Ryan's First Grade Art

The number of art projects once we reached first grade significantly declined as we were expected to perform certain skills, and we were often given a week or more to complete our projects. Art only occurs in the art room as well and very rarely in the classroom. The projects here do not include everything we did this past year, but are a good representation.

Heroes Under The Sea

Today's performance was the culmination of nine months of practice...almost every Monday September through May we danced our little hearts out. This year's song was "Under the Sea", and it was only appropriate that we dressed as mini mermaids who shook our tails all over the stage! Today it was definitely better, down where it's wetter! Take it from me!!!

Budding Artist

Not often do I get to chime in twice in one day, but on another happy note, my artwork (the one on the bottom right) was chosen along with 17 other Donges Bay students, to be displayed at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.  Hopefully my "April Showers Bring May Flowers" puts a smile on someone's face:)!

Girls' Olympiad

Tonight it was my (Lily's) turn to show off my skills at the Girls' Olympiad. I was the only one in my class who was able to do the back bend into walk-over, and I had all of the parents cheering me on! We also showed our parents our floor, bar, and beam skills, and then for the grand finale we all got to climb the rope (my favorite part)! 

Boys' Olympiad

Today was the North Shore Gymnastics Olympiad where I showed off my skills on rings, vault, floor, and parallel bars. I also received a certificate and a medal for all of my hard work this session.

We've Got Sunshine!

After a chilly, rainy Saturday we've got sunshine!!! This means we spent most of the day outside catching some rays. We had to take a break mid afternoon to return Dad to Georgia (aka drive Dad to the airport), but that was our only break. While Mom finished the lawn and did some planting, Lily and I collected flowers to surprise her with. We also invented a new game which involved us having to drive around. The gator just didn't feel right so we pretended Mom's car was our new ride! Mom caught us in the act, and I think we stirred up some emotions since we are almost halfway to actually getting our real licenses. That will be a day to remember here in our world!!!

First Grade Year End Trip

Today we celebrated the end of first grade by taking a field trip to the zoo, and as usual it was me and the girls! You can never go wrong visiting the zoo, and today was no exception. The animals were all out and more active than usual. The peacocks walked around feathers flared, the polar bear was entertaining himself in his pool with a ball, and the penguins were enjoying a nice bath. It was definitely a great trip to take with all of our friends, and a great way to say good-bye to first grade! Only nine more days and we'll officially be second graders!!!

Memorial Day 2015

We made it back up to the cottage after what felt like forever and a day. We were blessed again with nice weather, and took advantage of every minute. Saturday, Dad took me golfing for the first time with Uncle Robb and Bubba. They all had little faith that I would survive, but I made it through all 18 holes without incident. I was the first to reach par on hole number one, and I even outdrove Daddy on two fairways. I hit it over the water (and in the water), and I even found a snapping turtle. While I was sinking putts on the front and back nine, Lily and AJ were tooling around the lake on the paddle boards and having a water balloon fight. Saturday night was reserved for a BBQ and s'mores and a few trips on the four-wheeler. After all the activity we slept hard and woke up refreshed and ready to go on Sunday. Daddy took AJ, Lily, and me out on the paddle boards. After a quick swim it was then time for the candy store where AJ and I donned matching outfits! No trip to the cottage would be complete without this!!! The rain managed to sneak in late Sunday, but this did not dampen our mood.

Squeeze On In

Great minds think alike, at least they do when the moms' backs are turned!

4-5

I managed to knock another tooth out today using a bit of excessive force. Who knew that a bus seat could be so hard? Losing this one may have been a bit premature being that it wasn't super loose; however, I'm kind of known for not having any patience, not wanting to lose, and not being able to sit still so I guess all of these good traits helped me almost catch up to Lily in the tooth race. I managed to score a cool tooth bracelet (to keep my tooth in) for all of my not so hard work as well!

Mother's Day Weekend

We celebrated our mom's this year at school by holding Poetry and Punch for our families on Friday.  All of the parents were invited to come in to listen to each first grade student recite a poem they wrote about a topic of their choice.  This was a bit of a challenge for Mom and Dad being that Lily and I are in separate classrooms this year, but our teachers scheduled it so that I went first in my class and Lily went last in her class. This way Mom and Dad could sneak out in the middle and hear both of us.  They then used the divide and conquer method for the punch portion of the event.  Mom hung out in my room with me where she captured Maggie and me hanging out, while Dad stayed in Lily's room.  The rest of the weekend was low key since Dad had been gone for 25 days. We spent time catching up on yard work and then enjoyed dinner with friends and wrapped up the weekend by seeing the new Avengers movie.