I know, early, right? Don't even get me started. Our school district's calendar is all sorts of weird. It's almost enough to get me involved with the school board.
Almost.
(Who are we kidding here. I don't even really like being on the PTO.)
Now that we have two kids in school, the end of the school year seemed like a much bigger deal. Spencer and Josh were both pretty excited, so I felt like I needed to do a little something to celebrate. At Easter Spencer had found an egg with a coupon for a treasure hunt in it, so I decided that a treasure hunt would be the perfect thing on the last day of school. (Especially when I discovered a bunch of books the Easter Bunny had forgotten to put in Easter baskets. Instant treasure!)
I also decided to finally getting around to making the shirts I was supposed to make during Spring Break. (That spring break where it snowed and was cold and yucky and not good for short sleeved shirts so why make them?) Anywho, shirts.
Tess just HAD to be in the picture.
This is the only shot I could get with all four of them. Children, why will you never all stand next to each other and smile and hold still and look super cute all at once?!? Oh yeah, because you are children.
School's out for summer for these two! (For some reason they have both decided they will only smile with their mouths closed, which I think looks a little silly. But what do I know, I'm only the mom.)
This guy will be in FOURTH GRADE! How in the world did that happen?
And, despite his best efforts, Josh thrived in Kindergarten. FIRST GRADE, here he comes!
You'll never guess why Cole was upset - he wanted to GO TO PRESCHOOL. YOU CAN TELL THIS IS UNFATHOMABLE TO ME BECAUSE I AM YELLING AT YOU WITH ALL CAPS.
Spencer and Josh wanted Minecraft shirts. If you don't know what Minecraft is and you have a spare 6 hours, Josh and Spencer will gladly explain it to you in intricate detail. This is Josh's shirt.
Here's Tess. She is nothing if not fierce. Unless Daddy's around. Then she's a total Daddy's girl. (Which I am absolutely fine with - I actually got to listen to some of sacrament meeting today because of her recent preference for Daddy!)
Cole really likes Daniel Tiger.
Spencer's Minecraft shirt.
That afternoon we went out to meet the bus for one last time. (At least for a few months.)
The baby and stroller of course had to join us.
The bus! The bus!
The bus driver gave each child some candy. Now she'll always have a special place in Josh's heart. (That boy LOVES candy.)
I even made a banner to welcome them home! Although "Welcome to Summer" seemed a bit ridiculous since it was only 60 degrees. Stupid weird Indiana spring.
So the treasure hunt began. Spencer claimed most of the clues were far too easy, but I stumped them a couple times. Next year I'll have to make it harder. Here are a few of the places I hid clues:
Under Tess's bed
Under Cole's favorite swing
In the mailbox
In the freezer
Behind the composter
In the bathroom
Tess deemed herself keeper of the old clues, and wandered around like this as Josh and Spencer ran from one clue to the next. Cole didn't' care about any of it and just watched TV.
The final clue was in the dryer. See the very large paper on the drawer? I kid you not, it took them a full minute to actually see it. (These children of mine... can you understand why you can often hear me reply "Look with your eyes, not with your mouth!" when they claim they can't find something?)
The hunt ended with an old chest of mine on the back porch. It was full of books and other fun summer toys and such. (Bubbles, sidewalk chalk, water cups.)
Several days later and the boys are still talking about it. Guess we've found ourselves a new last day of school tradition!
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