We have been so excited for this day to come! Finally, the last day of school arrived and we celebrated!!
While Adam finished up his last couple of hours at school, I was busy at home getting things ready to welcome our summer of fun. I made this sign for the kids to see when we pulled up from getting Adam.
I hung up our summer schedule and our summer to do list.
I got our summer jars out and filled them with ideas for fun summer activities.
I put a little summer present together for the kids to open when Adam got home from school. Gwen was a little anxious to find out what was inside.
At noon, the big moment finally came! The bell rang and Adam was excited to have finished first grade! I have to admit, I cried when I dropped him off this morning. Odd for the last day of school, but it made me sad that he will be going into second grade already. Time is going so fast and he is growing up. That breaks my heart a bit. He had a great year with Mrs. Riley as his teacher. He received almost straight A's the whole school year. He didn't miss one word on any spelling tests and got 100% on every homework assignment. He is on about a 4th grade reading level. We are so glad he loves to learn and works hard to do his best!
Adam and Tessa loved the sign! After a couple of pictures, I let them run through it to officially kick off our summer.
They wasted no time digging into all of their new goodies.
They got new sand buckets, s'mores treats, bubbles, chalk, water guns, pinwheels, summer journals, licorice, and doodle books (which they started working on immediately).
This evening we headed up to Aunt Dee's house, where we had a Beach Party! We had tons of yummy food and watched "Beach Blanket Bingo". The rice krispie treat sand castle was my contribution to the party.
Adam and Tessa liked the movie. Tessa liked seeing the Mermaid, but Adam watched the whole thing and he loved it. They sang "Beach Blanket Bingo" the entire drive home.
Now we begin our weeks of fun activities. I hope this summer goes by slowly! I am so excited to make some new memories!
