They started the week with Econ day. This is one of the big 3rd grade projects the kids look forward to and dang if they don't leave it until the very last week of school. ugg! They really didn't give info out till 2-3 weeks before it was due. Months before I kept asking how many things did they have to make and sell and neither ever knew. Will made mazes. It seemed easy at first but he ended up spending a lot of time on them. He created 5 mazes and then we photo copied them. I made him add decorations to each maze. I told him he needed color on each one. It ended up taking him all day to decorate them and then we copied each one. He put a lot of work into it in the end and they all looked great. Lindy had to do something with dogs - of course. So we made homemade dog treats. Hers was a little more complicated finding all the ingredients - oat flour?? Never could find it but did you know you can make it with oatmeal and a food processor. The things I do for my kids. ha! She made two types of dog treats and we put one of each into a little snack bag. We made a cute little sticker for each bag. Her's turned out very cute too. We had some extras so Aiden got some and then we took some to the dog across the street.
We also had a fake birthday celebration for the kids' birthday at school. I usually pick a day at the very end of school to eat lunch with the kids and bring doughnuts and pretend it's their birthday since they have summer birthdays. Will picked Luke to eat with him and Lindy picked Adah.
Field Day was Wednesday, 6/7. The kids got to move down to the lower field and that is something they look forward to as a 3rd grader. K-2 is on the upper field and 3-5 on the lower field. The school does a great job and it's always organized and well run. We've heard they will never play the same games at field day the entire time they are there. The PE teacher has all the games on a rotation. Pretty cool I think! Will got to participate in the obstacle course challenge with his team this year. They have class versus class challenges in the upper grades. I had a dentist appointment that morning but was able to stop by and see them for a little while.
Friday, June 9th brought the last day of 3rd grade. I say it every year but man do they go fast. Too fast for my liking. Will had a great teacher and a fabulous year. We were all ready for Lindy's year to be over. We made it through but it was the roughest year she has had. It wasn't awful but we were glad it was done.
We celebrated the last day with frozen custard for a treat and we went to see the Captain Underpants movie. The kids liked it, Drew and I - not so much. Total 3rd grade humor that we don't always understand!
The kids started swimming lessons on Saturday morning. A refresher and chance to get stronger and more comfortable. We did with it with the high school life guard at the pool but it ended up being pretty good. She got Will to put his face in the water. That's a score!
Sunday we went to listen to the NC Big Brass Band at a local park with some church friends. It was a fun evening. The kids had fun running around and then playing on the playground.
I took the next week off of work to spend with the kids. We did swim lessons almost every day and worked around the house. I wanted them to have a few days to lounge and do nothing. Thursday I actually had to do work stuff - like attend a golf tournament. I met my parents that morning and they grabbed the kids and dog and took them back home with them and I headed to the golf tournament. I was there until about 3pm and then I headed to my parents. We spent the night and played in the pool the whole next day. We headed home Friday evening.
Saturday Lindy seemed to have some touch of a stomach bug and was sick all day. Sunday she was better so we rode to Bob's to celebrate Father's Day. We had lunch with Bob, Suzette, Anna and Brian. It was a nice afternoon and Will beat them all in Bocce ball.
Monday, June 20th the kids started their first camp of the summer. They only went three days though as we left for vacation on Thursday. They did three days at Imprints. It was dino week. They had a reptile person come in with animals and went to the movies. They missed the big field trip on Friday cause we left for vacation.
Will and Luke
Lindy and Adah
With a random big chair we found at BB&B
Field Day!
Luke, Will and Jackson
Lindy and Ms. Carter, her adaptive PE teacher
Lindy and Ms. Donna
Will and Ms. Munford
Will and Ms. Lipe
Lindy and Ms. Taylor
Lindy and Ms. Petross, who helped her with her hearing aids all year.
Last day of school!
Swimming lessons at the pool
Will and his finished puzzle
Happy Father's Day!
Bocce Shenanigans
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