And Just Like That, Summer's Here

Last week, the kids were busy with end of the school year activities. Jackson had a 6th grade track meet, baseball practice, elementary awards program, and a last day of school sleepover. He got a math award from his teacher and will be taking 8th grade math next year. We've heard many times about what a great class he's in--kids that work hard and are high achievers. We think it's the perfect place for him to be, and we're thankful for a small school where he can be with the same kids from year to year instead of a new mix each year.
Raina had a field trip to Wolf Ridge to learn about birds, was one a few kids in her class to run an entire mile, and got a near perfect attendance award for only missing 1 day of school all year.
Summer activities start right away, so on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons all the kids have swimming lessons and Jackson plays baseball. In swimming, Jackson is in level 4 (he missed a few years here and there with new babies and a move taking up our time) and is the only kid in his swimming class. Raina is in level 2 and has had only 1 other girl in her class. Remy is in level 1, in the pool without a parent for the first time. There are 4-5 other kids in his class. He surprised me on the first day when he jumped in the pool to the instructor without hesitation. Ollie gets to be in the pool with me for Aqua Tots. Only one other mom/kid has been in the pool with us so far. I think more people take morning lessons or on Monday/Wednesday, because it almost feels like we have the pool to ourselves!
Rather than expect Remy and Ollie to sit and watch Raina swim for 1/2 hour, we have the option of going to the playground at the school to run off some energy.

I was lucky to get a shot of Remy, who ran from one area to the next nearly non-stop

Peekaboo!

Jackson preferred to sit and read