Will's Last Day of First Grade

Friday was William's last day of school. They had a half day and then we had a bunch of his buddies and their moms over for a cookout. The boys climbed trees, ran through the sprinklers, played on the slip and slide, and played with water balloons. It was a fun afternoon.  Then everyone went home to regroup for an hour before baseball.  After the game (Will hit his first double of the season!) we went over to our friend's house for a bit before calling it a night.  

Last Days for Alex

Alex had his last day at Curious Kids and his last day with Mrs. B this week. He is ready for summer vacation!

First Grade Trip to Binder Park Zoo

Today was William's end of the year field trip to Binder Park Zoo with the rest of the first grade classes. I was able to take the day off work to attend! We met the bus at the zoo around 9:45 and set off for Wild Africa. There were a lot of parents along on the trip so we were able to group together however we wanted. We spent our time with Parker, Cale, Marius (Maximus and Martis), Nolan, Mrs. Grindall, and Mrs. Greene. We went out to Wild Africa first thing in the morning to see the animals and feed the giraffes. Then we had enough time to explore the rest of the zoo before we met up with the entire group for lunch. It was a great way to kick off the last week of school!

Poor Mrs. Rogers had to hang out on the bench all day.

Afternoon at Camp

Today we were invited by the Grindalls to go check out Bair Lake camp which is South of Kalamazoo. They were having an open house with a lot of the camp activities open for the kids to enjoy. We had lunch in their new lodge/dining hall. Then the kids played in the game room, tried shooting BB guns at targets, rode in canoes, swam at the beach, rode paddle boards with the dads, had ice cream, William climbed "The Stand" and finally wrapped up with the zip line. It was a fun afternoon! Then we all went to Fletcher's for dinner on the patio. Not a bad start to the long weekend!

Golden Glove

What an exciting day for William! He had a great night at baseball and won the team's Golden Glove award for the night. He had two great plays when he was in the pitcher position. First, he caught a fly ball for an out... the first of the season for anyone on the team. Then, he picked up a ground ball and ran to home plate to get an out. He was so excited to win the award. He also got a hit at all of his at bats.  He gets to keep the Golden Glove until their next game on Wednesday.

Such a great, supportive team!

That is one happy boy!