Carter's Last Day of 1st Grade

Today was Carter's last day of school!  The year ended two days early because the county only used about half of the allotted ten snow days this year.

The entire school had classroom end-of-year parties from 9:30 to 10:30 am and then we were encouraged to check our kids out early.

Brian was thankfully able to watch Gray so I could go to the party (there is a very strict "no siblings allowed" rule).  The room mom planned a huau themed party with a couple of crafts, games, and food.  I helped with the limbo and got some awful blurry pictures :)

Who does the limbo with their hands in their pockets?!?!?!

One of Carter's best friends in his class this year was Pierce.  He's a good, sweet kid who can be just as goofy as Carter.

The other kiddo Carter talks about the most is Lliam (the other redhead).  Unfortunately, he's not the best behaved in the class and can be a bit of a bad influence on Carter.  We've been talking about making our own decisions and remembering that we need to be on our best behavior at school!  Carter never got in trouble (as far as I know) but I can just tell by what he's told me that he can be influenced pretty easily.

Carter has already told me he's going to miss his teacher a lot.  He even got a little teary-eyed as we were walking out of his classroom this morning.  Mrs. Hess is very soft spoken (which is the opposite of Carter's kindergarten teacher) and very supportive of the kids.

After we got home this morning, Carter asked if I could take him out to lunch.  Of course!  He picked El Sombrero (which is a Mexican restaurant in the middle of McKay's Mill - the neighborhood that about 90% of the students at Clovercroft are from).  It was just Carter, Gray, and I but we saw several other first graders there as well as some other kids we knew.  The kids took over and it got a little crazy in there!

Carter and I have big plans to do lots of reading, math, and typing this summer to be ready for second grade.  Hopefully we stick to our plan!!!