Yesterday was the last day of school for Trey, which means that now he’s a third grader. *GULP*
We have entered the year of the TAKS test and passed the halfway point for elementary school.
But before all that, it was time to celebrate the end of second grade. We did so in fine fashion, with an end-of-the-year beach bash: complete with everything except the beach!
We started with a pizza lunch in the cafeteria. We ordered 42 pizzas, a blend of cheese and pepperoni, for the 6 classes. It took the Domino’s delivery guy 3 trips to bring them all in from the parking lot. That’s a lot of pizza! But as you can see from the pictures, there wasn’t much left over.
Following lunch, it was time for games. Each room mom selected a game related to the beach theme and we were able to use the gym to set up rotations. Some of the classes combined, so we had a total of 4 games. There were two volleyball stations (using beach balls), a noodle & hula hoop relay, and a coconut relay. The kids loved all the games, by my personal favorites were the noodle relay and the coconut relay – mostly because I thought of them myself. As I was manning the coconut relay, I was only able to get pictures of that rotation:
The kids became so adept at this game that we had to make a slight variation to make it more of a challenge:
Even Crisana was determined to get in on the fun:
After each group had gone to every rotation, we lined up all the classes and proceeded to do the limbo, with the obligatory Beach Boys’ music blaring on the karaoke machine:
And the fun didn’t stop there! We paraded back to the classrooms where each class – with the help of our wonderful volunteer moms – served ice cream sundaes to the students.
As they enjoyed their ice cream, the students signed each others’ yearbooks, hung out, and even shed a few tears for this special year they’d shared. I couldn’t let the year end without one more special picture of Trey with his wonderful teacher, Mrs. Newsome:
All in all, it was a “beach-y” keen day. Sure, it’s hard to leave second grade and the terrific group of students and parents we had, but I know we’re all looking forward to summer – and I know Trey is excited about what lies ahead in third grade. I’m just not sure I’m ready for it.