Our month started off with Eden's preschool graduation. My last child is finally finished with preschool. Part of me says "it's about time", but the other part of me is sad that all of my kids are growing up. Eden loved preschool this year and made some good friends. A lot of these friends will go to the same elementary school so that will really be nice. Graduation was short, but the kids sang some cute songs and Eden got to stand next to one of her besties during the songs.
Kimball had his last Orchestra concert. He doesn't plan to continue with the bass even though he is so talented. He says he wasn't enjoying it and doesn't have room for orchestra in his schedule.
Kimball also went to the Semi-formal dance at school. He looked very nice in his suit and he had a lot of fun with his friends.
Kimball and I went to the Awards Convocation where Kimball received a Scholar Athlete award for being on the Honor Roll and involved in 3 sports throughout the school year.
Joseph and some of the kids went to another baseball game. They had box seats this time and better food. Lincoln loved being included with the older kids!
Joseph and Kimball participated in the Tour de Cure and rode 40 miles on their bikes.
Annika and Rebecah went mini-golfing with their friends and had a great time.
My friend Mandy and I helped with the 1st grade Fun Day at school. Lincoln and Annika were so excited to have me there. I had heard about so many classmates this year so it was fun to put some names with faces and the kids always got so excited when they found out I was Lincoln's or Annika's mom depending who I was talking with at the time.
Eden felt left out that she couldn't attend Fun Day so Joseph took her to McDonald's, a rare treat!
Soccer ended and the the kids had a great season. Rebecah had to miss a few of her games for various reasons, but she did great this year. She is considering trying out for the school team. (I didn't get any pictures at Rebecah's games, but took more videos, so I don't have any of her playing.)
Lincoln became the star of his team scoring the most goals for the team. He is a really fast runner. Lincoln and Annika's team went from losing every game last year to winning every game but one this year. They were so excited. It was fun to stick with the same team and see how the players improved from last year. They have a great coach and Kimball was a great assistant coach.
Kimball got out of school a week before everyone else. In NY state, the upper grades have to take Regents exams each year for various subjects, so the 8-12 grades get out of school a week before the other grades. The Regents exams are given that last week of school. Kimball had two Regents to take this year--Geometry and Physics. Kimball didn't want to pose for a last day picture, but everyone else was willing.
To celebrate the last day of school, Joseph took the three little ones camping, while the big kids opted to stay home with me. The kids had so much fun camping! They got to bed too late and woke up too early so we had a few grumpy days after the camping trip, but memories were made.
Sweet Frog frozen yogurt treat for the girls!
Lincoln had another trip to Dave and Busters. He had a great time, again.
Annika wrote out a family tree showing 4 generations. She worked so hard on it.
Now that summer is here, Joseph has started taking the kids to the beach. The big kids always opt to stay home, but the little ones enjoy it. I'm glad I don't have to go anymore!
Kimball just got back from a week at FSY conference. He had a good experience there and made some new friends. He didn't really want to attend the conference, but now says he'll go again willingly. I consider that a win!
While Kimball was gone the other kids had their first week of swimming lessons. They could definitely use more practice time, but it's hard to find access to pools, so the kids can practice outside of lessons.
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