The End and the Beginning

This week we had both an ending and a beginning.

Our ending was the end of school.  Most kids love it when school ends - and don't get us wrong, we love the thought of a few days off from school.  But we already miss our friends and our teachers.  

To wrap up our last week of school - we had our Merit Assembly.  

Sam won two awards this year - one for Exceptional Academic Performance.  That means straight As all year long. He also earned a scholarship for Academic Achievement and Good Comportment.  

Yay Sam!

He was one very proud boy!

I earned three awards this year - I took the Bronze medal for my Young Author Book Project, and I got a Certificate of Achievement for Physical Fitness.  I also got an award for Exceptional Academic Performance - that same straight As all year long.

Here I am with the other award winners from my class.

Some individual pictures - here's Sam.

And me.

And then it was the last day of school.  The last day of school is pretty much the only day we don't wear our uniforms - so our last day of school pictures this year are in casual clothes.

Me - the end of third grade.

Here's Sam - the end of first grade.

And the brothers - last day of school, 2015.

And then we got to say hello to the beginning of summer! 

We've started up our summer lessons . . . golf, swimming, and piano.  

We're both taking piano lessons.  Here's Sam getting in a daily practice.  We have a great teacher this year!

Tip your heads to the side - here's Sam at his golf lesson.  (He's in the white t-shirt).  He's is actually quite a good little golfer!

He's working on his short game.

And to ensure that summer had really started, mom and dad brought out a new "activity" for us for the summer.  A blow-up water slide.  

We literally can spend the entire day playing on this thing.  And I think that was the idea!  Up and down and splashing around.  We are exhausted by the end of each day after playing on this thing.

Here are a couple of pictures of us playing for you - look at our big smiles.

We can race - we can climb - we can splash.

The smiles just never ended! 

And look at the air Sam got - go Sam, go!

One more race to the bottom.  We've been sleeping really, really well!

Sam Alert:  Hey everyone, Sam here.  Summer has gotten off to a great start.

We've gotten in some "play around the house" time - which is always good.

And again, tilt your heads to the side (sorry, cell phone pictures).  You'll see my and my "little" banana split.  And the answer is NO, I couldn't finish it all - but I gave it a good try!

And here I am with some Banana Nutella Crepes - breakfast out.  Delicious, Delightful, and Delectable!

Sam out - have a great week!