last day of school party!

may 31 was flower's last day of school.  we threw a pool party for both of the girls friends.  we had a great time!  they both made some good friends.  because of the nature of flower's school she will be with all the same kids next year!  maizy is moving though and we are sad about that.  especially since she's moving around the corner from our house!  she will be going to longfellow.  the good thing is we'll keep in touch for sure!  and if we ever move back to our they'll be right there!

Flower's birthday at 2nd grade

flower requested my gluten free brownies for her class treat.  i was happy to oblige and the few kids in her class that are gluten free were thrilled to be able to eat the same thing as everyone else!  they all loved them and i guess the scraps that were left were evidence of that!  this is my own recipe that i developed and it's quite good. :)
ms. schmillen is great.  each kid sits in the hot seat for their birthday song and then at the end she puts her hands on their head and makes guesses on their age(obviously they are all turning 8) and goes around and around before finally saying 8 and the kids get the biggest kick out of it.  she's a good sport.
She had ms. schmillen last year, too,  but next year she moves on and she will miss her. 

second grade safari program

february 7th flower had a safari themed program at school. it was so cute! she did a great job singing and new all her songs and had a drumming part as well. well done flower! i love watching school programs.

second grade at the discovery center

river and i got to chaperone flower's class at the discovery center. we had a blast of course!