It's the last day of school!

 This has been a very interesting, challenging and wonderful school year four our whole family.

Spencer successfully went through the 2nd Grade and was tested into the Gate program for next year.

 Grant attended an AP academy that pushed him and taught him new things. I think they both had highs and lows for the year. I am happy to say we are ending at a very good point for our family. I feel like we are closer than we have ever been. 

We are so happy that summer is here.
On Monday Spencer had an awards day. He got on the A honor Roll and an Awesome Author award

 

Volunteering in the classroom

I have mixed emotions about volunteering in Spencer's classroom each week. I love it more than anything. I am grateful everytime I get to walk through the doors of the school and feel the happy positive feeling that is in the air. It feels like a special and sort of sacred space.  I dislike how it reminds me of the many years I spent exhausted and sick from a gluten allergy I didn't know about. It really was kind of debilitating. I was so tired all the time. Grant used to ask me to go to school and have lunch with him in Elementary school and I am not sure I ever did. That is one of my biggest regrets in life. It breaks my heart.  I feel like that stupid Gluten thing robbed me of so many years and so many opportunities. I love this second chance at life I am getting and how wonderful it is to be so involved and to have a healthy strong body that can do it. 

I cut out a million little squares today and though it was hard I was glad Spencer's teacher didn't have to do it. 

Spencer really loves his teacher this year and says that she is the nicest teacher in the whole school. 

I can see that. 

I hope to have many more years of volunteering ahead of me.