End of the Year!

This past Friday I was able to go and join in on the fun of the end of school year activities. I have never really been able to do these things in the past due to work or things of the such. The kids are finishing up 2nd grade and this year they had a day packed of all kinds of fun.

First was a book signing! All of the children in the 2nd grade became published writers. They were able to write a story on how they have shown a random act of kindness to someone (or on about half the stories how someone has shown a random of act of kindness to them). The kids were able to sit with their classmates as the parents went around and had the kids sign next to their story. We were encouraged to get all the kids from our child's class and then if we wanted, linger on to the other children. Well as expected, I had 3 classes to go to so I seriously got about 60% of the 2nd grade class' signatures. :)


May I have your autograph?

Then right after they had an awards ceremony. Now in the kids' previous school they had an awards ceremony every 9 weeks. It included awards in all sorts of different categories. A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from 2 out of 3 teachers stating the kids won an award and they would have a ceremony. I went and all they were awarding was for fairness.



I found it odd, but just shrugged it off. Apparently they saved the big award ceremony for the end of the school year. They had all the kids sit on the stage and as they called on which kid won, they would stand and once the category ended we'd all clap and they'd sit. It was interesting, and I was glad all three got an award! It would have been heartbreaking had someone missed out. One of the awards was for perfect attendance!! I was shocked because I was for certain everyone had missed a day. I guess my girl beat out the boys and was healthy all year round!



The day just kept going. After all of that it was time for a picnic!! Hot dogs, chips & cookies. What a way to end the school year, and kick start the holiday weekend.



The kids were stoked about it all, had I brought Baby J, that would have been icing on the cake for them. But I couldn't pass up the fact that he was sound asleep and that would have left me hands free for the couple of hours I was there.

So the end of the school year is here and I now have three third graders! ... WOW!

Spring Classes & Pinterest

So, on the school calendar it shows that the 14th of November is early online registration for Spring semester. I have been gearing up these past couple of weeks for this day. Sounds silly, but I was scared I would oversleep or forget and I seriously had in my mind registering for classes was like buying concert tickets. I didn't want to get that "SOLD OUT" message within the first five minutes of registering. No joke.

Well at 8:30 this morning, I got a text from a friend of mine. We had planned that we were going to take Anatomy & Physiology together but we both only had Tuesday & Thursdays available, and I only had mornings of those days. She text me telling me there was only one morning class available. When I got this, the first thing that ran through my mind was "OH! The spring schedule is up!!" So I went and looked through everything and then got a bright idea. I should go through and try to see if it will let me register. AND what do you know it did!! I was the first one in the classes I registered for. It takes a load off and am so glad that it's done with.

So for the spring I will be taking College Algebra (Online), US History (Online), Child Growth & Development (Online) and Anatomy & Physiology (Campus). I do not like the fact that I'm going to campus for one class but it's a 3 hour class, so might as well just do it.

About a couple of weeks ago, I figured I'd venture over to Pinterest to see what the fuss was about. I had heard a great big deal of people talking about it, but was just clueless. I do have to say, once you get sucked into Pinterest it is VERY hard to get out! That place is addicting!!! My goodness. I love it though. Most of my pins are of recipes and DIY crafts I hope to accomplish for Christmas gifts. If you have yet to take a look at the page, DO SO!

And I have set a goal for myself, for the month I'll be out of school. My goal is to make, if not all, the majority of the recipes I have found on there. So it should be fun and I can't wait to see the outcome. Of course I'll be posting them on here! I've already started, and will be posting that recipe soon. It's exciting! :)