End Of School...

This week wrapped up school for the kiddos. On Tuesday Ainsley and the entire 4th grade classes had the Oregon Trail trek..

For 4 hours they circled the field stopping at the rivers (aka swimming pools) to lift and carry wagons through the ankle deep water. Then it was a stop at each station... to earn a prize that they might be able to use to trade with the Indians for their lives. Here is Ainsley and her "family"... ready to set out.

My station was the "buffalo chip station" The families had to throw the buffalo chips (aka frisbees) into the fire (aka bucket) counting along the way how many tries it took. While one family was doing this the other family had to roll a wagon wheel (aka hoola hoop) across the field only using a yardstick... that was tricky... I couldn't figure out how to keep the wheel going. They had a fun time... were completely soaked and exhausted at the end... I think they did about 3 miles in their trek.

And just like that another school year has come and gone. Hard to believe we'll have a 5th grader and a 3rd grader!! I love looking at the change in photos from the first day to the last day... growing up so big!