End of year School Activities

The end of the school year is always so busy. Alyssa went to 2 different school dances. She was brave and asked a friend of hers to the Sweethearts dance in Feb. Not only was it the first dance she went to, but it was also her first date. And it was a girls choice so it ended up being really stressful for her. But she had a lot of fun once all the planning was done.

Shortly after Sweethearts was over, the prom invites started going around. She didn't think she would get asked and was worried about being able to find an inexpensive formal dress. All of her friends got asked to go before she did and some of them even told her that she was going to get asked to go, but she could not figure out who was left to ask her. The answer came late one night (well actually we didn't find it until the next morning)

We went dress shopping and she tried on about 30 different dresses, but none of them felt quite right. And then a neighbor offered to let her try on some of her daughter's dresses from past years. And that is where she found the perfect dress. She even got her ears pierced in preparation for prom. She looked amazing and had a really fun time. She said the best part about it was not having to be in charge of all of the planning. 

Ashley, as an eighth-grader, had the opportunity to try out for the school Shakespear play. She got a part in it and spent a whole semester of class time preparing for the play. It was "A Midsummer's Night Dream." She got to be a character that does a short play within the play where she plays the part of a lion. She loved being able to do a short scene of roaring and rolling around the ground like a lion. She did a good job in the play, and she was kind of sad when it was over. She has discovered that she actually enjoys being on stage.

I got to chaperone Ashley's field trip to Hill Airforce Base Museum.  I have never been there. The big military planes were so much fun to see. They had a scavenger hunt, and we were barely able to find all of the items on the list before we had to leave.  It was a fun way to be thorough in our exploration of the museum. We had a fun day together.

Camden had a donut day at school where I got to go and listen to him read for 30 minutes while we enjoyed a donut. We read one of the "Flat Stanley" books.

The boys had an end of year school fundraiser called the dragon dash. The fundraising comes from the merchandise they sell before the event. Then the parents come and watch their kids run for 30 minutes. One side of the rectangle had a lava field and they had to jump from rock to rock across it. the next side changed from dancing, to leapfrog, to walk backward, etc. It was hot, but the boys seemed to have fun.

I also helped with Camden's field day. He got to rotate through different activities like bowling, frisbee, golf, relay races, and obstacle courses. he had fun and I was glad I could spend that time with him, even if it was a little cold that day.

There was a superhero day close to the end of the year. We went with costumes we had so Camden dressed up as Luigi and Tyler dressed up as Marshall from Paw Patrol. Not exactly the normal spiderman and batman superheroes, but it worked.

There was also a grandparent's day and Gawbie and Grandpa were nice enough to attend. Basically, they ate lunch with the boys and then took them to the book fair and let them pick out a book.

Tyler finally had his first field trip a week before school got out. I got to go with him. It was to the Children's Museum at Thanksgiving Point. He mostly hung out with his best friend, Carter, and we tried our best not to lose the other 2 boys in our group.

I'm sure I'm missing a lot of other things that happened at the end of the year, too, but these are the things for which I had pictures. The kids all had a good year of school. They loved their teachers and made new friends and were sad to have the year come to an end.