Averyday Life

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Kindergarten Graduation

Avery wrapped up her Kindergarten year with perfect attendance, and perfect scores for behavior! (And very near perfect academic marks). We are so proud of her!

She had a couple of class singing performances leading up to her last day of school.

VIDEO: LITTLE DUCKY DUDDLE

Avery lost a front tooth in May (her third tooth)...

All year she was pretty bummed about not getting a plastic tooth necklace from the teacher, because she did not lose any teeth during school hours.

But on the very last day of school.... She got her necklace!

And came home with a very big gap in her smile.

First and last day of Kindergarten (can't really tell if she grew at all because we got new front doors during the course of the year... But I'm sure she did!):

Meanwhile, Camden had a class picnic to mark the end of his first year at preschool.

We put both kids into Summer Camp together at a different school, where Camden will stay in the fall and finish out his last year of preschool and one year of TK before joining Avery at the elementary school.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Farm Field Trip

I kept it a secret from Avery that I had signed up to be a chaperone on the Kindergartners' first field trip last week. On Friday morning, I called in sick to work and dropped her off at school as usual. Then about 30 minutes later, I drove back to the school and waited outside with the other moms next to the school bus. Avery was very excited to see me and to find out that I was going to be spending the day with her!

We visited Amy's Farm, which is a local non-profit farm that focuses on sustainable organic farming, and provides guided tours.

"Grandma Tina," the cow:

This being the first Kindergarten field trip (with both Kindergarten classes in attendance, about 60 kids), there were so many parent chaperones that I was only responsible for looking after two kids! Isabel and Avery...

Farmer Josh briefed the kids on the farm rules...

And then we were off to check out the garden.

Farmer Henry gave us a demonstration of how long a cow's tongue is, right before Grandma Tina slung slobber all over half a dozen screaming 6 year olds!

Avery got to feed some kale to the chickens and pigs before getting to spend time with the goats in their pen... But she is oddly nervous around animals, and unfortunately wasn't really into petting them.