Another School Year in the Books!

Wednesday was the last day of school. What a strange year it ended up being! Obviously, all the big end-of-year events were cancelled. No final band concert or 5th Grade Banquet. No Kindergarten graduation. The kids handled it well. No one seemed too disappointed. The school tried to make the 5th graders feel special. They had a drive-through "graduation" and handed out treat bags. The librarian did video awards for 5th grade. Kara was one of only 2 students who read all of the Sunshine State books, which we thought was amazing. A lot of the books weren't ones she would have chosen for herself, but she set a goal and accomplished it. The librarian then announced the students who had read at least 1 million words. Florida has something called the Advanced Reading (AR) program. Kids can take tests on books they've read to earn prizes, which is how they keep track of words. After they did 1 million, she announced kids who had read 2, than 3, than 4. Then she said she had one student who read 7 million words and commented that she thought that was a record. And, guess whose picture flashed on the screen?!?! Kara of course! We were very proud.

Quite the change from this sweet little picture. I am not sure if this makes me happy or sad. Both I guess.

We don't know yet what summer will bring. They canceled the camp that we originally planned on sending the older kids to, a disappointment for all of them. Oh, and we had signed them up for their first ever sleepaway camp. One week at the end of July, the girls especially were incredibly excited. Canceled. We aren't sure if we want them going to camp anyway, but we are considering the options. We are still trying to limit our social interactions, so exposing the kids to tons of other kids isn't exactly in keeping with that goal. However, we don't want them sitting around all summer. So, it is a conundrum. We have some ideas of ways to keep them busy at home. But, I am not sure if it is enough. Fortunately, it has been fairly easy to work with them around, which takes off the pressure of feeling like we need to send them somewhere.

We did last day of school photos, as tradition dictates. Jack and Anna had quite the attitude about it. But, as Anna and Kara would say: whatever. Speaking of which, I told them I am going to start slapping their faces every time they say it. Obviously, I won't, and they know that, but it's tempting!

So, here are the pictures:

I made Jack wear his same clothes as the first day. He has grown so much!!! He's been taller than me for a couple of months now.

 And, of course, the side by side contrast with the first day.

The changes in Jack and Anna are crazy!

Growing way too fast!