Thursday, May 31, 2012

School is Out!

Afton ended the school year with her 7th birthday!  We celebrated by going to Six Flags yesterday, riding our bikes home from school (3 miles), eating a DQ Ice cream cake, and buying Bath and Body Works Hand Sanitizer (the cool thing among 1st graders).

Jake finished his 3rd grade year with an awards ceremony where he earned awards for placing in the school Spelling Bee, placing in the District Math Competition, being on the A/B Honor Roll, and finally a Certificate of Citizenship for Conduct and Effort (?).  It was a good school year and now we can enjoy summer!


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Allison said...

I am impressed at the 3-mile bike ride! Fun b-day. I love the "citizenship" award...wasn't Jake hoping for that all year?

June 19, 2012 at 6:40 AM

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Quick thoughts

So I'm finally up with the times and have my own blog. You'd think if someone was a "webmaster" that they might be current with a full family history...

Now I'm frantically searching my mind for all those clever things my kids did and all those life changing thoughts that would really help all who read my little blog. Nothing.

Just two quick stories about both kids. Maybe then I can feel at ease knowing that my children's lives are adequately documented.

Jake has always been interested in numbers. He loves to ask random people (fellow shoppers at Wal-Mart, those who happen to stop next to us at a red light, etc) what their address is. Finally Jake discovered his life calling when we went through the Wal-Greens drive thru to pick up a prescription. Jake decided he would like to be the teller asking people for their address to verify their getting the correct prescription. We are in the process of getting him a store job application right now.

Afton has profound moments when I realize just how fast she is growing up. This week she saw a little girl walking with just her mom. She pointed at the little girl and said "Ohhh, that little girl doesn't have a brother." Let's just hope she always appreciates that she has a big brother!