End of school year picnic is a great time to play with friends in a muddy creek.

Sandwich lunch with cheese sun chips means a recitation of “Cheesy Llama”

In his small chess tournament at school, Ivan thought he would be in second place and Kyle would win.
But, he tied Kyle for first.

Congratulations, Ivan, you still can’t beat your parents. . . yet. But you are a king of 1st grade chess players.

And a smile and a whistle for the project being painted!

So proud of Ivan for performing with his school music class. He didn’t do the hand motions as large or with as much enthusiasm as his classmates. But he smiled a forced smile stayed with the group and didn’t panic about performing in front of the whole school and a crowd of parents. For Ivan, that’s pretty amazing!  He also wasn’t excited about going on the Brownie Scout letterboxing scavenger hunt, but he did and he had fun. This was his team who named themselves “Teal Rainbow Thin Mint.” He did not like the name “except for the Thin Mints.”