Last Day of School

Whoosh! And just like that, an entire school year just rushed past. It's crazy to me that our boys have finished up another year.

On the last day of school I like to take pictures of the boys so I can compare them to photos I took on the first day of school. I forgot to take the photos in the morning, so instead of well behaved eager kiddos to photograph, I got goofy/"this is dumb" kids in the evening. Oh well! :-)

 My goodness what a difference nine months makes.

It's a little hard to tell since their hair is longer now than it was on the first day of school.

And oh there's Harold! That poor guy was miserable back then, unable to keep food in and so skinny. :(

The boys loved school this last year. They'll tell you they're happy to be out of school, and that's probably true. But I know they like school. Neither one of them ever complains about it and what a gift that is! 

The last day of school was cool, windy and rainy. It certainly hasn't felt warm enough in the past week or so for summer to start. But here we are, furnace running in the house and everything, on the last day of school! 

 

Noah had a lot of fun with Mr. Wiens this year. It was his first time having a male classroom teacher and that worked well for Noah. He made incredible progress on using the computer to do research and in math. I remember that my struggle with math started in third grade, but I don't think that's true for Noah.

 Levi thrived in first grade with Ms. Goering. She kept him challenged and engaged in his work, and it was fun to see the progress he made during the year in reading and writing.

 They have fun at school and some how they forget that in the middle of all that fun is whole bunch of learning! They love art, P.E., gardening, music, lunch, recess - Levi even loves going to speech! :-)

 As the boys brought the contents of their desks home over the past two days, I had them leave all of it on the dining room table. I figured at least that way it was all in one spot instead of a pile on the floor here and there and everywhere.

 Oh. My. What a mess!