Now that summer is finally here it seems like the last few months flew by, but those last 3 or 4 weeks of school seems to last forever while we were in it.
Scott has been LOVING the "who were" book series. If you haven't discovered them yet I highly recommend them. All sorts of historical figures, events, places etc. written in a way that kids can really start to understand them. We have been reading at least two a week these last few months and Scott really wanted to keep track of all he had been learning, he kept getting confused as to who came first or which invention led to which new discovery so we came up with the idea of creating a timeline and adding facts and details as we read. Hello visual learner.
Scott really enjoys history, science, math, anything with facts. He likes to know what happened, how it happened, how things work - he likes right and wrong answers. These books have been perfect for him. His last writing unit in school was poetry. He hated it. Haha, this is much more his speed for now. Truly if you haven't tried these books go now and check some out!
Memorial weekend we had lots of bbqs and swimming with friends. Of which I took almost no pictures. But I did manage to snap this one of Scott and Riley, just hanging out chatting - basically like teenagers!
Another day, another round of pitching the kids into the pool from 6 feet in the air!
Owen heading in to his last official day of Team class. So many emotions for this mama!
Owen and Kenz on their last day!
Typical day in team, squeezing your own OJ for snack.
Baseball playoffs you guys. Who knew?! The excitement, the stress, the exhaustion. Our little giants finished the season 6th and then went into the playoffs and ended up 3rd! We had at least 2 or 3 games go to extra innings. I was proud of these boys after every single game!
Just a little "bear, hunter, princess" to kick off a swim session.
We also got to attend cousin Tyler's high school graduation party. When I met Tyler he was younger than my kids are now. It blows my mind a little! The boys had fun swimming and having a few golf lessons...
The next morning the boys ran their first ever race. And these lucky dudes also got to run into their former and future kindergarten teacher (not by accident, she drove me to the race and then the boys met up after my 5k). Ms. Tori is so awesome and we are so excited to be back in her class next year with Owen!
The boys did great, but we did learn a lesson about pacing. They both started out in a dead sprint for the first quarter mile and got really burned out quick. Next time we are gonna take it slower and see how we do.
But they were not gonna give up because they couldn't wait to get their medals. HAHA, amazing how much kids love medals and trophies. They are pretty excited about their new hardware.
I don't consider myself a runner most of the time. But something about races is pretty fun and inspiring. It was an honor to run with these two ladies that morning for a 5k. Both former teachers of the boys, my kids and our family have sure lucked out in the teacher department! Ms. Tori and Ms. Dana are two of my favorites in the world!
After all that running we hit the farmers market for eggs and my favorite coffee drink and gluten free donuts from Joi cafe and then it was time to head home for not stop swimming and marco polo.
Nothing better than them!
With only a few days of school left for Scott I could almost taste summer at this point!!!!
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