Clapping for Anna

School's out for summer!

Joy and I went to Anna's school this afternoon to cheer for Anna in her clap-off parade.  Our town has two elementary schools (one for grades K-2, another for grades 3-5), and it's traditional for family, friends, and younger students to applaud for the second graders on their last day at the younger school.

The dress code is casual, but that family in yellow decided to take things up a notch or two.  I'll bet I could've talked Joy into doing that with me, but I think Phillip would have been a hard sell.

It was sweet to see my daughters holding hands as we left Anna's (old) school.

They also found a tree to climb. :)

Then we picked up Todd and Daniel, and headed to the store for our annual end-of-school-year treat run.  I took the kids to Aldi, gave each of them a $3 limit, and let them choose anything they wanted.

Todd - Grabbed the first yummy thing he saw on a shelf (granola bars). 
Daniel - Opted for a sweet cereal.
Anna - Chose messy, totally-bad-for-you cheese puffs because her mother never buys them.
Joy - Methodically went through the entire store, and opted for a box of 8 ice cream sandwiches because she figured they would last her longer than a bag of chips or cookies. 
Mama - Bought some store brand knock-offs of Girl Scout Samoas, which are DEE-licious. 

Then we came home and traded with each other so everyone got to try everything (and all the kids got their fingers covered with messy fake cheese powder :P ).