The year had come and gone quickly.  Connor had their end of school party last week at the Carabelle Park and I just saw some photos from that today in the school Shutterfly site.  Connor had told us the games that he played and the treats they had.  Connor always had a good time in school events, but he said he did not like the sack race.

     The 4th graders had their yearbook signing party on Tuesday. Logan initially did not care about the party, but he enjoyed some ice cream and hanging out with Maxim.  He also got a page of signatures on his yearbook too. 

     The last day of school finally arrived on Thursday; they had to say goodbyes to the teachers and classmates.  Logan is now a 5th grader and Connor is a 3rd grader.  One other thing I would also miss the next few months is walking the boys to school and picking them up from the After school program.  The boys were very happy when we picked them up on this last day.

     The cabana had planned to open a weekend earlier this year and it was perfect for the hot weather.  We took advantage of it and we went on both afternoons.  The water felt great and even Stuart and I enjoyed being in it as well.  Connor noticed that Logan was able to dive to the bottom of the pool to pick up a toy, so he started working on that.  He became pretty good with it soon and he kept doing that many times.  After the “adult swim” break, surprisingly the kids wanted to return to the water again.  Since the boys did not see any of their friends there on Sunday, they just stayed and played with us in the water the entire time.  I cherish these moments a lot as I know that the kids are growing older now and enjoy spending time with their friends too.

    The boys had their last tennis lesson on Saturday.  Since one of the classes was previously cancelled, the coach decided to double up the classes.  Connor’s class would be from 12 to 2pm and Logan’s would be from 2-4pm.  The only problem with this arrangement was that it was a hot day, up to 92 in the afternoon.  We all arrived at 12pm; while Connor was in the class, the other 3 of us played.  Logan did a good job playing against Stuart and I, and afterward he rested in the shade.  Stuart and I enjoyed playing a game despite the heat but we only lasted one hour in total.  Stuart took Logan home to rest a bit while I watched Connor’s class.  There were only 3 kids in all who showed up; they did a little tournament and Connor got 2nd place.  Since one of the kids was leaving, the rest of the us decided to call it a day.  The coach then took the kids to his van to give out the certificates, the pictures the coach took of them at last class and the trophies for them.  Connor was happy to place this trophy next to his 1st place one from the last class.

    Next by 2pm, Logan wanted me to accompany him to his class.  Since it was hot, we had decided to only attend the first hour and go swimming after.  After warming up, the kids did a serving contest and Logan received 2nd place.  Then the five remaining boys played a double game.  It was fun watching them play; Logan had a good serving game and he also did well returning some serves later too.  One hour later, Logan wanted to go; despite the heat, the other four boys wanted to keep playing.  So Coach led Logan out to give him the prizes including a medal as his reward.

   It did not occur to us until just a couple of months ago that Connor is one of the two representatives from his class as a member of the Student Council.  For some reason, Connor did not tell us when he was chosen or when he spent his recess or lunch times there for meetings.  From what we learned from Connor, they were the ones planning or making posters for some special event days at school, like Crazy Hair day or Spirit day.  The biggest event was the one they organized last week, the book giveaway.  Connor told us that they had gathered and organized a lot of books in one of the classrooms and for two days last week they staffed there to let students come in to get free books.  The only reason I found out was in the morning at drop off when I heard one of the boys asking Connor the room where the books would be and another boy asking him how many books they could pick up.  Connor answered them with some authority in his tone too.  We are still surprised that Connor does not brag about being in the council to us, and every time we did ask him about it, Connor was matter-of-fact in telling about all the important things they had helped with.  When I asked about how he was chosen, Connor told me that his teacher picked him as he listens well and is helpful.  Then Connor added “I love to help”.  Now I also saw a group picture of the Student Council in the yearbook.

“I am the Only Me” is Connor’s Favorite and mine too!

    We knew Connor would have a spring concert this year and Connor had been practicing his songs the past few weeks.  There were three songs that he really liked and he loved singing them to us.  Connor would not mind singing to me to record for him; he likes seeing himself in videos.  The concert was being held on Wednesday.  It turned out that Logan also had a performance on the same day.  This was the first year that 4th and 5th grades had music classes paid by the Home School Club, and the classes would be playing a recorder as well.  Logan did not have much to tell us, but we did hear that their class would be singing two songs. 

   So on Wednesday, I managed to go from Science Lab to Connor’s performance, then went to work for a meeting and returned to Logan’s performance before heading back to work in the afternoon.  Stuart had many meetings all day, so I had planned to record a few songs to show Stuart.  Connor had already told me the ones he liked for me to record.  Connor’s performance was cute, and the songs and movements were great.  Logan’s grade performance was awesome as well, and it seemed even more professional.  Their new music teacher did not say a word but he was able to gesture the classes to do a great job.  The 4th grade is large this year, and has 4 classes.  Each class took turns doing a solo with singing and playing the recorder which was very cool.  The final song was loud and moving with the entire 4th grade singing together.