Fare Thee Well Third Grade

Today at 11:30 am, my Braxton was no longer a 3rd grader. I cannot believe how fast the year flew by, I remember the first day of 3rd grade like it was yesterday. I am so proud of him. Moving to Colorado was probably a bigger adjustment for him than any one else in our family, but he has done really well. He made some great friends and I think he now feels like Rice Elementary is his school. He even said to me while we were walking home that he wishes we were still going to be here for 5th grade.

I love summer vacation. I am a selfish mom and like the fact that I don't have to share my son with the school. We have a lot of great things planned for the summer. Swimming lessons start next week, we leave for South Dakota tomorrow for a fun trip, we have a couple of trips planned to Utah and then we go to Nova Scotia in July for almost three weeks.

Braxton and his teacher, Mrs. Foster. She is wonderful!!!

Braxton and Miss Phillips. Miss Phillips was the student teacher in Braxton's class. She graduated this month and will be teaching kindergarten in Littleton in the fall. We love Miss Phillips and know she will be an awesome kindergarten teacher. This is Braxton's principal, Mrs. Koehn. While we were taking this pictures, she was trying to track down some students who took the bus but their dad had come to pick them up. A principal's work is never done, I suppose.

If April Showers Bring May Flowers, What Does May Hail Bring?

In the past week, we have been under two tornado watches and actually had a tornado warning this afternoon. Storms roll in really quickly around here and it's kind of fun to watch the clouds roll in. This evening, Mother Nature treated us to a really cool hail storm.

Dear Mother Nature,

Thank you very much for such a beautiful day!!!

Momsense

I am sure you have all seen this before, but I love it. Don't forget about your moms this weekend. Don't forget about all those wonderful women who have a Mother Heart.

Tundra Biome

A few weeks ago, we received an email from Braxton's teacher letting us know that the kids had an at-home-project to do. They had to do a shoebox biome. They had to include a body of water, 3 plants and a food chain and any extras they could think of. Braxton chose the Arctic Tundra, which didn't surprise me because he did a project in 2nd grade on Polar Bears and was really interested in them. So, off to the Hobby Lobby we went to pick up some supplies. He chose the Arctic Willow, Cotton Grass and Arctic Moss as his plants, the Arctic Ocean for his body of water, and Arctic Cod, Ring Seal and Polar Bear as his food chain. He also made Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) out of clay and he glued them to the sky. I was in charge of the hot glue gun, I burned my fingers a few times, but it was so worth it. I think it turned out great. He got a 4/4, which is also known as a "WOW".