all is well, just busy! - 06/25

Definitely busy around here, finishing up school for everyone!
Zech graduated from nursery school on Tuesday, had a nice ceremony and got a book. He is at Kindergarten orientation right now (9-11:45) - seems like a very long time to be without him. I remember it seeming long last year with Ruthie, too. He was very excited to go this morning, had no fears about walking right in and making himself at home!
Ruthie was excited to be a "helper" today - we asked her to make sure that Zech and Kayla (little girl across the road, she and Ruthie get along well but Kayla is very timid and shy) find their places for their bags and to make sure they are happy and have someone to play with at recess. I'm sure she'll be a great friend to them! As for her own school she's doing very well and has started bringing home things they're done with all ready. I'm trying to grab out and save what I can for next year - crayons, markers, glue sticks, binders, etc. - I figure we might as well try to reuse what is still good! This week her class (the K and 1s) went on a field trip to a farm and saw lots of animals on Monday. Yesterday everyone brought their bike to school and for phys ed (in the afternoon) they all (grades 1-8!) went for a bike ride all around Minto!! She was nervous, and she did fall once on the ride, but she had fun. Tomorrow night is the "awards nite" for the school, on Monday the school is going swimming in Boissevain and having a pizza party - and then that's it for this year!
Oh, speaking of bikes - Ruth and Zech are both riding with NO training wheels now! I think I have a video of Zech going, none of Ruthie though I should get some. And I know that Josh has some pictures of them practising. He also has pictures from the fair (rides) and stuff from this past month - he's been busy finishing up with his students and doing their grad so he's trying to get to the pictures when he can! Hopefully I'll be able to get them up in the next couple days.

So everyone is nearly done, and it's only a couple weeks before we'll be leaving for NS! We're very excited to go home for the summer - the kids are much more than us, as we're pretty occupied getting things done, but we're happy too. Still needing to talk to the neighbors about the cat, but I'm sure we'll get something figured out with him.