Last day of Kindergarten and grade 5

School ended last Thursday. Hunter successfully completed Kindergarten and knows all 26 of his letter sounds! He will continue with speech therapy next year. He made many new friends, learned all of the routines, and became a leader in his classroom. Grady graduated from grade 5 and will be attending middle school next year. He was awarded the “triple award” for excellence in three areas. His graduation ceremony was really sweet. He’s grown a lot this year, and we are excited for him as he branches out and begins a new journey. 

Pirate day at school!

T-ball

We are starting our baseball watching (and coaching!) all over again with Hunter. He’s playing t-ball this year and really enjoying it. They’ve started calling him “heavy hitter”! Sandy is coaching the team and all the kids seem to love him, which is pretty funny to me!

May

Well! The last 6 weeks have been BUSY and something had to give. Some days it was cooking dinner, some days it was doing the laundry and some days it was my sanity. Ha! But, unfortunately, updating the blog totally fell by the wayside. Here is a quick photo update of the last month. 

Grady and I went on an overnight trip to Camp Bob with his class. This is a photo of the kids canoeing out on lake. 

We went - with the Churchill’s - to the cabin for May long weekend. Meekah celebrated her 8th birthday out there. 

We played one million rounds of Uno. 

I went in the dunk tank at the school’s penny carnival. Grady dunked me - repeatedly!

Hunter graduated from his 5-point harness car seat into a booster seat. Tank did too! ;)

Grandma Liz took this picture of the boys and pups after school one day.

Grady was awarded MVP after his last game of Prospects baseball.

Grady and Westin caught a sea cucumber at the cabin.

Sandy and I went on a date!

Hunter is learning to spell. He wrote these words with the magnets at the public library.

Grady swinging on the ropes at the low ropes course at Camp Bob.

Hunter received bubbles in his Easter basket.

Hunter had a turn to run the fire hose at the Penny Carnival.

Hunter and his pups!

Hunter worked on his golf swing.

Hunter caught a little cod on our cabin trip.

Hunter and Meekah took me for a row at the cabin.

Mother's Day --- no kids!

Friendly Cove visit over May long.

Grady eating a double smore at Camp Bob.

Sorting Easter eggs. 

Family golf date.

Grady's inquiry fair project on Jaguars.

We all rode our bikes to school!

Hunter fishing off the dock.

Hunter, Brooklyn, and Emily on a field trip the Deep Bay Marine Station.

Artwork by Hunter

Hunter’s new outfit

Hunter had his hockey wind-up on the weekend. I think his favourite part of the whole season was receiving the hoodie, sweat pants, and the medal! He was so proud of his new gear.

Happy 11th Birthday Grady!

Grady turned eleven years old yesterday! We’ve been celebrating all week with friend parties. We went golfing with Westin, to VR with Carson,  and had dinner with the Honeysett’s. His actual birthday was mostly a home day. We made waffles, watched a movie, played Uno, went for a bike ride, and took Grady shopping so he could spend his birthday money. He chose a new hockey stick for next season! One of the funniest moments was when he opened his gift from Aunt Nancy and Uncle Jim (shown in the video). Happy Birthday to our big kid who is kind, compassionate, sensitive, understanding, athletic, competitive, a hard worker, awesome at Math, a strong reader, and an amazing big brother.