Friday, June 12, 2026

Summer "break," end of school, DANCE, etc.

 Is summer break over yet? I might rehome the next person who says the word "snack." IT HAS BEEN ONE DAY of summer break, as of the time of this writing.

Minnie made a glue heavy collage AND did an entire workbook. WHAT NOW.



Jack is all packed up for his national speech trip (he leaves at the literal crack of dawn on Sunday and is gone for a week in DC)

Coop taught Minnie how to to tell time
Minnie had her first pizza night at the pool

Cooper had his last practice at Wisconsin Dive Club and will be diving with a new club and new coaches (same facility) starting next week (there has been some dramz).

Jack got to do his senior walk at Minnie's school (which was his elementary school from 4K to 5th grade).


4th grade teacher

4K teacher

kindergarten teacher




And then there was a massive thunderstorm/ tornado and the last day of school dismissal was delayed because everyone was sheltering in place, so Minnie did not get to leave the building to bubbles and. music and dancing, which is the usualy tradition. I wanted to bring her home with me when tornado sirens went off at the end of senior walk, but she didn't want to miss a minute of her last day, so the big buys and I had turkey sandwiches and watched the storm.

Dorothy had 7 friends ride the bus home with her to go to the pool, and, luckily, the clouds parted just in time, Phew!!

No pics of that, but I do have some epic first day/last day shots






And! Of course! DANCE RECITAL PICTURES YOU GUYS I MEAN.

Dress rehearsal:








THE BIG SHOW







You know what's awesome about living so close to school? Minnie's teacher was making farewell keychains for the class and taking pics for them with another teacher to help, and we saw it all unfolding on the way to the bus and wasted no time jumping in:


Also for real summer running is horrible












4 comments:

  1. Oh, I saw the segment on NBC 15 news last night about the dive club and thought of you and wondered if that would impact you guys at all! So it's not that UW is kicking out ALL dive clubs, just that one?

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  2. Those pictures of Minnie from the dance recital are PRICELESS. And I love all the first/last day photos, and Jack in his cap and gown!!! Lots of endings and beginnings here.
    Hee hee... i can see we're going to get a collage of summer running photos! I ran on the treadmill yesterday : )

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  3. Oh, my gosh! The dive drama. Those are BIG CHANGES for Cooper. How is he handling it?

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