Eight Weeks In

It is SO hard to believe that we are EIGHT weeks into the school year!  It's definitely hard going back to school in July, but I LOVE having 2 1/2 weeks off come October!

Here are a few pictures from the girls' first few weeks of school!

➹ Lunch buddies! ➹

➹ A couple of our bulletin boards we put together! ➹

➹ Red week was a favorite of mine!  #gohoosiers ➹

➹ Love these two sweet friends!!! ➹

And, I just love this picture.... Everyone in Olivia's class has a job, and they all get paid for their jobs.   The classroom has a little store where they can buy candy or little toys.  For the most part, Olivia saves her money, and when she does spend it, she spends it on coupons for things like sitting in the comfy chair or reading to her kindergarten teacher's class.  :) 

Farewell, First Grade

We started a little tradition last year with setting up a free cookie/lemonade stand outside the school where some of the walkers walk by to get to our portion of the neighborhood.  Even though we don't live there anymore, we still wanted to set this up for the kiddos!  It is such a great way to end the year, and the kids love passing out the lemonade to their school friends!

Bye Bye, Burski

Olivia's teacher this year was retiring after over twenty years of teaching, and we did our best to make this last year a great one for her.  Throughout the school year, we helped in the classroom as much as we could and brought in special treats randomly. {I'm also showing off a couple Teacher Appreciation gifts we gave out to both girls' teachers...including a sweet book made by Olivia.}

For her end of the year party, we decided to have the kids create a special quilt for her.  We sent home fabric markers and a quilt square with instructions for the kids to draw a picture of themselves and put their name on it.  Sheri picked out black and white fabrics and had the squares pieced together.  The whole thing turned out so cute!

We ended up having a pizza party with cake and a slideshow {courtesy of me} and it was such a fun afternoon!

Olivia's Fun Run

These posts are ALL sorts of out of order, but I'm having to let my OCD go to get these done!

Liv had her school Fun Run to raise money for her school to buy new laptops and a charging station.  She hit up the whole family to sponsor her during her run and she collected enough for a power cord! (Ha!)  I think she ended up raising about $100.

I was so proud of her for running in the heat!  She was a lucky girl to have her Daddy there to run with her and her Mommy and sister there to cheer her on!

Celebratory lunch with her buddy, Zeppelin!