Last Day of School!

Today we are FINALLY done with the school year! Emmie is now officially a THIRD grader and Ellie is a SECOND grader! I can't believe how old they are getting! As I look at their first and last day of school pictures I can't get over how much more grown up Ellie looks this year. She is not a little kid anymore! And she's also gotten taller in comparison to Emmie. I'm pretty sure she's never going to catch Emmie but she is getting closer!

June 2018

August 2017

Ellie loved first grade. Her teacher ran that classroom like a well oiled machine and had very high expectations for the kids. Ellie learned SO much and I loved that her teacher always pushed her to do her very best. Ellie has become an amazing reader (she read the first 3 Harry Potter books this year). She has also done well in math although ELA is her stronger subject. Ellie really enjoys writing and they did a LOT of creative writing this year. I always loved when she would bring her stories home! Ellie also loves to learn interesting tidbits of information (watch for her on Jeopardy one day!) and we love when she comes home and randomly spouts off what she has learned. Ellie is a kid who doesn't prefer to play with a big group of people...she prefers to just have a few very good friends. She had one of her very best buddies in her class this year and we're really hoping Chloe will be in her class again next year! Ellie also made some new friends this year and seemed to have a really great core group of friends. We can't wait to watch Ellie grow in second grade and we know she is going in very prepared!

Ellie and Mrs. Kirkpatrick

Emmie looped up with her first grade teacher this year. We pretty much think her teacher hung the moon so we were overjoyed when she looped! Emmie of course had lots of the same kids in her class this year but she also had some new friends. The little group of girls in her class is so sweet and she had a wonderful year growing those friendships! Emmie has learned a lot this year. Second grade (math) was a big adjustment this year and it was pretty rocky at first but she pushed through and things got easier the second half of the year. I am so glad she had a teacher who always encouraged her and always believed in her! Emmie also started ALERT this year (our district's gifted and talented program) and she has LOVED every minute of it! It was so good for her to have one day out of the week where she was with a small group (3-5 girls) all day. Emmie was definitely having lots of big feelings today...she loves school and her teacher and friends so much and it was really hard for her to say goodbye for the summer!

Emmie and Mrs. Estes

Tuesday both girls had their class party. Ellie's class played bingo, decorated cupcakes, and had a dance party. Emmie's class had a "science party" and they did some experiments and ate lots of food!

Emmie and friends

Emmie and Landon both looped with Mrs. Estes

Yesterday, Ruthie and JP and I helped out at the 5th grade promotion ceremony. Ruthie and JP had a great time...they got to hang out with their favorite 5th grader...Eva! She is Emmie's teacher's daughter and dances at our dance studio so they see her all the time and they both adore her!

Today I packed school lunches for the last time this year and sent each girl a note telling them how proud Paul and I were of them. I also informed them yesterday that next year they are packing their own lunches...it is not a job I enjoy especially since one of mine is SO picky.

Of course we couldn't end the school year without our annual Emmie and Evelyn picture! These girls are the best of friends and Amy and I are praying they are together again next year (because Amy and I need each other too...how else will we figure out 3rd grade?)!

end of second grade

beginning of second grade

It's hard to believe the school year is over. We have lots of fun plans for the summer...beach, swim team, some camps, and just relaxing and enjoying our time off from the crazy school year schedule!