The month of May was all about Nicklas. It was his last month of elementary school; he graduated from 6th grade; he started baseball; and he hosted a party for his friends. At the beginning of the month, we attended his class play, Sparkle White and Seven Dwarfelles. Nicklas played one of the Dwarfelles and he was the best and funniest actor in the group. (I'm not making that up; everyone said so!) Seeger took these photos while I filmed so they aren't the best. Nicklas is in the blue shirt and gray pants and pointy hat.
Here's a video of the entire play. (It's 6 minutes long.)
In May, Nicklas had his braces put on. This is the before photo while waiting for his appointment.
He also had his end of 6th grade dance/party. All his classmates looked so nice dressed up and smiling. Isn't he handsome?
It was his first dance and I had warned him that sometimes boys his age get embarrassed and don't want to get out on the dance floor. Nicklas loves to dance at weddings and he's good at it so I didn't want him to spend the whole dance watching the girls and not participating. I told him that if no one started dancing at first, he should go out and get things started and eventually others would join him. He said that's exactly what happened. No boys danced to the first two songs and then he and his friend started dancing and eventually other boys came out and danced with them. By the end of the evening, everyone was dancing. I was so proud of him putting himself out there! After the dance, I took him to Orange Leaf. (He took off his shirt and hat because both were a sweaty mess.) He was so happy and content; not common emotions for a 12 year old. I'm so glad the dance was a success!
In May we went morel mushroom hunting in our woods. (We have a few acres.) Our property is very oddly shaped and we are never sure where our property line is. This time we found a corner as marked by the red pole. We were all surprised with how far away it is from our house.
We didn't find any mushrooms but it was a beautiful day and we visited the waterfall.
Baseball games started for Nicklas. The Polack is helping with the team and we've enjoyed our evenings at the ballpark.
We had a mouse build a nest - three times - in our grill. It's been a challenge getting rid of the mouse family and we didn't enjoy the snake that kept showing up to eat the baby mice. Luckily, them seem to have all vacated the deck area. I hope so, anyway.
Here's a shot of me, just before I had my hair cut.
Seeger had a stye on his eye. (Sorry for the gross photo!)
Seeger's class had a musical informance. It was fun to learn what his music teacher/class has been up to. This close up isn't great but it does show his friend Layla in the background. Apparently Layla is a werewolf.
During the informance, the class performed a play and Seeger was the lightening.
The kids school had their Learning Festival in May. We helped out again this year by running the Fitness Trail/Obstacle Course. Some of the Strings kids performed at the Learning Festival.
And speaking of Strings, Nicklas had his Spring Strings Spectacular performance.
He also had his 6th grade graduation. The three sixth grade classes were presented with promotion certificates and Nicklas received two awards for participation in Strings and K-Kids Club.
The graduation also had their baby photos on display. Nick's is in the center, with the green ball.
Two family photos from the graduation. My kids will no longer attend the same school until Nicklas is a high school senior and Seeger is a freshman.
Here is Seeger with his friend Blake at a baseball game.
And our last shot of Nicklas when I picked him up on the last day of school - he's no longer an elementary school student. (I told you the month of May was all about Nicklas!)
I'll do a separate post about the class party he hosted. It was a fun afternoon.
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