Outdoor Lab overnight

Emmy had her outdoor lab overnight field trip on the Monday after Thanksgiving this year. It was SOOOOO cold but they survived and had a great time.  Emmy's friend's mom chaperoned and sent me these pictures.

Aidan's 5th Grade Promotion

 Aidan has been promoted from 5th grade into Middle School!!  Taylor Elementary had their promotion ceremony tonight and it was great!  The kids all sang a few songs and then each student was announced and walked across the stage to receive a certificate from the Principal and Vice Principal.  It went quickly and was very efficient!!  Afterwards, we all moved upstairs to the cafeteria for snacks and to watch the slideshow.  The kids had a great time and loved that they were allowed to run around outside and play with their friends.  Middle School in the fall - how can I be old enough to have a middle schooler????

The End of Year 5th Grade Concert

 There are so many end of year functions and tonight we had one more - the 5th grade band and chorus concert. It was great to see them perform one more time and although it was HOT inside the cafeteria, we managed.  Aoife and Emmy took Declan and went outside with all of their friends and played on the playground for a while - everyone was happy about that!!!

Taylor Elementary - 5th Grade Greek Parade

 One of the fun events that the 5th grade does at the end of the year is the Greek Parade.  Each student gets to chose who they would like to dress up as - God, Goddess, hero, monster etc - from Greek mythology and then they proceed out of the school, are announced and then parade around for all of the other students to see.  Aidan choose to be Prometheus and even had an eagle pinned to him that was pecking out his liver!  Super cute (??) - Anyway - everyone had a great time and it was a beautiful Virginia summer afternoon.  Emmy (and 30 of her friends) were pretty happy to be able to stand with me while I took pictures of everyone for the 5th grade slideshow.  Declan was not impressed and played by himself on the playground during the entire parade.

Aidan and Emmy before the parade:

All of the Prometheus's

 the parade!

 Aidan and Andy after the parade:

 Declan!

The EDGE field trip

 Today I went with Aidan's class and the entire 5th grade to The EDGE for a field trip.  It's a large area that covers many acres filled with all sorts of trust and problem solving projects.  It was a beautiful fall day and it was so fun to be out in the "wilderness" with these city kids!  They had a great time and really bonded over their fun experiences!