Thursday, June 4, 2020

Last Days of School! Last Days of School!

It's hard to pinpoint an exact last day of school this year where the kids would normally wear their backpacks and go to school, say goodbye to their teachers, and come home ready for Summer vacation.
Working from home, they all finished their schoolwork at different times and went to pick up school items at different times. So even though I got decent first day of school pictures back in August for three different start dates this school year (for Jr., for Nichole and Jr. Jr., and for Lucky), I wasn't able to figure out when to do official last day of school pictures this year. I obviously didn't think to do it back in March before the schools closed because nobody knew it was going to be for the rest of the school year and they closed before we knew they were going to close.
So... anyway... let's get to the point. Here are some things that happened the last few days before everyone was expected to be done with school completely for the Summer.
Our elementary students went to say Goodbye to their teachers and get little goodie bags from them but no hugs even though they were terrific teachers. In fact, Lucky could be heard to say three times on the short drive home, "I love Mrs. A__."
The elementary school teachers had another parade as a final farewell. Students and their families were encouraged to make signs and decorations to show support. When they drove through our neighborhood this is what they saw.
Jeremy built the school mascot and an apple for the teachers out of balloons. So I guess here are the "last day of school" pictures for Jr. Jr. and Lucky.
Since the high school seniors didn't get a real graduation this year, the high schools in the area set off fireworks the same time on the same night for them. We could hear them coming from a couple of different high schools and we could see them from the closest one. We did have to walk down the sidewalk to see between the house next to us and the one next to that since there were trees in the way when we tried to watch from our backyard. Not complaining. One, I love trees. Two, we didn't miss much because where we did get a view was a very short walk away.
Thanks, Jr., for taking pictures of the fireworks so Lucky and I could watch them together.
So that is how school ended for us this year. Definitely unique.

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