School's Out

Remember I talked about the Gold Rush day at school? Well, this was Landon getting ready to leave for school. He was supposed to dress like he was going to be gold rushing. That explains the hat (although it's a WWE hat) and the hanky hanging on his belt loop.

This was a picture that I "forced" Shelbie to take with a few friends. The chorus class sang for the 6th grade orientation night for the new kids next year. They sounded great singing songs from the Lion King movie.

So, school is out. It's been out for a while. I'm still adjusting. Can you tell? I haven't blogged in so long. I'm still trying to adjust to the new schedule for summer. This school year was a good one. It was a new experience to have a middle schooler. The year went by so fast and I can not even believe it's gone.

Some things about 6th grade that I want to reflect on:

1) I remember the 1st day. I think I was more nervous than Shelbie was. I think she was a little nervous about finding her classes and her locker combination but most of all she was excited. She could not wait to see all her friends again.

2) Something new this year was all the school dances. She DID NOT want to miss any. We had to plan our schedule around the dances. Highly important ya know.

3) It was really nice to have one of Shelbie's friend's grandma give the kids a ride home everyday. This eased my mind because originally I thought they were going to have to ride their bikes.

4) I had not forgotten but I was reminded this year that 6th grade kids have drama. Boys cause turmoil and heartache and girls sure do get dramatic about it all. Boyfriends/girlfriends change weekly and I could barely keep up with it all! Shelbie had a "long term relationship" though and had the same boyfriend for a few months. It was sad when it ended. My heart broke when hers broke but they are still friends and all is good now.

5) Grades. Shelbie had awesome grades this year! Gosh I was proud of her. Her report card was saturated in A's. She had more responsibilites with schoolwork and she managed it very well.

6) I've heard about a lot of pressures that kids have now days. Things I never worried about when I was a this age. A bomb threat during a school dance? Kids claiming to be bi-sexual at this age? It's really heartbreaking to hear of these things. It saddens me that it is this way. These are not things that kids should worry about.

This 4th grade year for Landon was pretty much the same as last.

1) He always enjoys the kids he's around. Although sometimes he did say that the girls should not be allowed to play recess soccer because they ruin the fun for the boys.

2) He did not like the mexican food at school. I heard about this several times.

3) His grades had room for improvement. Academically it was fine but the behavior grades were lacking. His teacher said the he likes to talk a lot. Standing in lines he would talk. Sitting by his neighbors he would talk. He didn't always listen well either. Of course when you're talking so much who can listen?

4) He wanted to give his teacher a hockey puck from a Thunder game and he was so proud to do so.

5) His teacher also said that he was fun to have in class because he always had comical comments. She said he always was making her laugh.

6) Next year is 5th grade for him. Wow. His last year of grade school. Hard to believe yet at other times it seems like he should be going into middle school too.

Gosh, this was a lengthy blog. I was just rambling. Sometimes I do that.