Middle School Events

The twins' middle school was an odd blend of elementary school and Jr. high.  They had a math night, which was really fun for all of us.  They are at a good age, where they only really need me if something goes wrong.  They spent most of the night walking around with their friends.

26 days before school got out, they started a 'count down' of spirit days.  Some were more successful than others, but my favorite was anything but a water bottle day.  lol.  Juliet brought a popcorn container, and Grace used a jar.

I don't recall what William's obligation was the night of Grace and Juliet's Jr. High visit, but he did not come with us.  I also got no pictures of Juliet, because she hung out with Kennedy while we were there.  We did have to leave early to get to the next event, whatever it was.  Grace really liked this area.

For their middle school dance, I had offered to set up and break down, since I had to be there anyhow.  The twins were good helpers when it came to setting things up.

There was a bookfair (BOGO Free!) Concession stand, and a DJ in the gym!

I hadn't planned on being down to a single car for the event, and we had trouble getting the balloons home. But some of them came home with us.  Why do my babies look so grown up here?

Fast forward to the last full week of school, Grace got to go on a reward trip for reading 200+ minutes during their reading marathon!  We saw the new sheep murder mystery!  It was cute.*

On field day, Alice surprised them by volunteering to work one of the stations with me.  They were excited to see her!  We ended up running the tag station.  There were all sorts of fancy tags, but the kids were too excited to learn something new, so we ended up playing a modified freeze tag.  That worked out much better.

On their pod's field trip, the booking was at the incorrect park, so we ended up moving at the last minute.  = (

I couldn't stay for the duration, so once I saw the girls, I headed to my next event, possibly subbing? But they got to play and they fed them hot dogs, watermelon, chips, and cookies!

 

It was quite a fun week for them I think, though tiring for me!  Next stop: Jr. High!

later days

edit 6-15-26: backdated for continuity.

*This isn't the ideal spot to mention it, but since I didn't get a picture, I don't really have any reason to add it elsewhere. The Friday before this movie, I was a chaperone for William's class to go to see the new Mario movie.  

Closing out the School Year

William's class got to take a trip to BizTown a few weeks ago, and he looked awfully sharp in his blazer jacket and bowtie! He had a great time, and continues to wear the hat he received as a souvenir because he was the CEO of one of the BizTown banks!

How are we pushing through all of this end of year excitement?  Sugar and Caffeine mostly.  

The twins' field day was held in the park across the street, and it was held in two waves, because there just wasn't enough space to hold it in the same manner as the old field allowed for.  I was working at the balloon toss station, so only managed pictures of my girls while they were at my station.

I felt like a trash collector each time I subbed at the end of the year, because every time I worked I left with bunches of things heading for the trash!  One such item was a container of butter leftover from their baked potato bar.  I'm happy to report that I've managed to use or assimilate it all at this point!

The instructional support teachers provided a breakfast for the rest of the staff one of the mornings that I was working, and I loved their donut display!  Everything has been themed 'construction' this year, because of the construction, so not only are they living it, but they are also celebrating it!

Speaking of the construction, this is my final picture from the drive through line!

And I didn't get a pre-last-day-of-school picture, so a post-last-day-of-school picture will have to do, but Emily and William are officially off to ninth and seventh grade, respectively!

Alice has four days left, and both of us are d.o.n.e.  But we are almost there!  William starts summer camp tomorrow, so I'll be getting him up and on the bus pretty close to his regular day, but he'll be having way more fun while there, I think!

later days

edit 6-8-25: backdated for continuity.

Field Day - Grace and Juliet

At the start of this year, I fully anticipated field day being a very, very sad event.  However, with news that the twins would return to their school for fifth grade, it was less emotional than expected. = )

Also, construction was due to start on the new building, so field day was to be moved over to the Lion's park across the street from the school.  Thankfully, the construction was delayed so they were able to have their field day in the usual field.

One more unexpected turn was that in the morning I was asked to sub for the Dean of Students, so I dressed for work that morning, then ran home to change into warmer clothes (it was a good year to not be in a water event!) and collect Emily, who also volunteered her time.

I got my first picture of the twins at the event next to us.  It was a variation of tag, with the 'it' player having a hula hoop of 'octopuses' legs' to tag their classmates.  It was really funny to watch.  When you got out, you sat down until the next round.

Emily helped me illustrate the proper way to bunny hop through the hula hoops, in order to meet up with your opponent to play rock, paper, scissor.  The winner kept hopping along, until the next member of the opposite team met them to challenge them.  

It's a cute game, with a bit of waiting, after all the group running that they did in the previous game.

As we went along, my instructions became more concise and refined, but after saying the instructions so many times, I couldn't recall if I gave my entire spiel.  lol.

Next year is shaping up to be radically different in every way, so we'll see how it looks at the end of the year.  Grace and Juliet will get out even earlier than Emily and William, with their wildly early start date, so I won't have my Emily to help me!

I'm happy to have one more field day to look forward to.

later days

edit 7-20-24: backdated for continuity.