Gwen's Graduation Party @ the Park

Since Wednesday is a short day for school, afterwards Gwen's class got together at the park to celebrate graduating into 1st Grade. Still can't believe Gwen will be in 1st Grade next year... wowski. All the kids played while the parents relaxed and chatted. It was really nice... like a HUGE play date. I recommend we do this weekly... lol. Luckily it didn't rain so the kids were able to play for about 2 hours and had a blast!

Gwen playing with Zoey & Grace.

Using the telescope... which was pretty cool by the way.

Ethne's favorite toy on the park.
She claimed it as hers immediately.

Tristan multi-tasking.

Ethne became quick friends with Kaitlyn. They were
seen flipping their hair together all around the park.
Tristan is "playing it cool" in the background.

Daddy hamming it up...
Looks like he could have been in "Saved by the Bell".

Ice Cream Party

Today, Gwen's class had and Ice Cream Party and I was able to help out. We set up stations and each child came through with their zip lock baggie to fill it with milk, cream, vanilla, and sugar. We then put those into a larger zip lock baggie and filled the whole thing with ice and rock salt. When everyone was ready we headed out into the school yard and began to shake, shake, shake the bags. In about 25 minutes, each child had made their own ice cream. We went back into the classroom and ate the sweet goodness!

The ice cream shaking parade.

Gwen skipping to shake it up.

Good times, good times.

Science Fair

Gwen's class participated in the school Science Fair this year. They learned about the characteristics of wood. The challenge was to see if they could make the wood sink using paperclips and rubber bands. They all got to make predictions and then carry out the experiment.

Close up of her wood project.

Gwen's findings.

Muir Walk-a-Thon

John Muir held a Walk-a-Thon to raise money for the school year. Each class participated and the school ended up raising over $7,000! Gwen's class did laps around the soccer field, and Gwen ran all of those except about 4 laps. My girl can RUN!

Gwendilyn making her laps.

Meanwhile, the twins played on the playground.

At each lap, the kids got a stamp to mark their progress.

Zoey, Gwendilyn & Rachel... Good job girls!!

Fire Fighters are COOL!

Gwen's class got a visit from the local Fire Fighters and she was so excited... "Mom, Fire Fighters are so COOL!" They all got fire hats & sticker badges, a tour of the truck, and got to sit in the driver's seat.

Needless to say, Gwen now aspires to be a Fire Fighter. Love that girl.