class of 2018...

Yesterday was Kindergarten Graduation for the class of 2018. It was such a treat to watch the kids go through the line and shake hands with the school board members as they officially became First Graders.

Caleb, Sydni and Jacob loved their Kindergarten classmates and their teachers. Each one also thoroughly enjoyed recess, according to their memory books.




They are also doing great and are all above where kids going into the First Grade should be so we are proud of them for studying hard. They'll be having a play date with their classmates next weekend sort of as an early birthday party since their birthday is in the summer when they won't be seeing much of their former classmates.

Also, our cousin Paula graduated high school last night and the kids cousin Chelsea will graduate high school this weekend.

classy conduct...

Today was the last six weeks of school awards ceremony. I am so glad my trip to NYC ended in time for me to be there.

All three kids got a Classy Conduct award. This award is given to kids for getting mostly smiley faces in class for the entire six weeks.

Luckily for Jacob, today's conduct didn't play into whether or not he got the award....(cough cough principal's office cough cough).

Sydni and Caleb went to the doctor today and they both have viral infections -- and Sydni was confirmed to have pink eye. Her eye is getting much better but it's still a little gookey. Hopefully the kids will be able to fully recover from all these illnesses over the summer.

more illnesses....

Jacob was sick some last week and this week. I rushed home from work on Friday night (at 11pm!) because Mom said that Jacob was getting a rash all over and he was really crying. Poor thing had red splotches all over his body and he could not get comfortable enough to get to sleep. Mom called the 800 nurses number and they asked her all these questions -- does he have the rash on his cheeks? YES -- are his ears red? YES -- are his lips swollen? OH MY GOODNESS! THEY ARE!!! His bottom lip became swollen so fast and so red. I couldn't tell if he was puckering out his lip or if it was actually swollen -- but it was SWOLLEN! The nurse said to give him Benadryl asap so we did and immediately he started feeling better. He woke up and was jumping around and having a grand old time. It was a little scary there -- I was very close to taking him to the ER. The doctor called back shortly after that and told Mom that it was an allergic reaction to his medicine and to keep giving him Benadryl. He's gotten the rash -- not as severe -- a few more times because the medicine is still in his system, but it's not as bad as it was last weekend.

And today Sydni developed pink eye. When I got to the house tonight (after being in NYC all week) she ran up to me and her poor eye was red and gunky (the kids couldn't agree on what to call it -- Sydni did not like Caleb's calling it "eye mocos"). Hopefully this won't last too long as it's painful and uncomfortable for her.



Wednesday was Field Day at school. Jacob wasn't able to go because he was still sick. Sydni and Caleb had a great time. Sydni's class won first place in one of the games and Caleb's class won second place.

Last Friday was Field Trip to the Zoo day for the Kindergarten class. Po-Po and I went on the field trip with Caleb and Sydni. Jacob once again wasn't able to go because he was home sick -- and he cried and cried because he couldn't go -- a trip to the zoo for him will be coming up. The kids were so excited to be going on the bus. The parents had to follow in cars behind the buses -- picture five buses full of kids and 20 cars of parents trailing the buses. We all had a good time.



Last Saturday was the last day of soccer for the kids. They had so much fun -- and were all great at getting to the ball. The YMCA gave them medals for their participation.

Next up....golf camp