Joy School Graduation

My children now expect that anything amazing they do be captured for the blog, so they like to make sure this happens.  Here are a few examples:
  

"Mom"

Treasure Chest

Ceramics Class at School (He made a bunch of stuff there.)

Elise graduated from her two years of Joy School!  I've really loved doing that program.  It's a great preschool curriculum, but more importantly, it's helped my kids and me make great friends.  It will be weird not to have Joy School next year!
  

Andrew, Sarah, Andy, Charlie, & Elise

I've been rotating my kids' toys for about a year now.  I have clear plastic boxes in the garage, and the rule (although it's frequently ignored) is that they have to put a box back to get a new box out.  When we got the toy food back out after a year-long absence, it was a huge hit with everyone.  Actually, it caused a lot of fights and tears.  So, we put it away again.
   

  

Evan saw Elise making paint footprints (on paper) outside, and decided to join her.  My children always do their messiest projects right in front of our sliding glass door.  The cement there is still painty, actually.