Yesterday I went with Alyssa and some of the 5th graders at her school to Summerfest Planting Day. Summerfest requested that the school limit our group size to 24 {which works out to be a little less than one half the 5th graders at her school}, and in her usual, no nonsense manner Alyssa informed me that she was one of her teacher's favorites and that's why she was able to go. At least she doesn't think lowly of herself or her standing with her teacher :-)
It was actually quite exciting for her to do this because often when we visit Summerfest grounds during the summer and see the areas that have been planted by local students, or when we go to some of the downtown parks that have trees decorated at Christmas time the girls will look at the signs that tell which school had decorated there and they always ask if their school ever gets to do this. Before now, none of the girls have been in a class that got to do any of the downtown decorating, so it was a fun opportunity.
This is Alyssa and her friend, Hannah. The weather was kind of terrible, it was somewhere in the high 30s and the wind coming off the lake was absolutely freezing! The kids would take turns planting for a little while, then they'd duck behind a cement wall for shelter from the wind to warm up for a few minutes. Not at all what we think of when we think of a trip down to Summerfest. The Summerfest organizers treated all the kids to hot cocoa and doughnuts, which the kids thought was awesome.
There was also plenty of playtime too. I can't believe how quickly her 5th grade year is wrapping up! We just got the invite to the 5th grade completion ceremony and it was a lot to wrap my mind around that in just a few weeks she will be
done with elementary school and only a couple months later she'll be in middle school! I think it was Beth Moore who I heard say something about how in raising young children the days sometimes get so loooong, but the years fly by. It's so true!!!
It was actually quite exciting for her to do this because often when we visit Summerfest grounds during the summer and see the areas that have been planted by local students, or when we go to some of the downtown parks that have trees decorated at Christmas time the girls will look at the signs that tell which school had decorated there and they always ask if their school ever gets to do this. Before now, none of the girls have been in a class that got to do any of the downtown decorating, so it was a fun opportunity.
This is Alyssa and her friend, Hannah. The weather was kind of terrible, it was somewhere in the high 30s and the wind coming off the lake was absolutely freezing! The kids would take turns planting for a little while, then they'd duck behind a cement wall for shelter from the wind to warm up for a few minutes. Not at all what we think of when we think of a trip down to Summerfest. The Summerfest organizers treated all the kids to hot cocoa and doughnuts, which the kids thought was awesome.
There was also plenty of playtime too. I can't believe how quickly her 5th grade year is wrapping up! We just got the invite to the 5th grade completion ceremony and it was a lot to wrap my mind around that in just a few weeks she will be done with elementary school and only a couple months later she'll be in middle school! I think it was Beth Moore who I heard say something about how in raising young children the days sometimes get so loooong, but the years fly by. It's so true!!!
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WOW, I can't believe she'll be going to Middle school either! Makes me kind of tear up. She's growing up to be quite an amazing young lady, Jess! You guys have done a fabulous job, I'm sure you're very proud of her!
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