EE Camping Wraps up another school year

School's Out for Summer!  The Eastside Explorers camping trip over Memorial Day weekend is a great way to wrap up our school year and begin the summer.  This year we had 24 families signed up for camping at Dead Horse Ranch in Cottonwood, AZ.  We were near 3 lagoons, Toozigoot Ruins, and the cities of Jerome and Sedona.  We had wonderful weather for kayaking and mountain biking.  The kids roamed free in our group site of just Eastside families.  We had flushable toilets and hot water showers.
We literally slept under the stars (keeping the rain fly off through the weekend), seeing the big dipper every night when we turned off our headlights.

Last Day Celebration

Today, May 24, 2012 is our last 'official' day of 2nd grade.  Wow, what a fabulous year!  We are celebrating today with ...

*Einstein's breakfast

*Grocery shopping for our camping weekend

*An afternoon playing with the neighborhood kids (their last day is today also; 1/2 day)

*Celebrating 2 neighborhood friends' birthdays (Kevin: 5/23 and Ben: 5/24)

CONGRATULATIONS MICAH (& Lilly) on a job well done this year!

His smile's got ... braces!

Micah got braces today!   He said he was feeling somewhere in-between nervous and excited. The expander in the roof of his mouth is still there. It did an amazing job of moving and preparing his teeth for today.  His 6-month cleaning appointment was Monday and his dentist kept raving about how great his smile was looking already.  He chose purple and gold for the band colors.

P.E. Class

Today we had an opportunity to take a trial P.E. class with our Eastside Explorers homeschool co-op.  We met at the Police Park (Horizon), which is one of our favorites.  Eastside is determining if there is enough interest to partner with Sportskidz on a regular basis.  Coach Rob had a great crowd of kids and they all had a great time - it was a hot day, but they didn't seem to mind.
Micah really liked it! Lilly got to play on the playground with some of her friends, and I had a chance to take pictures, play with Lilly, and talk with some parents.  This might be something we add to our 3rd grade curriculum.