As a teacher I always see May as the time of "lasts" and "ends". It's nice to have a clear start and stop. Because I'm also married to a teacher, I am not quite sure what life is like when you are not on an Aug.-May school schedule. I suppose, once you have school aged, you automatically see life in a more traditional school schedule.
Enough of my ramblings...
Last Wednesday Jack had his Awana closing ceremony, and Grant had his Cubbies closing ceremony the Sunday before that. I must confess that I was ready for the end. As much as I love and value what my kids learn in this amazing program, I hate the late bedtime followed by the exhaustion-filled Thursday. This was our first year doing it, and I am very proud of both of them for receiving Perfect Attendance awards and finishing their books. Jack finished his twice and even completed the Extra Credit book. So many verses have been hidden in their hearts this year.
Grant in his vest, refusing to look at the camera. Look at all of those patches I had to sew on!
It's sort of hard to see, but this is Grant (I'm on the side there), sucking his thumb and walking across the stage after receiving his award. He got a a cute little Cubbie bear that is Velcroed to his vest.
Jack, waiting before the ceremony--He was in their little video presentation a couple of times. He really has done awesome this year and has thrived on the memorization (thank you, Lord, for his great memory!) and structure.
I tried to get a shot of Jack before he began walking off the stage. Unfortunately, he was too fast, and my camera was too slow. Grrr...
The verdict is still out on whether we will do Awana next year, but that's the beautiful thing about an Aug.-May schedule. By the time it starts back up, we may have forgotten all of the negatives and may only remember the positives! We shall see.
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