Afton Alps 5th Grade Field Trip

I chaperoned a field trip to Afton Alps the last day of February. 60 kids at varying degrees of skiing ability made for an entertaining day. I do not ski mind you but it was fun watching everyone progress through the lessons and hit the slopes. Noah did really good for catching on his first time and was out on the slopes in not too long a time. He can't wait to try it again. (Actually wants to board instead of ski next time but liked the experience! Good skill to have in MN.

Noah turned 11

Didn't blog all winter. Pics are posted on our Shutterfly share site though. Attempting to get back into documenting. :). Noah turned 11 in March and we always do a pic to remember the milestone.

Fall Family Picnic

Every fall Noah's school hosts a family picnic over lunch. Since this is the last one for us, I took the day off work to attend (wasn't on my day off this year). Lovely warm weather and big turnout. The food was good (unfortunately the bees thought so too). Me and Gramma Kathy and Uncle Cody enjoyed the day. We got to visit s bit too with Sam's whole family that came too as well as teachers and other families.

Sleepover

Sam spent a recent weekend with us and on Sunday after meeting I captured some fun shots of creative play. I love it when kids come up with new uses for old toys. They took the old clown bike and hooked it to my old red wagon (from when I was a kid) they used baxter's leash to hook them together. I sat back and enjoyed the view of the parades on the street. Love it!

Anoka car show

The Saturday of Mary's moving sale Noah and I went up to a car show with Dave and Lynae that evening. Perfect weather and tons of cool classic cars parked in town to snoop at and some fun snacks too.

A day at the zoo

In September we hit the MN Zoo to see the dolphins one last time since they were going to be relocating Allie and Semo to other facilities (just found out Semo is now in CA and Allie is back in IL) to repair/revamp the aquarium area to a new exhibit. We hadn't been there in ages, so it all felt new to us again since it had been so long. Noah hadn't ever done the monorail tour overhead of the outside trails so we did that too. Perfect weather day to hike around.

Back to school! 5th Grade

This is Noah's last year in elementary school! Hard to believe how fast it all goes. It will be a great year of being the big kids in the school at long last.