June: Daisy Maisy

Dear sister Dysie-May,

I took these pics are for you of your favorite flower and favorite Hall nieces and nephews!

June: Cub Scout Day Camp

Every year Andrew has had the opportunity to go to cub scout day camp. Every year I have the opportunity of volunteering an entire day at day camp. Every year I have sent my sister Chelsea in my place. This year I was not so lucky. I had to go myself. It was a great day, long, but good, and I can see why Andrew loves going to it.

June: VIM Thankyou

If you volunteer anywhere in the Medford School District you are designated a VIM (Volunteer in Medford). Today they had a VIM thank you and had the kindergartners come sing thank you. This was great because Sophie is a Kindergartner this year so she was glowing to see me in the audience.


I love this age! Here she is with her buddy Adam and Lenah.

June: Kindergarten End of Year Party

Sophie's end of the year party was held at Holmes Park. The kids were divided into groups and they each took turns at different stations doing relay races or other games.


Sophie's favorite was the face painting station.



She wasn't too shabby with the tug-o-war though either!


After wards they all sat down at the picnic tables and had a popsicle.



Ethan had a fun time too as his buddies were all there for their older siblings. I think he declared this his party.


Here are some pics of Sophie's friends



Victoria & Becky
Isaac & Emily

Abby & Laura
Ronan & Sandy

Liliana & Natalie

Laurie & Molli

Emily & Jen

Lenah



Addie & Liliana

June: Kindergarten Graduation 2010

Here we are again at the end of a long year to celebrate Sophie's graduation from Kindergarten. This event is so for the parents and not for the kids! There were people a full hour early to save seats! First the graduates came in.


Then each child came up and received their memory book from the best kindergarten teacher ever. Sophie just loved her and she was the loving teacher that Sophie so desperately needed.


I love that toothless grin!


After wards there was cake and pictures. Even Nana Hall came tot he even.


This is Sophie with her best buddy Molli, another toothless lady. It was a special and happy day!

June: Elizabeth's End of School Party

Lizzy's end of the school party was held at Holmes park. She was thrilled I was there. We ate grilled hotdogs with her buddies and another 100 kids.


Then it was off to play field games. I brought Sophie, Molli, and Ethan to enjoy another "party."


They played a really cool version of kickball where 10 kids kick at the same time and run the bases at the same time. There were plenty of outs and scores made!

Afterward a delicious popsicle waited for each and every child, especially all the Hall kids!

June: Andrew's End Of The Year Activities

Andrew's class went on a field trip to hike one of the Table Rock mountains. I went as a parent volunteer. I had never done this hike before and knew it was close by. I wondered if it was worth taking the family on.


Andrew enjoyed the ranger and the hike. She enjoyed stopping (litterally) every 100 yards to spew facts about the nature around us. This made even the slow kids able to make the trek without much complaint.


We arrived at the top of the plateau and were able to see the whole Rogue Valley. It is quite beautiful.



Andrew even acknowledged his mom was on the trip.


We had a nice time on top eating lunch and listening to Indian lore from ranger Bucky (her real name).

Andrew's 3rd grade class. So cute. On the way down from top, the ranger had each child spew a fact to the class as they passed by. Some kids said things like, "A plateau is flat." or "That is poison oak." As I passed by my own son, he spewed this fact out, that was not taught to him by ranger Bucky but by his teacher the week before. "The 4 plank communities on Table Rock in order are: 1. Oak Savannah, 2. Chapparal, 3. Mixed Woodlands, 4. Mounded Prairie and Vernal Pools." He's a freakin' genius.


At the last awards ceremony of the year Andrew received the prestigious "Classic Reader" award. This award was given to only 16 kids in the entire elementary this year. Andrew along with 3 of his closest buddies received it. It meant he read a certain amount of hard level books in a certain window of time.

I was a proud mom! It was a beautiful medallion that he has declared will be stored in his quart jar of valuables that also holds cool rocks, dead bugs, and some coins from a distant trip Brian and I took to Spain. Glad he is stayin' real.


Andrew's end of the year party was held at a local park. They had pizza and goodies for kids to eat, then they let them play on the playground, and last but not least, they had a water balloon fight of which I helped fill over 300 balloons (I get a pat on the back).


Some of us parents pocketed a few of these balloons. Little did I know how much trouble this would get me in. They started out with balloon toss and then the big war.

Just an FYI-never hit a dysfunctional, difficult, defiant, bully, who weighs more than you. He will cry like a baby and tell the principal.