All About School in May

Field Day!  It was a day they looked forward to and really enjoyed.  They all got Salem T-shirts.  

The big event was tug of war.  I was able to watch each of Kira and Isak's classes do tug of war.  Can you see Kira?  I missed getting one of Isak because I had left my phone in the car!  Darn it.  

I snuck up on Sofie and Noah.  I enjoyed watching them play rock, paper scissors without them seeing me.  Noah's shirt is so huge.  But I love his grin as he is playing!

Here's Sofie.  

Here's Isak's class waiting for the next activity.  

Here's Isak in the back of this group photo. 

I'm glad they did a fun thing...there's 900 plus students at the school.  So to organize this event took a lot of work!

At Overall Creek, Kira's drawing was chosen to be displayed in an art show.  I love this talented girl.

End of school year project...

Kira made a slideshow and taught her class how to draw a unicorn and fold a secret note.  

Here's the unicorn they learned how to draw.

And here's the secret note.   

She did a great job presenting.  And she loved building the google slides.

Here's Sofie "Future Panda Keeper."  That is her career choice.  She often talks about going to Asia to save the Pandas.

End of year gifts.  I just did gift cards with these cute tags...

Here's Kira in her Salem shirt. :)

And Isak!

Together...Almost the last day of 3rd grade.  I think this was for the 3rd grade picnic day.

And this was also Sofie and Noah's graduation from kindergarten day!  I love how Noah is checking on Sofie...

These two are cute together.  They were pretty excited.  They were asked to wear Salem blue colors...

Here's their kindergarten class...

Isn't that a fun set up.  I was so happy to go to the kindergarten program.

I sat on the front row of the bleachers.  Sofie and Noah just beamed and smiled.  They sang two songs.  One was to the tune of Shake it Off, by Taylor Swift...they sang, "Growing up, up, up.  1st grade, 1st grade!"  Second song was to the tune of Summer Nights by Grease.  "Tell me more, tell me more did you learn how to write?"  So cute.  I just loved every minute!!  The Principal also gave a nice speech.  

We took pictures.  

Mrs. Landrith was the "nicest teacher in the whole world."  That's what Noah often said.  He loved her and I'm so thankful he experienced such a loving, kind teacher.  

Here they are with some friends.  AJ and Souri.

I hopped in for a picture...

Here's the diplomas.  

That was my first and last kindergarten graduation.  It was cute and fun.  I'm glad they got to experience it!

Last day of school photos!!

Here's Kira with her class.  She's on the bottom row, holding the sign.

So happy these kids finished 3rd grade and kindergarten.  

Flashback to August of 2021!

Three schools in one year!

Here are their schools and teachers:

Grace McWayne: Mrs. Spence and Mrs. Gerwig for Sofie and Noah

                            Mrs. Winkle for Kira

                            Mr. Guth for Isak

Overall Creek: Mrs. Tidwell for Sofie and Noah

                        Mrs. Sharp for Isak and Kira

Salem Elementary: Mrs. Landrith for Sofie and Noah

                                Mrs. Moore for Kira

                                Mrs. Arnette for Isak

August 2021:

August 2021:

I love this picture of Sofie with her panda.

I feel like the kids learned a lot.  Maybe not book learning, but adjusting to new environments, making new friends and figuring out three different schools with their three different school cultures and rules.  I'm proud of them and for how they kept trying even when if was difficult.  

Sofie and Noah's 6th Birthday!!

The day that Sofie and Noah have been counting down to for the past 9 months finally arrived!  Their Sixth Birthday!!!  And oh, how we enjoyed celebrating them.  I made a balloon garland.  So fun.  I even found a panda balloon on amazon.  I found a monkey too.  It arrived after their birthday, so I returned it.  But they both liked all of the balloons.  

Sofie had found this giant stuffed Panda back in February at Walmart and asked/begged for it for her birthday.   She asked often, "When will I get my big, huge, fat Panda?!"  I'm so glad I bought it for her and hid it for months.  I found a giant teddy bear for Noah.  They were so thrilled to have them!  Definitely, a highlight of their birthday.

They woke up early and we opened gifts before school.  

Sofie got a Panda game, Panda Polly Pocket, perler beads and a karaoke microphone.  Noah got 2 remote control cars, a lego 25 in 1 set.  They both got new shirts, pj's.  They shared 4 - 100 piece puzzles and marble run.  Since it's also Kira and Isak's half birthday, I got them each a gift too.  Kira got a unicorn alarm clock and Isak got a frame for his puppy diamond art that he finished.  All of the kids got the game Floor is Lava.  

G&G Nyborg gave them six animal hand puppets.  

G&G Swensen gave them cards and $10 each!

Nels and I also gave them cards with our favorite things about them written inside.  Aunt Melissa also gave them cute cards.  

Isak gave Sofie Panda stickers and a panda bead pet that he had made for her.  He gave Noah a mystery Ryan.  Kira gave Sofie a Panda bucket with panda gummy candy.  She gave Noah a Monkey bucket with gummy candy too.  

Sofie had made her panda cards before her birthday and happily presented them to her panda..."I love you Polly the Panda."  💜

After opening gifts, we ate a quick breakfast.  They had wanted Kix cereal.  

Of course, the stuffed animals came in the car to go to school with us!  

Noah named his teddy John...I think he likes to spell it Jon though.  

Sofie and Noah carried the sack of cupcakes for their class together.  So cute.  I think they had a great day at school.  

At home, I decorated the panda and monkey cupcakes.  Thank goodness, Kira received a cake decorating set for Christmas.  I used her piping bags and star tips to decorate the cake.  I just used store brought frosting.  I was so happy with how they turned out.  Sofie and Noah were thrilled!  Yay!  Here's a lot of pictures...they aren't perfect cakes, but great for us.

Months before Sofie's birthday she had made her cake and wrote instructions for me to follow.  She was happy to see I followed her instructions pretty well.  :)

Here's the monkey.  

Happy Kids!

We had Sloppy Joes for their birthday.  And then cake!  They blew out candles and enjoyed the evening with Nels.  Because I had YW's that night.  

Over the next few days, Sofie and Noah enjoyed their toys.  Here's Sofie singing to Panda in her new microphone.

Everyone helped to put the puzzles together.  💙

Here they are ready for bed in their new pajamas.  

A little about Sofie, age 6:

Sofie is playful, friendly, loves to joke and laugh.  She's forgiving and gets along well with others.  Obviously, she loves Pandas!  She also loves bunnies, koalas and lambs.  she's learning to read and is doing very well.  She loves to do art projects out of trash (wrappers, boxes, cups from restaurants, toilet paper rolls).  She's willing to try most things and is adventurous.   She makes friends easily and loves to include everyone.  She loves to sing and entertain.  We love her tons!!

A little about Noah, age 6:

Noah is funny, loves to play with toys and with his brother and sisters.  Noah has an incredible imagination.  He loves to dance and move a lot.  He can be serious and does like things a certain way, but he's getting a lot better at communicating these needs and that is so helpful.  He gives sneaky hugs, sweet compliments and even writes short, nice notes.  He likes when I hold his hand as he settles down to sleep for the night.  He's learning to read very well.  He loves math, puzzles, games, building, sloths, teddies and monkeys very much!!  We love our Noah boy!

Happy Birthday to our 2nd set of twins!  💚💜