End of another school year.

Last day of school today for both kids. Hope and Alex had great years, both in their first year of French immersion.

Alex had a great report card, did well in school, and made some new friends, but is looking forward to the summer. He is not as enamored with school as his big sister.

Hope also did well, but she is a little sad that school is ending. I presume she will be missing friends, teachers and all the activities. I took the day off today to help out in a general way at home because Larissa has two overnight  Henna gigs for the ‘Safe Grad’ activities for the two high schools, the first was last night, the second is tonight.

I was able to head over to Hope’s school to see their Awards assembly this morning. Since Hope has been bringing home great marks, I figured, and hoped, she would get something.

Larissa and I were proud to see her get 3 awards this morning. In addition to the Athletic award from last week. The certificates are below, but the first 2 awards also have a ‘statue’ component. I will see about getting a photo of Hope with them up soon.

Congratulations to Hope and Alex for a great year!

Kids Update

Just a quick update about the kids. They have finished their YMCA programs for the season.
Alex moved up a step in his Karate, from Orange belt with 5 stripes to 4 stripes (the lower the better).
Hope's final competitive swimming class ran as a mini swim meet. She came in first in her 50 metre front and back crawl races. Her flips turns were great!
They are in soccer for the summer, which should be fun. It will be nice to have less hectic weekday evenings as we scale back on organized activities, going from 4 nights to 1!

 



Hope and Alex are also in Flag Rugby (which is just about to end),

 and Hope celebrated her 12th birthday early with a gathering of friends.

-André