As the end of the school year approaches the weeks are filled with fun school related activities!
April 24th: BINGO with Maura's elementary school. The winner of each game got to go up and select a prize basket of their liking and she had her eye on this particular basket from the very beginning. About halfway through the games Maura got BINGO. She was so exited! And she was even happier because the basket she wanted was still available.
Someone else, on the other hand, did not find bingo so exciting...
May 13th: Carousel Night with Maura's elementary school. We love any excuse to visit our town's carousel. But having to carousel open to just Maura's school was so much fun. The kids could ride over and over and over... Not sure how they can do that--I get dizzy just sitting there watching them go around and around. And the balloon artist clowns were a hit too!
May 23rd: Special Olympics Day for Audra. She participated in the district wide Special Olympics competition with her Life Skills classmates. It was held at the high school of a neighboring school district. The school gave each of the kids adorable shirts with their name and number on the back. They looked like very official athletes, ready to take on the games!
Audra rocked the 50 meter dash and the standing long jump. Her sweet principle joined all the kids for a picnic lunch and when the games were over they hopped on the bus and headed back to school for dismissal. When they arrived back at school they were greeted with a super star reception by the rest of the school...
All the kids and teachers lined up outside and through the hallways to congratulate them. What a sight!
After a very long day she made it home with a shirt full of ribbons!
May 27th: Maura's Field Day. The kids love field day...why they wait to have it at the end of the school year when it is so hot, I have no idea?! Maura is still at the sweet age where she WANTS her mom to come to all of the school events. Luckily my work schedule is somewhat flexible and I can make adjustments so that I can be there.
This year it was a really.really.really hot day!
They had plenty of water events for the kids and drink stations set up, but they still decided to end the events early and take the kids inside for popsicles and a movie.
Phew....because I was cooked and ready to go home to the air conditioning :)
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