Last week, Olivia completed the 4th grade. She had a wonderful year and breezed through with all A's (with the exception of handwriting but we won't get into that!). The transition to a new school was smooth and easy, one of the reasons, the sweet girl with Olivia in the picture below. "A" and Olivia hit it off quickly and are VERY much alike. They both love school, enjoy reading and are the oldest child in their family. One day in the car on the way home from school, they began comparing report cards and started laughing because they were almost identical with the exception of handwriting of course, it was so funny and so them! Their friendship has been a blessing!

During the end of the year program, each grade went up on stage, recited a bible verse and then sang a song. This is video of the 4th graders. Excuse the shaky video please, I was extremely zoomed in.

Our Little Author

The second to last week of school, Maxwell's class hosted Author's Day for all of the First Grade parents. Each of the children presented the book they wrote and illustrated. Maxwell decided to write a book about giraffes, one of only two non-fiction books that was written. He really enjoyed writing it and took a lot of pride in it. He couldn't wait to share it with me.

These are just a few pages Maxwell wrote and illustrated.

Abigail and the Blackberry

This is the first time Abigail would cooperate and talk on the phone, unfortunately, no one was on the other end! As you can hear (excuse me) I did my best to get her to share the love with her Papoo. It wasn't happening....this time.

Field Day 2010

Maxwell had his Field Day today and he had a lot of fun running relays and races. Abigail and I went to cheer him on and occasionally remind him it's all for fun...he's a tad competitive! I can't believe Maxwell will finish 1st grade next week, he's had a wonderful year!

Watching her big brother.

Monkeying around.

I Have a Feeling...

those two are going to be broke by the end of summer...

but, I don't think they'll mind.  :)

So long Spring..

It's getting hot humid over here.

We'll be in the pool soon, hopefully this little one will enjoy it!

Pottery Party

We celebrated Olivia's 10th birthday a couple of weeks ago, the party was a lot of fun. Olivia and her friends enjoyed picking out a piece of pottery to paint and then they had a lot of fun creating their masterpieces!