Whew! June has been fast a furious with all kinds of stuff going on.
Brennan had Prom, the last days of school and Graduation. All of that just by June 10th! I am glad Brennan went to Prom! Not that he HAD to go just that I knew that he would have fun with his friends and they wanted him to go. And he did tell me later that I was right he did have fun!
Then there were the last days of school I have to say it was odd surreal even to be on campus on the last few days of school the energy is so cool excitement for the Sr class as a certain level just a little bit higher than the other classes. Some things I had forgotten just how much June means to school kids, I think as adults we tend to forget just what the excitement is when it comes to the end of a year of school. More so in High school than I think in any other grade. Seeing it on campus like I did (I was on campus everyday since Feb) was a great reminder of what it was like.
Graduation was really good! I like the way that MITA is small and they are able to make this celebration very personal. So very proud of all of the kids, especially Brennan, not that they made it but that they made it with style!
Then of course we went straight into a weekend of Harmony (feel the love) in Santa Rosa. The boys (Sebastian and Brennan) both worked all weekend long. Three long days of Santa Rosa in the heat, dust and crowds. Just to recover enough to start building the Pirate festival in Vallejo after just a two day reprieve.
Pirate Festival was GREAT!!! Queen Anne’s Revenge Rocked! Such an amazing group I am so honored to be a part of them. Beverage Rocked! Sea Dogs Rocked! Things look good that we broke the Guinness book of world records for the largest congregation of costumed pirates in one place at the same time. I only got a little bit burned; I thought I had covered up all the way… oh well.
Oh that’s right and smack dab in the middle of that I interviewed and was hired for a new job!! WHOO HOO!!!
June has been amazing!!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Washington DC with Brennan
Last month (May OK so I am a little behind) I went to DC with Brennan and his class. The Sr Class as part of their graduation requirements pick a DC site and do a report on it and while we are there they must give a verbal report (become a docent of sorts). This report makes up almost half of their grade for the Government class.
I have to say that it was a different trip than the one I took with Danni, not in what was seen or what we did but more in the way it was run. We never got lost. We had lunch delivered (WAY COOL) We ran on time (some of time), I think the kids had more “free” time. My feet didn’t come home damaged and we had coffee stops. We did have the “forced march” and “herding up” that was started three years ago with Danni’s class. With all of that the kids still had fun you could tell. As with the other class the kids were amazing. Well behaved, great travelers, considerate to others on Metro. Something to be proud of.
Watching the kids give the reports was great! Some I knew would do wonderfully, I was never concerned about them speaking in public if these guys had been going to MITA the whole time (since sixth grade) they have given verbal report after verbal report. I was very impressed with several of them on the scope of what they thought was important about their particular site. I have to say that you could tell how much they all cared about the site that they were reporting on, and how much each and everyone of them wanted the others to do well. Everyone cheering for the other and celebrating when everything went well!
Of course we had a great amount of fun! Jess getting piggy back rides, letters/flowers/pictures left for the veterans, playing cards, sleeping and of course just goofing off! Watching the look on Brennan’s face while reading the words on the wall at the Lincoln memorial, which in photos never looks as big as it really is in person.
We went different places we never made it to Arlington, but then Danni's class never made it to the Zoo. All in all both trips were amazing for me as a parent.
Hopefully my kids understand what it meant to me to be able to join them on this trip, it’s hard to put into words, it’s like watching them in their final act of being a kid or watching them move into becoming more of an adult. More than the graduation or an 18th birthday, this is something that they have worked on for MOST of the year, and a great amount of pressure was put on them to get each and every milestone of this project done they did it, and at the end they were able to stand the site and give their report in front of teachers, fellow students and a few parents and more than once a random stranger would stop and listen to them.
I have to say that it was a different trip than the one I took with Danni, not in what was seen or what we did but more in the way it was run. We never got lost. We had lunch delivered (WAY COOL) We ran on time (some of time), I think the kids had more “free” time. My feet didn’t come home damaged and we had coffee stops. We did have the “forced march” and “herding up” that was started three years ago with Danni’s class. With all of that the kids still had fun you could tell. As with the other class the kids were amazing. Well behaved, great travelers, considerate to others on Metro. Something to be proud of.
Watching the kids give the reports was great! Some I knew would do wonderfully, I was never concerned about them speaking in public if these guys had been going to MITA the whole time (since sixth grade) they have given verbal report after verbal report. I was very impressed with several of them on the scope of what they thought was important about their particular site. I have to say that you could tell how much they all cared about the site that they were reporting on, and how much each and everyone of them wanted the others to do well. Everyone cheering for the other and celebrating when everything went well!
Of course we had a great amount of fun! Jess getting piggy back rides, letters/flowers/pictures left for the veterans, playing cards, sleeping and of course just goofing off! Watching the look on Brennan’s face while reading the words on the wall at the Lincoln memorial, which in photos never looks as big as it really is in person.
We went different places we never made it to Arlington, but then Danni's class never made it to the Zoo. All in all both trips were amazing for me as a parent.
Hopefully my kids understand what it meant to me to be able to join them on this trip, it’s hard to put into words, it’s like watching them in their final act of being a kid or watching them move into becoming more of an adult. More than the graduation or an 18th birthday, this is something that they have worked on for MOST of the year, and a great amount of pressure was put on them to get each and every milestone of this project done they did it, and at the end they were able to stand the site and give their report in front of teachers, fellow students and a few parents and more than once a random stranger would stop and listen to them.
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