Last Day of First Grade

Last Thursday was Brynn's last day of first grade. I thought maybe she'd like to give Mrs. Stewart (her teacher) a little gift, but she said she was too shy to do that. She usually is not that way, so I was a bit surprised, but perhaps she didn't to try and carry something on the bus. I suggested she could just leave it on her desk for her, but Mom never has any good ideas, so she ended up making her this very nice little book.

Little sissy "helping" big sister get her shoes on.

Getting on the bus for the last time as a first grader. oh goodness!

They had planted a bean plant in school and then brought it home to care for over the summer. It's still alive! For now.

This past weekend we went to St. Cloud to visit our family friends. Brynn had fun playing with their kids.

Sleepy times on the ride home. Daddy thought Clara would like to have a mirror for something to look at during car rides. It is kind of nice being able to see her face while I'm driving.

Where's the beef? Ha. Couldn't resist.

Clara turned 10 months old in Tuesday. I have written more in her baby book for her 9th month than any of the other months so far. She is getting so active. She army crawls now and can get herself into a sitting position and pretty much always eats what we're eating for supper now. She has gotten a lot better at drinking out of her sippy cup, too.

And so it has begun where she is starting to get into everything. She figured out how to open these drawers here and found herself a sticker that she tried to eat. :-/

We went out to the park the other night for a few minutes before Clara started getting ready for bed. It was her first time in the swings. Daddy gave her a little push and I think it startled her. She started to cry, so that was the end of the swings. :-) She just didn't really seem to know what to think of them.

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theweckerlys said…

Homemade cards and notes are always appreciated, I'm sure. Hope you had a great year of first grade, Brynn! Love the picture of the girls together. Reagan's class started bean plants when she was in kindergarten and it was so fun to watch it grow. We planted it in the garden and then got to eat the beans. Haha, that picture of Dana & Clara at the park is great. And you and Clara! See you guys soon!

June 5, 2015 at 1:41 PM

carrington said…

Pretty special keepsake for Mrs. Stewart. Hard to believe the school year is over. Clara's hair is really growing! Cute pics!

June 6, 2015 at 10:46 PM

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