Last Day of 1st and 3rd Grades

Our first "Pool Friday" with friends on the first day of summer.  This is Finn with his buddy, Landon.  They are holding their "balloon babies" (water balloons).

Our second annual bike to school day

Aiden and his first grade teacher, Ms. Heuer

Finn and Sam rode to school on the back of my bike

Last day of 1st and 3rd grade

Getting on the bus for the last time

First day of 1st and 3rd grades

Luke and Charlie celebrating after the last day of school

Fun Carnival party after school

Pool party with friends over the weekend

We had a very fun final week of school last week.  We are definitely in the summertime mode now although we are still trying to find our routine.  We have a couple camps and various things coming up so we will need to adjust quickly to a new schedule.  It is definitely nice to not have to be up quite so early in the morning and to not have to worry about homework in the afternoons.

We did our second annual bike to school trip right before school let out.  It was a bit of a last minute decision, but the boys really enjoyed it and thankfully the weather was perfect.  Aiden rode the bus with our neighbor, but hopefully he will be ready to make the roughly 3 mile trek next year.  Its a bit of a tricky ride with some busy streets and one big hill to climb.

Although she said she was "keeping things simple this year," Kirsten had her annual last day of school party last week.  She did a carnival themed party and had all kinds of games and things for the kids to do.  She even had the ice cream truck come through so the kids could each buy something.  It wasn't exactly my definition of "simple" as the kids had water gun fights, water balloons, a photo booth, face painting, and many more fun games to pick from.  The boys had a tremendous amount of fun.  Thanks to our friends for organizing a fun event.

We love summer and we are looking forward to many fun days ahead!