A Traditional Homemaker: The Last Day

Today was the last day of school... It is a bittersweet time at the end of a school year... While not having to wake up in the morning many times before the sun had even come up itself will not be missed... The experience and people of school surely will... Yesterday I spent a large part of day outside... Peanut walked to a park near her school... We had a picnic, chased bubbles and I watched her tick away the minutes and hours while playing on the playground... It was hard to go home but we had to meet the bus that Monkey was coming home on... I also spent nearly all day outside today... I have pink skin to prove it... ::smirk:: Today the children had Field Day... There were 12 stations... Musical Chairs, Parachute, Limbo, Volleyball, Fox tail (not sure what that even is), Kick, Catch and Throw the Football, Horseshoe Ring Toss (2 different size rings), Frisbee Throw & Catch, Tug of War, Marshmallow Races (replaced the egg on the spoon race of our childhood), Story time and Scooters in the Gym... I spent part of the time with Peanut and part of the time with Monkey... I pushed the double jogger stroller and Linebacker's stroller back and forth across the school yard... After I paid for lunch at 1/4 to 9 AM, I headed outside and Peanut was closer so I visited and watched her first... She went through the parachute, limbo and volleyball stations... I traveled across the school yard to watch Monkey participate in tug of war, marshmallow races and story time... I met back up with Peanut at snack time... I watched her participate frisbee and tug of war... It was time then again to head across the school yard to watch Monkey partipate in parachute and limbo... It was just after 11 AM... The children gathered together and they took a whole school photo... Next, we filed into the gym/lunch room to pick up our lunches for an outside picnic... I'm not sure if I was just really hungry, it was a good lunch or a little bit of both... They served today a 'bagged lunch'... We usually have a choice between a sandwich and hot lunch dish... In it today was crustless PB & J, string cheese, your choice of milk, apple, baby carrots, and granola/chocolate chip bar for 'dessert'... After we finished lunch I watched the children play on the playground till almost 1 PM... It was time for Monkey to walk to the High School to swim... I packed up the trio and drove over to the pool and watched him swim (indoors, too cool for outdoor pool) for about 90 minutes... I packed the trio back up and headed back to school for dismissal... I started first in Peanut's room and loaded all her end of the year gear... We walked to Monkey's classroom (2 doors away; very small school) and gathered all his end of the year items... The children then hugged and said goodbye/have a great summer to all the staff and teachers as we made our way down the hall and out the door to leave... ::sniffle:: I'm soo glad we had such a wonderful year at our new school... I'm excited to start the next year... I am now the mother of a 6th grader, 3rd grader, 1st grader and pre-k child... Time sure does fly... Peanut had her last Speech Therapy session today... She has graduated! We are all proud of her hard work... They had a donut party to celebrate... Enjoy the photos below of all of today's activities... We are all going to sleep good tonight!

Peanut playing 'popcorn' at the parachute station...

Peanut at the limbo station...

Peanut being creative at the limbo station....

Peanut at the volleyball station... Her's the green ball about the go over the net... They were divided girls vs boys... The goal was to have fewer balls on your side then the other side... Two rules... No kicking the ball... No throwing under the net (has to go over or through a hole in the net)...

Peanut becoming passionate about winning at the volleyball station... ::smirk::

Monkey and his best 'girl' friend (pink skirt), J, in his class at the tug of war station...

Up close photo of Monkey and J at the tug of war station.... Her mom told me she insists on wearing skits all the time and even refuses thermals/leggings in the winter... ::smirk:: She likes her knee socks the best! She owns pants but never chooses to wear them...

Monkey at the marshmallows races station... He is at the moment of this PIC winning against his friend N...

Now Monkey going backwards at the marshmallows races station...

Monkey doing the crab walk at the marshmallows station...

Peanut having her snack at the snack station aka Horseshoe/Ring Toss Station... I rarely ever catch my shadow in a picture... I usually very careful about that... Shows how excited I was... ::grin::