The greatest privelege of the middle schoolers is to join in on leading the watergun/balloon ambush at the bus stop on the last day of school, our neighborhood tradition.
Headed to the bus, fully loaded
So much fun and so HOT!!!
Ellie
Yummy !
Our sweet Boo is leaving elementary school behind ! This morning we attended her 5th grade ceremony, which was held at Cosby High School. This photo was taken shortly before the bus stop. 
peeking at me from her seat in the auditorium
walking across the stage gracefully
A hug from Miss Gallagher
This picture of Felicia and her teacher is just so prescious to me. Her teacher is an AMAZING person who inspired Felicia so much this year. We will truly miss her daily presence in Felicia's life, but we intend to keep in touch.
ellie's End of the Year Kindergarten party was taking place at the same time as Felicia's 5th Grade auction, so I moved between two places at the school for a few hours. Ellie's party was a classroom rotation to different stations of fun activities after they had Ci-Ci's pizza and cupcakes for lunch. Their first station was receiving paper booklets, which were their Kindergarten Autograph books and they spent 15 minutes getting their friends to sign their books.
Sponge Relay game outside
They danced to The Freeze and Hokey Pokey and a few others before they went outside for bubbles and sno-cones ! The last rotation was carnival games.
The 5th grade auction is an event that they look forward to all year. Prizes are donated by parents and local businesses. The 5th graders have earned, spent and saved Bulldog Bucks all year long, given to them by their teachers for things like homework turned in, etc. Felicia had $20,00.00 to spend so I thought she would bid on one of the big ticket items, like the XBOX 360 or a digital camera, but she had a hard time deciding and was afraid to let all her money go on one item. When I arrived to watch, she still hadn't bid on anything, but with some encouragement from her teacher and I, she won something shortly thereafter.
Felicia bids
Yes, I took my kids to the horse race track ! Less than an hour away, we have a racetrack that I have never been to. When I found out about Fan Appreciation Day, that admission, programs,hot dogs, chips and drinks were all only 25 cents each--that's right, 25 CENTS, I was all in ! Steve had to work and Bethany was at a party, so I went with a friend whose husband was also working and her kids. We had fun doing something new and NOT spending a lot of money! We even had coupons to receive free T-shirts !
Ellie with good friend Isabela -- they were sweltering in the 90+ degree heat
Getting a closer look at the horses getting ready to race. We didn't know too much about how to place bets, but the kids looked through the race program with me to pick two horses to bet on in race #2. We placed each bet for only $2.00.
Coming around the track, both of our horses are in 1st and 2nd place ! #5 ends up being the winner.
Last Friday we went to Ellie's last Daisy Girl Scout meeting to watch her receive all of the badges she's earned this year. We met at the troop leader's home and the girls all sat in a circle together. There are 12 girls in her troop. Ellie's troop sold enough cookies this year, that they were in 4th place in the district for sales, which is amazing for a first year troop.
reciting the Girl Scout Promise
