Calvin’s last day of school

Calvin had his last day of school today. What a year it has been. He has really grown physically and academically. No longer a toddler but a kid who is opinionated and focused. He has learned all the continents and some some South American countries, is doing addition and subtraction, is reading 3-5letter words, and is writing sentences...in cursive. He really works hard at school and the effort has borne great results.

Today was the last day program and graduation ceremony. So cute to see them all sing.

Teacher notes

Tomorrow is the last day of the school year for Calvin. Hence, thank you notes and teacher gifts were out together tonight. Calvin insisted on writing notes to his teachers. He knew how to spell, almost mostly, their names which I was fairly impressed by.

Calvin...give me my phone back!

Skittles in a cupcake

To celebrate a friend’s birthday, Ellie was invited to Duffs CakeMix. A place where you can decorate your own cakes and cupcakes using professional tools and materials and lots of candy. The girls ended up cutting out the center of the cupcakes and filling them with candy before putting frosting and unicorn horns and symbols from Harry Potter on the top. 

Happy Anniversary Grandma Pam and Grandpa Mike

Happy 46th wedding anniversary Grandma Pam and Grandpa Mike. Apparently the anniversary gift is poetry. So the kids have something to say.

Crystal and clocks

Fifteen years ago today, we got married. This is one of my favorite photos of us. We had been married almost two years, I had just graduated with my masters degree, Nick had just take an amazing job in Boston, and here we were in Venice...this was the calm before the storm of what was one of  first major life changes and experiences for us. We had had many adventures including cross-country moves and the doubling the size of our family unit, and I could not have asked for a better partner. 

And now on to our next adventure...

Football

Calvin told us he wrote sentences in his booklet, including “I love North America”. Pretty impressive. He also is doing some impressive drawings, like his football game.

And his emojis, including a poop emoji.