Finishing the School Year

The end of the school year is always so crazy.  The blog has been hit or miss with a lot of the school activities, but hopefully this will finish the school year off.

Kayla went on a field trip to a Drillers baseball game.  It was not my idea of a fun field trip, but Kayla was excited to be out of school.  It was hot and extremely crowded.  There are only 2 days at the end of the year set aside for schools to take field trips to the ballpark.  There were a lot of people there.

They started by eating lunch outside of the ballpark.  This is Kayla and her friend McKenna.

The upper grade kids from Lone Star were also there that day.  Here is Kayla with Gabby.  She is the daughter of a friend of mine.  Her mom was one on Caroline's teachers at PDO.  We have known her for many years.  

Kayla with some of the girls in her class

Kayla and I left as soon as they started loading the buses.  She was more than eager to leave the game!

Another end of the school year activity is the Variety Show.  Kayla said it was called a Talent Show up until they finished with the auditions.  Then it was changed to Variety Show.  That should tell you all you need to know!

Here is Kayla waiting to play the piano.  She did a great job.

Kayla also did her dance solo.  Here she is waiting to perform.

The Variety Show lasted 2 hours.  I was really proud of Kayla.  The teachers in charge of the show had nothing but wonderful things to say about Kayla and her performances.  They were so grateful for having someone so prepared.

I then went to Caroline's class to take one last picture.  This was my baby's very last day of kindergarten!

Well, that should do it.  I guess I now have a first grader and a fifth grader.  We even got report cards in the mail...finally.  Kayla made straight A's and Caroline got all 3's.  They will both be moving up next year!

Field Day

Field Day at Bixby is a little different from what we are used to at Lone Star.  Kayla was confused and she told me parents were not allowed at her field day so I did not go.  She said she had a good time, but she did not do anything.  She said there were activities they could participate in if they wanted.  However, Kayla and her group of friends just walked around the track enjoying the treats they purchased at the concession stand.  From what I understand, Caroline's Field Day worked about the same way.  I was not able to go because Kayla had State Piano Contest at the same time.  My dad was kind enough to go to Caroline's field day and take these pictures for me.

Caroline enjoyed her field day.  There is not a lot of structure to the event.  They have a few little activities set up, and the kids can do whatever they want.  She had one little incident where a girl squirted water on her shirt.  If you know Caroline at all, you know that water on her clothes is a huge problem.  The tears came and she had to go change her shirt before she went back to having fun.  At Lone Star the entire class would do an activity and then the class would move on to the next activity.  I wish Bixby did it that way.  Both of my kids would have participated a lot more that way.  However, they both had a good time.  I guess that is important.  Thanks again to my dad for going in my place!

Celebrate Central

Caroline's class went on a trip to the park for their Celebrate Central day.  This is basically a special little outing for the kids that have behaved all year.  They walked to the park from the school.  That is probably close to a mile.  I chose to drive to the park and wait for them to arrive.  Here they come...

They had all of the kids line up for a picture before they let them go play.  If you can't tell, they are looking directly into the sun.  It was probably not the best place to line them up for pictures.

Time for a little snack provided by the PTA

More play time.  This is Caroline and her friend Taylor.

My monkey

Lunch time

Caroline and her friend Teralyn.  It was hot outside!

She had a good time.  Her favorite part was getting to leave early with me.  They normally got out of school an hour early on Wednesdays.  The month of May they did not get early release days.  Caroline was begging for an early day.  She got it!  I think we were home by noon. 

4th Grade Clap-Out

Kayla will be going to a new school next year for 5th grade.  Her current school does a Clap-Out before the kids leave.  This year it also included the 3rd graders because they will also be going to the new school.  The parents and all of the other students line the hallways.

Then it is pretty much a parade of students.  The Chick-Fil-A cow got things started.  The teachers lead their students through the building while everyone claps.

Even Caroline got to participate.

 

Next, they went to the gym for a magic show.

Then we went into another room to watch a DVD slideshow.  Kayla was actually in several of the pictures.
After that we headed to the playground for popsicles and raffle drawings.  Kayla did not win anything, but she had a great day.

I stopped by Caroline's class to pick her up early.  They had just come in from recess.  Here she is with Miss Michelle.  Caroline adores her.  She is a high school student that helps in her class about an hour every day.

Here is Caroline's class with Miss Michelle.  They were having a little graduation party for her that day.  She was accepted to Baylor (where her sister is a student), but she is heading off to OU in the fall.

It is so hard for me to believe that I will have a first grader and a fifth grader next year!

Spring Social

We went to the first annual Spring Social at the school on Friday night.  I have to admit that I did not want to go.  At all.  However, the girls were so excited to go.  It had been talked about so much at school during the week leading up to the big event.  We went ahead and bought some tickets before we left school on Friday.  That way we were able to jump right in without having to stand in any lines.

 It was filled with regular school carnival type activities.  Lots of games to play and food to buy.  Each game only cost a quarter.  We bought $8 worth of tickets and could not use them all before the night ended.  They also sold raffle tickets for $1.  I believe we bought $12 worth of raffle tickets.  Each girl received one free raffle ticket for bringing back a program they were given at school.  There were baskets all over the gym filled with items donated by the classes.  If you were interested in that basket, you put your raffle ticket in that bucket.  There was also an i-pod, an electric scooter, 2 bikes, season passes to Big Splash, and the opportunity to throw a pie in the face of three different teachers.  Caroline managed to win 2 of the raffle drawings.  We were shocked!  Kayla did not win anything.  Then they announced that the boy who won the chance to throw a pie in the face of the art teacher was not there, and they were going to draw another name.  Kayla got so excited that she still had a chance to win something.  She had put one of her tickets in that bucket.  They drew her name!  She was thrilled!  I had to stay with our baskets so I did not get to watch.  You could tell when she threw the pie.  The place erupted.  Imagine about 200 kids screaming at the top of their lungs in a gym.  It was so fun for both of the girls!

Here they are with the baskets that Caroline won

This basket had all sorts of popcorn and candy.  Plus, a $25 gift card to Incredible Pizza, four movie passes, a couple of movies, a Wii game, 2 puzzles, 2 card games, and a couple of board games.  This is the basket Kayla really wanted to win.

This basket had lots of art supplies and a weaving loom.  This is the basket that Caroline really wanted.  Oh, and lots of glitter in this basket.  Yay!

As far as our family is concerned, the first annual Spring Social was a huge success!  We finished off the night with a trip to Cherry Berry.  A perfect day!

Easter

Our Easter celebration began with the annual dying of the eggs.  The kids love doing this every year.  We tried to dye them in kool-aid this year.  It worked pretty well, but we may go back to the good old fashion way next year.  Caroline was so excited.  She was asking for days to dye the eggs.

Sunday morning started with the hunt.  We always hunt for eggs inside the house.  This was our first hunt in the new house.  There were a lot more places for the eggs to be hidden in this house.  It was a lot more fun.

 And they're off...

 Of all of the hiding places, this was my favorite

Next, we headed outside to attempt a few pictures.  These did not come out so well this year.  We were really in too much of a hurry.

Then it was off to church.  We went to a new church Easter morning.  We really enjoyed it.  We then went to my mom's house so she could see the girls.  Then it was time to head to my dad's.  We eat lunch there and do a huge egg hunt with the cousins.

 Caroline, Isabel, Olivia, Kayla, and Nic

These kids have such a great time together.  I really was a wonderful day.