Fairmeadow fifth graders celebrate the end of their elementary school careers with an all-day picnic at Foothills Park. I volunteered to drive and chaperone, but really I had nothing to do since the kids are both self-sufficient and totally uninterested in interacting with adults. But it was fun to hang out and watch Ezra among his friends. I didn’t take very many photos but I’ll share what I have.
This one was when we first arrived. The boys immediately found sticks, and someone noticed there was a lizard on or near a rock. They were trying to do something with it (I don’t know what) and Ezra was very upset. He couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t just leave it alone.
This is Ezra and some friends playing a game where they close their eyes and squeeze the hand of the person next to them, trying to go around the circle faster than the other groups.
And here’s the whole fifth grade class; I think there are 100 of them. Ezra is in the middle.
My favorite part of the day was when they got their yearbooks.
I loved watching them study all of the photos and rush to sign everyone’s yearbooks.
Parents were able to make a personal page for their kids if they wanted. Of course, I made one for Ezra. Since he’s only been at Fairmeadow for two years, I included photos from all of his years of elementary school. Even though he’s a man of few words, I think he liked looking back on the early photos, especially since the main part of the yearbook was filled with early-grade pictures of the rest of the class. Here’s the page I created for him.
