First Week Out Was So Fun, But So Busy!

The first week out of school was packed!!  I didn't mean for it to happen that way, but it did.   We started off Monday morning with the first class of 2 weeks of swimming lessons.  They are going well this year!

The rest of Monday was spent playing with friends and he loved it!!

Tuesday we swam and then went to Cowabunga Bay.  The weather was perfect for it--HOT!

Wednesday, after walking with my friend Marcia, Jacob, Marcia's son, Adam, and I went to the summer movies.  We came home, had lunch ad then I took him to a school friend's birthday party.

Thursday was play group, after swimming.  We met at the Children's Museum of Natural Curiosity and had such a fun time.  That place is amazing and has so many fun things to do!!

Zip Line

Water area

Lunch

Jacob, Chase and Kyle running the bank

                                                                             



We could have spent all day there!

While at the museum a friend told me that the next day, Friday, was free day at This Is the Place State park.  We have gone with Debbie and her 3 kids before so I texted her and we planned on meeting at 1 p.m.  It was hot, but doable.

Panning for gold

Pull that handcart!

Ah, the splash pad!

                                                                                                                                                 

One of the highlights is free ice cream!!

Playing in the playhouses

Last night was the last baseball game of the season!  Way to go Jacob!

So far this weeks seems to be going a bit slower.  :)

May and the end of School

 We started the month off with decorating the teacher's doors for Teacher Appreciation week.  It turned out really cute, with rockets showing the teacher's faces and the kids were little astronauts floating around.  I worked with great room mothers this year!  Here are the kids:  Jenny's boys - Andy and Alex and Terri's daughter - Chloe.

The first Monday in May was May the 4th be with you at the library.  They had some fun activities!

Jacob had an assignment to bring home the class bear, do activities with him and then send a short video to the teacher talking about the bear.  Turned out well.

Then came Mother's Day.  I got a bike this year.  I hope to ride it sometime.  Bikes are pretty uncomfortable to me, so we'll see.  :)

The whole first grade held a talent show and Jacob decided to read a story he had written.

You can see he loves pictures!

Jason's work held a community tour the end of May.  We took a bus ride through the refinery and then Jacob hopped on the fire truck.

After the tour we went downtown to a Read Today event.  They had all sorts of booths with goodies.  We stopped to eat a Creamie--it was hot!

Jason has a hammock that Jacob loves to get out.  He reads underneath the seat part when it is folded up a bit.

And of course you could not finish off the school year without a "School's Out" party.  We had food, slip-n-slides and the big inflatable.











Friday, the 5th, was the last day of school.  Wow!  A whole year of Chinese done!  Jacob had some great teachers this year.  Mrs. Hannah was the English teacher and Mrs. McFarland was the Chinese teacher.  They both worked well with him and Mrs. McFarland had a lot of patience!

Now we are on summer break!!