I'm putting aside my strive for humility just for a short while in order to let my beaming wifely and mama pride break through.
All moms and wives are allowed to brag once in a while...it's part of our rights when we signed up for these roles. I'll try not to get too wordy and simply let the pictures speak for themselves. School is winding down (3 days--woot woot!!), the red carpet has been rolled out for the variety of award shows and "end-of-the-year" shenanigans, and we have been blessed to be a part of a lot of them! (I even got to be a part of witnessing Jovi and Daniel's graduations from preschool...but failed to bring my camera. Auntie fail. ;) But they did super good and I was a proud Auntie in the audience!!)
Let the photo gallery begin!!!!
Austin's First Grade Art Extravaganza
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| Austin pointing to his cat (which he did "from the memory of my brain") |
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| Father and son :) |
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| Austin with his first grade teachers! |
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| my handsome little man ;) |
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| Thanks for coming nanny!! |
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| opening a little gift--a new mechanical pencil (and a fancy one!) |
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| taking a cookie break :) |
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| Austin's rendition of Starry Night |
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| Austin working on his 'shading' and 'pencil drawing' with his new pencil;) |
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| Austin's behavior folder for the year.... |
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| ...and I'll take top behavior over straight A's any day! :) |
Then it came time for Andy's big night--the ART/CTE Showcase at the high school! He works SO HARD as the ring-leader in getting all of it put together and there's just no way to capture it all on camera. It's a combination of all forms of artwork, woodworking, metals, FLA, child development classes, along with live demonstrations going on during the showcase. As a wife who sees the behind-the-scene hours upon hours of work that goes into putting this amazing production together, I might be a tad bit proud of my hubby. Good job Mr.A!! :)
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| part of Andy's classroom |
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| Mason checking things out with daddy! |
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| Carson gawking at the magazine cover design ;) |
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| Artworks lined the hallways |
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| Ceramics!!!! |
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| Check out these sweet lamps! |
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| sidewalk chalk art!! |
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| Anyone guess who this is?! |
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| And who's behind these masks?! (yes...cousins....) |
Award time! Austin got an attendance award for the year!!! And it came with $10! Which he has already spent on....you guessed it....art supplies!!! :)
Tball trophies!
And we finished off our crazy week with another party--this time for the art club!! Our home was invaded by 20 high school students delving into pizza, games, laughter, wrestle mania with the boys, s'mores, door prizes, etc.
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| finger-lickin' good! :) |
Now we can breathe a sigh of sanity over the weekend, with absolutely NOTH-ING on our calendar, except for some quality time together as a family. Still small bits of busyness await as we head into our last 3 days of school, another follow-up appt. for Carson on Tuesday, a certain boy having a birthday next weekend....but we are on the downward spiral into our summer months. But for today, off to play some games!!! :)
