The End of School

Will's last day of first grade was yesterday. How did that happen?!?! This week has been busy getting ready for the end of the school year.  

Henry and I made a big batch of sweet chipotle nuts to give as gifts for Will's teacher and the two room moms.  

It's a good thing we gave most of them away. They are addictive!

Will got to wear his tie-dyed shirt again on Wednesday for the end-of-year party.  

Fun with his buddies.  

Check it out! The party had a DJ!

 Here is Will getting ready for his last day of first grade.

Meanwhile, Henry and I were (literally) cooking up a big end-of-the-year celebration for Will.  

 

We made a cake, using the recipe from this book, A Cake All for Me. We've had this book for ages, and the boys love it. The main character is a pig who bakes a cake just for himself but ends up sharing it with friends. As a result, we call the cake a "piggy cake."

 We decorated the cake 

and then went out and wrote a special message on the driveway.

My boys are such big readers that I know our summer will be full of reading and books. I already signed them up for four different summer reading programs! I surprised the boys with stacks of new books.  Here is Henry's stack, which has several early readers, a Scaredy Squirrel book, a cooking magazine and a dot-to-dot activity book.

Will's stack has a couple of nonfiction books, a new novel, and a Captain Underpants book of fun. 

We picked Will up at noon and I snapped a picture with his teacher.  

We had lunch out with friends, and then came home to the Welcome to Summer party. Henry was in on most of the planning but he didn't know about the books and was so excited and surprised!

Will went straight for Captain Underpants, of course.

Ah, summer! We are going to enjoy you!