Lily has one week left as a third grader. That is rather amazing to me, as I remember so well my third grade year, thanks to Mrs. Hoyt, my teacher. (I would love to know how old she really was…I have no clue, except that she was not one of the young ones; she might have been in her mid-40s, perhaps, as Mom wasn’t yet 30, and Mrs. Hoyt seemed much older than Mom.) This last week of school before summer vacation will mostly be fun, games, and parties. The year’s best school work came home from Open House last week. Lily’s cursive writing is lovely now, unlike the scraggly, tentative writing at the beginning of the year. Georgia says it reminds her of Mom’s handwriting — much taller and more pointed than mine.
Still to come is her dance recital, to be held the Monday after school is out. She will have rehearsals four times this week, as her teacher helps the girls fine-tune their performance. Her dance skills, too, have grown enormously this past year, and we are all excited to see this “grand finale” of the year.
The down side of all of this is the weather. We have jumped right into the 99 degree plus temperatures, and there is no rain in sight. The Dallas area received more rain YESTERDAY than we have had this entire year. It is so hard to understand why some should have water inside their houses and some others don’t even have any outside. Period.
And here, in case you didn’t get enough yesterday, are two more pictures from the girls’ tea party on Saturday. Sweet dreams.
Olivia showing off a present. Don’t her friends look wonderful in their dresses?
Lily and friends admiring a present.
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How fast their young school years go. I remember my son, Max and his upset stomachs every morning the first several months of first grade. I look at him now at 14 years of age, he’s 6′ tall and 220 lbs with the shoulders of a linebacker. He no longer cries at the beginning of the school year 😉 but he’s grown into a caring young man.
You, Fawn are such a wonderful grandma. Your grandchildren have and will forever have the memories of all the precious time you gave to them – and it is our children and our grandchildren who often keep us young 🙂
The party girls look lovely 🙂
am:)
I’m still doing rain dances for you and hoping TX sees some relief soon from their opposite situation – it’s all about those thermals…
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Oh, I ache for the children who don’t want to go to school…it sounds like he takes after your giant husband sizewise, but like his mama in spirit. I’m so delighted to have granddaughters, although if Joseph and Erika ever get around to becoming parents, I would welcome little boys into the mix.
My friend in Texas posted a picture of her swimming pool and deck completely underwater…I hope she has been able to keep it out of the house. My prayers these days are for the weather patterns to rearrange and send water where it is needed and warm sunshine elsewhere. Happy Monday! – Fawn
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Having one of each: little girls are fun – almost like having living dolls to dress… 😉 then they become teens – still lovely but…;) the big son calm and calmer all the way through…though we may have lucked out 😉 I hear some ‘entertaining’ stories where boys are concerned as well 🙂
I hope your friend will be okay. I can’t believe what’s going on in TX.
I remember well, after Hurricane Andrew – in FL – my brother lived there at the time, he was in the Coast Guard – My younger sis and I flew down to help with the clean up and I’ll never forget finding fish and crabs in swimming pools that were miles away from the ocean – weather can by quite intimidating. I hope we humans get a handle on things soon. I’m also hoping for some rain to come your way.
am:)
Happy Tuesday
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