Music and Movement

Anna LOVED her Music and Movement class this year with the fabulous Ms. Emily.  She eagerly waited for each and every Thursday to come so she could go to her dance class.  Sadly, Anna will have to find something different to do next year on her Thursdays as Ms. Emily is moving out of state.  I don't know if we'll be able to find another class to top it...

The end of the year performance did not disappoint and was filled with all kinds of cuteness.

Like this...

(and check out that goose egg!  purty.)

 

After the song and dance numbers, we went to the backyard to preview the gallery of art created by the girls.  They learned about Van Gogh, Pollock, and Seurat (to name a few) and created art projects for each artist!  If I could only be as organized as Emily, I'd love to do something like this (minus the music and movement part--not really my strong point!).

Next year it will be all preschool and Mommy time for Anna.  I need to cherish this last year of my last child being home with me.  Sniff.  Sniff.

3rd Graders are odd...

but that's ok.  They're also a lot of fun!
I had a great time with Jared and his classmates on their field trip to Luray Caverns (way back at the end of April).

Spending time with Jared in his school environment really got me thinking, though, about how much I need to be fighting for his best interests.  I should expect that his teacher notice he is there and be able to pronounce his last name by the end of the school year (right?).  He's had two years now of sub-par teachers and it has been disappointing for me as a parent, but also for Jared. 
4th grade will be different.  I'm not going to just hope that he has a good teacher.  I'm going to expect that his teacher will give him the attention he needs and deserves.

My screen door is ugly

Just the other day, I was telling Rob that I thought our screen door was practical, but rather ugly.  I'd prefer not to have it, but with all of the kids running in and out of the house so often, it just makes sense to have one.  I guess I'd rather spend our money on other things, so I dropped the non-essential issue.

Until today that is!

After some friends left this evening (Hi, Brian and Jen--thanks for visiting!!),  Rob set out to finish some lawn work, edging the driveway.  Tyler, Anna and I were hanging out on the porch enjoying the nice weather when all of a sudden we heard a shot (or what sounded like one) and turned to see a hole in the screen door window, but the screen itself looked untouched...

I guess Jared heard the noise too and came running upstairs from his video game coma.
Unfortunately, he didn't even notice there was a hole in the glass and ran out the door to see what had happened.
The poor kid.
Once he opened the door, the entire glass panel shattered into thousands of little pieces all over him.
He's ok.

In fact, all he has to show for it is one teeny tiny cut on his arm.  Barely even phased him.
Here's the itty-bitty hole that was made--we're guessing it was made from a pebble that flew while Rob was edging...

Here's the damage...

We're kind of feeling lucky right now that one of us wasn't standing in the pebble's path!
And...I'll be getting myself a new screen door!