Last Day of School-ebration!

To celebrate the first day of summer (and the last day of school!) Amelia and I decided to hang some crepe paper over the front door before we left to pick Oliver up from school. When we got home we unlocked the door and let Oliver burst through!

Not one to be left out, Amelia busted through the rest of it!

I asked Oliver to show me his face of how excited he was for summer, but he told me he wasn't excited because he missed Ms. Mattingly (his teacher this past year) already. Melt my heart!

Oliver's Class Christmas Party

Last week I volunteered to help out with Oliver's class Christmas party. I had fun, but I was also on day one of a really wicked cold so I was, sadly, in a fog and just generally kind of blah. Oliver was super excited to have me there, so it was worth it even though I was under the weather. The kids got to wear their pajamas to school in celebration of The Polar Express. Oliver and I made melted snowman cookies to share with his classmates.

Oliver with his teacher, Ms. Mattingly

Gift exchange time!

Oliver handing out his cookies.

Oliver reading his book from Ms. Mattingly.

Oliver turning the cheese up a notch with that smile.

Finally

I've been too busy to post, but now I'm done with finals. Hoo-rah! I ended with four A's and one B in my courses. I am SO bummed about the B, but I'm just going to have to live with it. I've signed up for next semester's classes and my books are ordered. I don't go back to school until January 9th so I'm just trying to enjoy my break and get rested up. 

I have been super busy the past few weeks. On top of the holiday, finishing up semester work and studying for finals, I've been busy with orders and doing things with the kiddos. Amelia was in the city Christmas parade with her school and I helped out decorating the float. She loved being in the parade and we had a lot of fun. I walked a long side the bus and handed out candy. I was FROZEN by the time the parade was over. Here is a really crappy quality photo I took of her on the bus:

I have lots more to post about, but I have to get up early tomorrow so I'm calling it a day.