She had no school anxiety and had such a fun year. And she came so far also in Reading and Math. It was really neat to see.

We are so happy with the school the girls go to. The teachers are phenomenal and really love and care about the kids. Next year we will have 2 Kindergartners, a 2nd Grader, and a 4th Grader. Wow!!

Preschool Graduation!

I can hardly believe that next year we will have all our kids in Elementary school! It is definitely bittersweet for me, but mostly sweet. First off, no more having to write a tuition check every month! For the past 3 years, we have had 2 kids at a time in Preschool! Avery went for three years breaking the family record of most years at preschool. She is now a Preschool Expert!

This year was really special as Emmett went to preschool with Avery and Alex. So between the 3 of them, they were a big part of Miss Erica's class! They had a great year and learned so much!! Small Hands was such a good experience for them and we are so proud of how far they have come. In fact, Condra the director, commented to me that she can't believe how far they have come. From when I dropped them off 2 years ago and she had to hold Avery the entire time to now, where Avery interacts and has friends and does all of the activities. Alex of course came so far with his English skills and fine motor. He used to hardly be able to cut or hold a pencil, but now he is Mr. Crafty who can create and draw things that amaze us!!

Next year they will be in afternoon Kindergarten!

The Zoo!

Wow...I have not been a good blogger lately! In between the multiples of school projects, end of the year school stuff, Scott out of town randomly, overnight guests, and appointments, it has just kind of slipped my mind. There is no way I can catch up on the last couple months but I will do a couple random posts.

We went to the zoo with my good friend Erica and 3 of her 5 kids. Emmett had spent the night with us, so he came with Avery and Alex. The big girls were still in school. So between the 2 of us we had 6 kids, but each were missing 2! We felt like we were on a reality TV show as with all the kids being between 5-7 we made quite the raucous! And there is just something about living in Boise and being a white mom with dark kids that makes people do a double take.

The kids all had a great time and Erica and I had fun too. Our conversations are always so jumbled but we always enjoy each other. We have similar parenting strategies so it is fun to do outings together. We both get the chaos of kids and neither is horrified by meltdowns or multiple issues. Just how it goes with some kids. ☺ I love that Alex has some friends who have dark skin and a white parents and white sisters even!  I think it's important that he see that there are other families that look a little like ours. ☺