Hynes Family: The End of the School Year

School's out! The first day of summer both kids had their annual breakdown....tears, tantrums, screaming and door slamming, so we can officially get this summer break underway! Luckily, the fits only last a bit, and then the real fun begins! This summer we are going to Arizona to visit family, camping, fishing, dirt biking, swimming, and anything else we can think of! I have to keep Archie warm and in the shade, so unfortunately, no swimsuits for me.....awe, bummer, I am SO SAD about that! **wink wink**

Anyway, here are some pictures of the kids first and last days of school; let's see how much they've grown!

This year Elliott learned all his letters, numbers and shapes. He perfected writing his name (something he could actually do before, just not as well), learned his address, developed a love of cutting (something I wouldn't LET him do before!!), taping, pasting and creating, and he learned that he loves school. He has also realize that he loves his friends: playdates, school recess, whatever, the boy ALWAYS wants to be playing with someone. We are so proud of our soon-to-be-kindgergartener!

Elliott's preschool had a Jungle Jamboree picnic to celebrate the last day of school. It was cold and rainy that day (as it was EVERY day this spring), so it became and indoor occasion. But, it was very fun. They had booths set up, crafts and yummy hot dogs. This is Elliott's cool tattoo from the tattoo booth.

Decorating his goody bag...

One of his favorite games there, the bean bag toss...

Digging for treasure in rice! So fun.

His other favorite game there...GOLFING! He is obsessed with it right now, even though he has never been golfing! He even wanted to ditch dirt-biking the other day because he wanted to golf. Geeze, maybe we'll have to do that in Arizona when we're there!

Here is our little first-grade Lucy:

And here is our big second-grade Lucy! This year Lucy learned that she LOVES to read. I caught her up in her room reading the other night, an hour after bedtime and she said, "what, Mom, I do this every night"!! Great that she loves to read, bad that she is doing it instead of sleeping! She has learned about math, history, geography, how to jump-rope, criss- cross, she ran 10 miles for her school's Discovery Dashers, she learned how to be a good friend and how to be a good student. Way to go Lucy!

This is Lucy and her 1/4 Korean friend, Seneka, who just happened to be in her class! YAY Kimbop buddies!