Wedding Dancing

After cupcakes, there was the traditional bouquet and garter toss.  Camden did open her eyes and try to catch the bouquet, but ended up getting plowed!

She said she didn't want to dance, but stood to the side during the initial dances and twirled.  When the line dance started, she was quick to jump in.

She followed along well with everyone, but had to stay facing one way to watch those in front of her.

Wedding

One of my cousin's sons got married this past weekend.  Lots of other cousin's were involved in the ceremony.  It was stunning!

The guest book attendant, 2 Scripture readers, and a flower girl (above) and the ring bearer (below).

The ceremony was beautiful, but long.

Camden sat well, but did get a little restless toward the end.  She ended up at my feet and played with her eagle toy.

After the ceremony, there was a light lunch/snacks  in the foyer while pictures were taken and the main area was transformed for the reception.

The bride and groom had a small cake to cut, but the main dessert was cupcakes.

What a beautiful time with family to celebrate this young couple.

End-of-the-Year Tradition

This year's "last day of school" ice cream was from Up the Creek.

Also, per tradition, mom and dad ate more than half of the huge brownie sundae!

First/Last Day of 1st Grade

It's always amazing how her face can change in 9 months!  She looks like such a grown kid compared to the first day!

 

Oh, how we love this second-grader!

Class Farewell

Back in her room, Camden made Mrs. Gonczarow a card.

Camden got a book out and started to read it, so some of her friends quickly gathered around her.

I brought a treat for the last day (as well as to celebrate summer birthdays - Camden and Macie).  It was a low-key day, so Mrs. Gonczarow said we could have them before lunch.  I brought little brownie bites (Camden's request) along with little dishes of ice cream and water.  Another mom brought cake pops.  The kids were most excited about ice cream!  What a happy last morning of 1st grade!

Awards Session

The Awards Session was on the last day of school.  Because the school is so large (499 students!), they did it in 2 sections.  Camden came into the gym and immediately started looking for me.  She gave me a big wave and hello when she spotted me.

Camden made the High Honor Roll for the year and was awarded a certificate.  Most of her class did as well.  It was a great bunch of kids!

If she had not gotten a B for her handwriting the first trimester, she would have made the High Honor Roll.  Hopefully those fine motor skills will continue to improve, but as her teacher said, "Doctor's have the worst handwriting."

Mrs. Gonczarow's Gift

I organized a class gift for Camden's teacher.  I sent home a note with 6 questions for each child to answer about their teacher.  I also asked for $5 donation.  Some parents gave a bit more, some didn't give, but in the end we had enough to give her a dollar for each of the questions from the 18 kids in Mrs. Gonczarow's class.  That's $108!

I put each question on it's own piece of paper and then made a stack of question, money, question, money, etc.  I made a cover with pretty scrapbook paper and a piece of chip board as the back cover.  Using a special glue, these were bound together like a notebook.  Mrs. Gonczarow can pull each dollar bill out, but keep the kid's responses together in a book.

The kid's responses were simply adorable.  The six questions were:
  

1. What I will miss most about Mrs. Gonczarow:

2. This year Mrs. Gonczarow taught me: 

3. What I will never forget about Mrs. Gonczarow:

4. What I will miss most about being in Mrs. Gonczarow's class this year is:

5.  Mrs. Gonczarow loves me because:

6.  I love Mrs. Gonczarow because:

We presented it to her on the final day of school after the awards session.  She was moved to tears as she opened it - both with the generosity of the parents, but also the kid's responses.  I really hope she treasures it!

She was a fabulous teacher for Camden!