Almost summer

Baseball, swimming, sunburns, hail, gardening, dogs undoing a good chunk of the gardening, end of school parties, thank you notes to teachers, baby antelope sightings wait nope just a large rabbit, shorts, flip flops and summer is almost here.  Friday was the last day of school and we have a third grader and a first grader on our hands.  Wowzer.

Last day of kindergarten and second grade! 

Both kids had wonderful teachers this year and there were more than a few of us shedding tears on the last day.  Our school is in transition - a new school will open in the fall a few miles from us so our school is downsizing a bit as students and teachers move to the new one.  We'll stay at our school but it will probably feel a little different in the fall. 

Both kids also had great years and their report cards were a delight to read.  Reina is reading and drawing and telling us about 'inferring' and 'assessments' and she spends her free time teaching her stuffed animals important kindergarten concepts.  Will finished the year working on advanced math and I find myself having to google examples every once in a while so I can figure out what a polysomethingsomething is and how to draw it.  He's also a great reader.  We are working our way through some really fun books right now and I find myself having to resist the temptation to read ahead after he goes to sleep. 

For the last few weeks, our nights have been a whirlwind of kid activities.  Will's baseball season is in full swing, when the games aren't being rained out and that's probably it's very own blog post.  Both kids are taking swimming lessons and Reina starts t-ball this week.  Both Glenn and I are busy at work but that's not breaking news.  But we are getting caught up, the gardens have all been planted and the yard is probably in the best shape it's going to be in all summer.  The weather is warming up and we are ready to do some camping and fishing and all of those great summertime activities.  Let Summer 2015 begin!