So Long, Sixth Grade

Jane and Sydney have gone to the same school from kindergarten through sixth grade, but now it's time to move to middle school.  

The end of 6th grade is a much anticipated time at Evans Elementary.  There is the final walk of the halls, the big party, and lots of fanfare.  However, when you're not in school, none of these things can happen.  Thankfully, there were still some celebrations to be had!

One of the best things the girls has taken from Evans is a great group of friends.  They are lucky that they have so many friends living in our neighborhood, so we spent the day celebrating with all of them.  

We started the day with a drive-thru parade with all of the teachers.  Jane and Sydney have had some great teachers since they started in kindergarten, so it was fun to bid them all farewell.

Each student was given a bag of goodies and a balloon.  As the bell rang, the students heard the school song and released their balloons.  

We finished the day with a gathering in the cul-de-sac with lots of 6th grade families.  As I was reading through some texts on Sydney's phone, I saw that one of her friends wrote "that was the best day ever."  I'm so glad that they had fun, even if it wasn't how they imagined it would end!

Here's to the class of 2026!

Graham is 9!

Graham had been counting down to his birthday for weeks!  The day finally arrived.  

He requested biscuits and gravy for breakfast, and I happily obliged.  We did school at home, and just hung out in the morning.  Early afternoon, the Kona Ice truck came and surprised Graham.  Several neighborhood friends joined in and enjoyed sno cones...from a distance!

Later in the day, Graham had an awesome birthday parade with our family and lots of his Thunder friends.  

We had burgers and tater tots and birthday cake made by Clare! 

He got lots of great stuff!  Cowboys gear, nerf guns, football cards, Dude Perfect merch, and a lots of video game stuff.  He was one happy boy! 

There's something to the quarantine birthdays.  Lots of family time, keeping things simple, and celebrating our nine year old!

clare's birthday... in quarantine

post written by clare

this year my birthday was good, good but weird. i couldn't go anywhere or see any friends so it was just the six of us at our house all day. i woke up to breakfast in bed and then just did stuff i would've done on a normal day because tbh there wasn't a lot i could do to really spice it up. but then tiffs treats came and it was from one of my friends. so that was really exciting. then my other friend came and brought me sonic and it was so good to see her because i hadn't seen her since spring break. then later that day my other friend had cupcakes uber eatsed to me and they were delicious. so many yummy treats.

then i had to do some school, but it was kinda nice because i didn't have to do that much. then we got chick-fil-a for lunch and i made my cake, and the cake was bad but whatever. 

then we just did normal stuff until that evening. deedee called me and said that she had something to drop off so i went outside and my whole family had a birthday parade for me. it was so fun and by far the best part of my day. everybody made signs and it was so much fun !!

 my day was pretty good and definitely one i will NEVER forget !!!

also you should go follow me on instagram @clare.eoff !!!