Last Day of School...2012

Today was the last day of school for Jaron and Jantzen...they were both so happy for a break. They only had to be at school until 12:30, but they still had a lot going on until that time. I spent my time going back and forth between their classes, helping out with whatever their teachers needed.

The school does a 5th grade dance every year on the last day of school, but it almost got cancelled this year because of all the drama that was going on with the 5th grade girls. Honestly, Jaron would have been happy if it had been cancelled because the girl he liked (she liked him too) moved away last year, so he didn't have anyone to dance with, not that he dances anyway. When I headed down to the dance, this is where I found Jaron...sitting on a bench looking really bored.

I asked him why he wasn't dancing and he said he doesn't like to dance, even though all his friends were "hanging out" on the dance floor. I tried to convince him to go out with with friends, but he was being stubborn and wouldn't.

I decided to head back to Jantzen's class to see what he was up to. His class was heading to the PE room to play "Just Dance" on the Wii. I got a few pictures of him with his friends before I headed back to Jaron's dance...

(From left to right- Conner, Josealfredo, Jacob, and Jantzen)


(On left-Evan)




Jantzen really has some good friends and has so much fun with them.

I headed back to the dance to see what Jaron was up to, and to my surprise, when I got there he wasn't sitting on the bench anymore. He finally got up and was hanging out with his friends. He still wasn't doing any dancing though. I decided to leave him alone and not bug or embarrass him, so I went back to Jantzen's class.

Right before the kids were dismissed I got a quick picture of Jantzen with both his teachers. He really learned a lot from them this year.


As we were leaving the school, I ran into one of the teachers that taught Jaron in 3rd grade. She might be moving out of state next year, so I told her good luck and thanks for all she did for Jaron. It was a big mistake saying that because she started crying which made me start to cry...I've been such an emotional baby the last few days! I know it's just because Jaron's going to be at a different school next year.

I then took the kids for an "end of year" lunch to Subway (their choice) and it was yummy. We had some good conversations about their year at school and they were so excited to start their summer break. It's going to be a fun summer full of birthday parties, swimming, sleepovers, more birthday parties, and more swimming.

Again, I'd like to tell Jaron and Jantzen, good job on all your accomplishments this year in school. You guys did so awesome and we're so proud of you!