Last Day of School and More!

The last day of school is always a very BIG day.  We all know not much is "learned" on the last few days.  However I think this applied to the last 2 weeks at Pierce.  Aside from Christmas, June is the 2nd busiest month because of all the activities that are crowded in... recitals, spring sings, last minute play dates, family work shares, school picnic, etc.  Everyone had amazing years.  Hopefully this continues into the next.

 Micah & Victoria's spring sing was lovely.  The innocence of their age makes the songs they sing sparkle.  Victoria was chosen from her class to play on the xylophone with other selected 1st graders.  Micah proudly stood in the front row (behind where Victoria is in the picture) wearing his navy blazer.

 In addition to a 4th grade spring sing, Izzy also had a band concert.  The 4th graders could choose from either brass or orchestra instruments, each with only 4 choices.  Izzy's group could choose from the trumpet, trombone, clarinet or flute.  The played songs in order of how they learned throughout the year.  The first few were simple.  I can imagine how awful they sounded at the beginning of the year.  However by the end of the concert, they were crescendoing and decrescendoing as well as playing in a round.  Fifth grade will be Izzy's second year of band.

 For Father's Day we took John out to Boston Beer Works for lunch after one of Micah's baseball games.  A seasonal favorite was blueberry beer.  We enjoyed watching these tiny fruit float and sink like a lava lamp.

 I was invited to the 20th birthday party of one of my favorite patients... Sara.  She amazes me all the time.  Cognitively she is 20 but is in a body that doesn't function they way it should. 

John and I partook of a 1-mile fun run for the Brookline Village Days.  It was a bit toasty that day.  We decided to do this on a whim the day of leaving John to run in his loafers.  That and the fact neither of us have ran for months made this a bit interesting. 



 This was the first year the kids were able to participate in VBS.  This year's theme... Miraculous Mission.  The outer space theme was in every aspect from the decorations to the treats.  A bit leery as none of them have attended, they were disappointed when they couldn't be there for the last day.  Micah and Victoria each made a new friend.  All three voiced wanting to go back the next year. 

 A treat to celebrate the end of school was to attend a Red Sox baseball game.  Fenway has such nostalgia that it's hard to not get sucked away into being at the ball park.  The game is always better with popcorn and cotton candy.  We didn't stay for the entire game due to time.  There may be another trip to Fenway given the smiles on the way home.

And that's a wrap for the end of school!