last day of school - Goodbye to another school

Today is the day the last day of school, goodbye to another year 

of kindergarten and goodbye to another school.  

The drill is actually getting pretty old now, I feel bad for Ms.A 

and for her friends and her teachers.  

Separation is just hard.  All kinds of hard.  

Especially when you're just 6!

 

This year of kindergarten was full of interesting ups and downs, 

I learned just as much as a parent as Ms. A did being a student.

I don't remember what the big deal was about our morning -
but it was rotten and I was determined to make her afternoon better. 

MUCH BETTER.  

Ms. A was so mad at me she charged into the school
without kissing me goodbyeand didn't look back. 

It was a heartbreaking moment as a Mom, I felt like a 

failure watching her walk into school this morning.

I should have been rejoicing and doing a happy dance with her . . . 

The last day of school! 

It should be awesome and filled with anticipation. 

Not this frustration and regret that I was holding on to.  

We had a super successful Kindergarten year! 

Ms. A had fine tuned her reading skills and was 

zipping through reading tests, 

exploring chapter books and getting excited about

 information books, 

biology, science, and even history.

All of my anxiety about boredom and her emotional response
 to things that are hard could be put into
a completely different context for the next 2 months.
 

Mom's probably never stop worrying over their children,

I knew that Summer meant a lot of exciting things like
moving (again) and camping and sprinklers and
swimming and grandma visits. 

There would be hurdles sure but not the same kind
or on the same scale as school.

I wanted summer to start with a bang not a grouchy pout.

Of course by the end of kindergarten she was happy as a clam
with stories to tell and full of excitement for summer. 
I don't even remember what we did that afternoon
to make up for my grouchy morning. 
(I'm sure it involved Timbits though!)

Here's to the beginning of another crazy summer!

neighbour day fun

Just before the move we were all stressed and

 this awesome community day was just what we needed 

to chill out and remember that our little family 

is really Amazing!

Here's some of the fun we had at Henderson Lake.

 Face Painting

parachute fun

Earth Ball Games

Solar Beading

 Tug of War

Little Gymnastics Fun

And we finished with an awesome game of

Giant Jenga

We Had A Great Day!

spa night - aka having a 4 and six year old paint your toe nails!

Ok so this idea is partly my fault.  

I love books and I love that Ms. A loves books too.  

Sometimes though she loves books a little too much.  

Especially books about this Funny Girl.

Fancy Nancy! 

So once ms. A read about Fancy Nancy setting up 

the "Ooh La La Beauty Spa" for her mom, 

to help her get ready for her anniversary date with her dad.  

You bet Ms. A desperately wanted to give

 everyone a spa experience.

Therefore being a good Grandma Shane's mom volunteered 

to have Shane's Sisters and I over for a spa night.  

This was Truly Hilarious!  

Ms. A was in charge of my pedicure.

Ms. E was working hard at the aunties toes.

They both took their jobs very seriously!

 K so I apologize there were some technical difficulties.  

Grandma was trying to take a picture and ended up with a video.  

Don't worry about the sound.

 

Ps This stuff smelt like cinnamon and nutmeg, 

I felt like a melting gingerbread cookie, 

or maybe a cinnamon bun.

All washed up and fresh! ready for cuddles with this little man!

Grateful for willing and silly aunties 

that are game for anything!