It’s the end of another school year. The familiarity of Kindergarten and Second grade, simultaneously, has ended, giving way to the freedom summer vacation. We are sad to say goodbye to another wonderful year at Sutton Elementary and the fabulous teachers that Noelle and Maximilian had the privilege of being their pupils.
Due to a previously planned vacation, Noelle’s teacher, Ms. Elliott, was unable to attend the last four days of school (she did not anticipate going until the 18th, who would, it’s ridiculous). We said our goodbye’s and got our obligatory picture, on the day of the Annual Family Picnic. Second grade suited this teacher and she handled the rowdy bunch with a no bull attitude. Whenever possible I was able to see her in action and loved what I was able to observe. She joked with the students, but keep the level respect from the students at an all time high. Balance of fun and learning with much respect was practiced in her classroom. The students were always smiling and learning to the extreme. Ms. Elliott was able to challenge Noelle, seeing that she could handle things, would give her harder spelling lists and math work. She needed this! It was a good second grade year. Noelle excelled, immensely, reaching reading levels WAY beyond her age. Third grade will be a nice challenge for her and we can’t wait to see what the next school year holds.
June 18th was the official last day of school and Max was unable to attend. The night before, the overload of junk food from a school celebration and home celebration of their last week lead up some rather disgusting puking. I was fairly certain it wasn’t sickness, but kept him home just in case. He cried and screamed, sad to not be able to see his friends one last time. Kindergarten was a good year for him. He preformed well, always behaving at the top of his game, making many friends and having a great time. He is reading above where he needs to be and has vastly improved over the course the year. Mrs. Tidswell had only great things to say about him and while reviewing his report card, I couldn’t help but fill with pride for this amazing young man. He’s a constant challenge at home, but is a lover of school! 
The heart aches as I know it will only be a short while until they are back in school full time. This Fall, Violette will join the ranks of Sutton Elementary students. Until then, I will try to soak up my precious time with these monsters.
We have very few official plans over the summer, but our first one started the day after school ended. We again started up with swim lessons. The children were extremely happy to have these on their agenda's, who doesn’t love to swim when you’re a child?!
On the home front we received our installation of our much needed driveway. The actual installation was, without surprise, the best part for the troops. During the day Violette and Zane watched from the garage, diligently keeping watch over the construction guys. When Max and Noelle came home, the aided in the rolls of Supervisors. Since then, we have enjoyed the new basketball net (courtesy of my parents for Easter) and countless games of PIG along with many trips up and down on scooters, bikes, and rollerblades. A paved driveway is really a great thing, and something we took for granted having! Tomorrow our front door will be painted to match our shutters and then in a few weeks our sprinkler system will be installed along with topsoil put down and grass seed. We also have opted to have a landscaping company do the landscaping on the three sides of the house (we will put in a deck next summer probably). It was something we heavily discussed, but it was decided to have someone else get it done quickly and professionally.
Although a bit cranky the last two days, I can safely say, having the foursome all together is a complete blessing. I am looking forward to this summer’s adventures, ready to break free of schedule constants and see what the weeks ahead hold!
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It sounds like a great school year was had and a fun summer awaits all of you. I do expect a get together with the Feyes family to make your list of summer must haves!
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