Last day of school

Today is the day-the LAST day of school.

With Simeon being in 6th grade there were numerous activities at the school that he was in, so we spent a good part of the day up there and the in between times cleaning the house in anticipation of Nani & Papa's arrival this afternoon.

The day started with a 6th grade awards ceremony and slide show. Simeon got a graduation certificate from 6th grade, a Patrol certificate, a Student Council certificate and a Band certificate. In the slide show he said his favorite memory was when Joe Ring fell out of their chair in math.

Then we went up for the all school picnic. Rebecca and I ate with Corrine and Lauryn, Joslynn joined us after eating. Rebecca had a fun time running around playing with the girls.

Lauryn, Joslynn & Corrine

Corrine and her awesome teacher Ms. Schuers. This was her 1st, last and only 4th grade class as Ms. Schuers, because she's getting married this summer!!

We then went up for the 6th grade vs. teachers kickball game. Simeon got to be 1st pitcher, but sadly they ran out of time and he didn't get a turn to kick. He's been nursing a sore hip for weeks and just got cleared to play in the game a few days ago. This kickball game is talked about since the kids are in the younger grades. The teachers always end up victors and each year the 6th graders say they're going to win. This year it was no different!

6th grade class of 2019

 After the kickball game the kids hung out outside dancing and playing until they needing to go inside to get their bags. Ammon hung out watching the other kids dance. His friend Andrew came up and his head was the perfect height for an arm rest. It was a picture perfect moment.

And then the BELL RANG and all of the sudden we had a 7th grade Junior High student, a 5th grader, a 3rd grader and a Preschooler. Seriously they are growing up so fast!

Good bye Lemme (for the summer). 

Next fall we'll be saying Hello to 3 schools. Simeon at South East Junior High, Corrine & Ammon at Lemme and Rebecca at Shimek.

Going on Tour

Simeon's been talking about going on tour with the 6th grade band for weeks. Today was the day and we started it off at the wrong school! Thankfully a friend saw us drop Simeon off and called me to figure it out. She was already bringing a van load of kids, so she took him along. 

I was able to chaperone the tour, so I was able to participate in the day with him. There were around 60 kids split between 2 buses, so there was alot of counting and roll taking to make sure all the kids were accounted for.

The kids have gotten really good on their instruments! Next year at South East they are going to sound even better.

Simeon was the only Baritone in the band.

It was a fun day of touring the 3 schools that the band kids come from. We started at Hoover, then went to Longfellow. Then we headed out to the Coralridge Mall for lunch. We ended the day at Lemme playing for their own peers. Dad, Rebecca and Grandma Smith came to hear the performance.

Arianna, April, ??, Julia, Nick, Kayla, Simeon, ?? and Megan (down front).