Last Days of School

 Emma and Ryan both finished school over the last week.  We are so proud of the progress each of them has made in school this year.

Ryan had an almost 3 year jump in his Math standardized test scores from the beginning of the year!  He was also picked as one of the principal's Lucky Ladybugs this month.  The BUG part stood for Behavior, Uplifting attitude and Grades to show a hard worker.  He continues to progress so much that I'm amazed at where his reading, spelling and math have gotten!  Hopefully, with our workbook and challenge times, I can keep him on track and he'll retain everything he learned (and maybe learn something new).

 Emma has come a long way also.  While we have decided the girl should already have been through kindergarten, she's still so excited to learn and we are jumping all over it.  She knows all her colors, numbers and letters.  She can tell you all letter sounds, can  count to 29 and to 100 by 10's.  From her teacher's advice, we started playing a game to have her start counting by 2's and 3's and adding.  She's doing pretty well at it and will gladly show you every yellow and orange car we pass.  The one thing that she progressed at was peer play.  At mid terms, her teacher said she really didn't play with other kids.  Now, she is doing well with it and I see her getting better at home with Ryan, Nick and our neighbor, Logan.  She is still a spitfire and will go off quickly, but hopefully, this will fizzle!




Kris took all 3 kids to PA for Memorial Day this past weekend.  They all had a great time - although it wiped Daddy out (no doubt the cold I gave him before he left helped).  They all got to see everyone and go to the carnival and Kara's birthday party.

As for me, I enjoyed my few days at home by myself.  My house was cleaned from top to bottom.  All carpets were cleaned and floors washed.  All laundry was done and meals were made to freeze for another day (I should do that more often).  Summer plans were finished and put into effect.  Happily, when everyone got home, I got to enjoy my time with them since everything was done!

Now we are just beginning our summer vacation.  Parks and playdates await us as well as time at the waterpark and vacations!  We will be busy, but will enjoy it as well as we can!