Last week of school
Tuesday was my last day volunteering at the school for the year. In the grade one class I helped a little girl with her year end presentation about community helpers and in the kindergarten class I took down a lot of artwork, and filed a lot of things to go home with each child. Easton's teacher will not be returning as she was hired on for just this year, so her class room will have to be cleaned out.
I was gifted a beautiful potted plant, some lovely cards and a picture of the grade one class that had all of their signatures around it. I truly enjoyed volunteering. I felt like I made a difference!
Wednesday was actually quite a difficult day. While there have been all kinds of days where I think of Lindsay's sister, this day for me was particularly difficult. It was her birthday. I spent the day texting with Lindsay, and crying a lot.
Thursday was the last day of school. Hadley was awarded the overall Academic Excellence Award for her class for the year. We were so proud of her and so happy to be invited to watch her receive it in front of all of her peers.
After school Hadley was invited to attend a pool/pizza party at a classmates house. Mikah, lives about two minutes away and she was so excited for the party. His mom picked her up from the school with a few other classmates. I dropped off her booster seat and then I took Easton over as I was the extra parent volunteer to be eyes on the pool. Both kids had a great time! Easton didn't go in the pool but was happy to be the one to fetch the basketball as it came out of the pool often! We stayed quite late but there was no school so... why not.
Friday ~ This morning I found out that one of the horses next door (Willow) had passed through the night. I found out that the boarded horse had a history of epilepsy and got tangled in a fence. This particular horse was low on the pecking order so I didn't really get to become super close to this horse as it was hardly ever close to the fence when I brought carrots. I don't know much more. We were truthful about what we knew to the kids and they took the news well enough.
Today is my sister's birthday! We spent the day at the library, we cleaned out the van, Hadley read a book, Easton played trains, we watched a movie, and I cleaned out back packs, amongst other things.
It actually was quite a beautiful day weather-wise so I was glad we spent some time outdoors too!
This week has been a true mix of emotions.