Diaper Bank!

So this summer me, Molly, and Mommy have done some volunteer work at a local diaper bank. We've gone a couple of times but haven't been able to go back because we got busy and were gone on vacation. But I really liked what we did there and hope we can go back soon. 

We had to take diaper packages and open them and up repackaged in groups of 25. That was my job. Molly's job was to stick a note in the package that said how many diapers there were and what size and then she passed them on to Mommy. Mommy wrapped them in up saran warp and then Molly put them in the box to go back on the pallets. I really enjoyed doing this and liked that I was spending my time helping people! I hope we can go back again before school starts! 

Late Birthday Party!

I celebrated my birthday with some friends a little late this year, but it was still fun! I took my two friends, Rowan and Darby, to 1984. 1984 is a 1980s-themed arcad and we had fun playing on all the games! I went there for my 5th grade field trip and thought it'd be fun to take my friends there. We were there for maybe 1.5 hours and then we went to Chick-fil-A for dinner! CFA is always good and we had fun being silly together. They they got to come over to my house and hang out for a while. It was a fun, late birthday party! 

Last Day of Elementary School!

I had my last day of elementary school on Thursday, May 23! It was a fun day, but I was tired because I had a hard time falling asleep the night before. I woke up to find that Mommy had decorated for my graduation! I thought it was pretty fun! 

We took our usual last day of school pictures at home and at school in front of the school sign and then we had a school assembly that morning. Mommy was there because of the PTA so she got to see my win the Citizenship Award for my class for the year! Only one person gets it for each class and this is actually my fourth time winning it! I won it in first, second, fourth, and fifth grade! I was really proud of this! I got some other awards, too.

We had a 5th Grade Clap Out that day where fifth grade parents got to come and clap for us as we talked down the hallways one last time. That was pretty fun but I was so sad and cried! It's just emotional because I have really liked Horace Mann Elementary School! 

We went home after school and Mommy got us Pineapple Whip to celebrate and then I got to open a few presents that Mommy had for me. One was a really pretty ring that has an L and my birthstone on it and one was a book Mommy has had all my teachers (since preschool) sign for me at the end of each school year. It was fun to read everything people wrote for me! 

Last Field Day!

I had my last Field Day ever last week! Field Day kind of isn't my thing, but I had a fun day overall. We played some fun water games and then did other games. We also had a snowcone station that I liked. Mommy was there helping out so she had to get a picture with me. I bet someday I'll miss Field Day, but not now! I would like to come back as a high schooler and help out at Field Day, though! 

Battle Of The Books

I did the Battle of the Books again thsi year at school and I loved it so much! Our school librarian, Ms. Johnson, led it and we got to meet with her a couple of times a week during lunch to practice for it. It was a quiz competition against other Springfield schools about the Mark Twain Nominee books. I read all 12 books again this year and actually knew a lot of the answers. We got third place overall and were super excited about it because we didn't think we did very good! I had a lot of fun with it and hope I can do it next year in middle school! 

Piano Socks

I got some really cool piano socks for my birthday! The bottom of each sock has something different. One sock says "I play the piano" and the other sock says "of course I'm awesome!" They have piano keys going up the socks, too. I love them so much! 

P.E.

I've had PE this year, two times a week for 30 minutes each. I don't really like PE! It's just not fun to me and I am so glad to be done with it! I had to make a fitness plan for PE and I didn't really care about it, I just filled it out because I had to! I'm going to take PE online this summer so I won't have to take it in middle school. I'm super excited about that! Everyone we've talked to has said PE online in the summer is really easy, so that's cool!