End of School Fun

Violet's class participated in the third-grade end-of-year water play party, which had a Hawaiian theme. She dressed for the occasion with her print dress and lei. At breakfast, while I was braiding her hair, she bit into her bagel and her top tooth popped out! Woohoo!

The party started with popsicles - shouldn't all good summer parties start that way?

Games involving water balloons ruled the afternoon.

Also on Thursday, the 5th graders had popsicles or ice cream sandwiches. This event constituted their end-of-year party. Kind of boring, but next year, as 6th grade draws to a close, they'll have more than enough fun to make up for it.

(Not that I want to think about 6th grade ending - or starting! - yet!)

Violet came home from school buzzing about Pokemon cards. Her classmate Sebastian gave her one, and she sounded like she knew all about the different powers and values and whatnot. She also was very anxious to go out and buy a pack of cards for herself, so she could trade on Friday, the final day of school. Oh dear! Pokemon! Stace was a fab daddy and drove her around to a few stores to find cards she could afford.

And then Friday came - the last day of second grade and fifth grade for Violet and Cora. Another year has flown by!

I had a final Friday walk/coffee date with my friends, and then got ready for an afternoon of fun.

After picking the girls up, we stayed at the park for a bit for the end-of-school big picnic, and then took the girls to the movie theater. We met up with a bunch of friends to watch The Incredibles II.

From the front, we have Wylie, Kameron, Cora, Jake, Travis, Cooper and Charlie - I expect we'll be hanging with these guys and their lovely mamas a lot this summer.

(If only one of two of these families had a younger sister for Violet! Alas...)

After the movie, everyone came to our neighborhood for swimming and an easy poolside dinner.

Happy Summer!!