Last Day of School | The MADD Life

I’ve been trying to think of something clever to start this blog, but the words escape me; I try to quell my mind of the reality of this year’s graduation. Avery and Emerson finished 8^th grade and will be freshman at James Madison High School, the same high school I went to just a few years ago…alright maybe more than a few but not more than a decade 🙂 ! Harper finished 6^th grade and will be a 7^th grader at Thoreau. Our family’s run of elementary school is officially over. Nine years at OES have come and gone.

As young toddlers, they watched the big yellow bus from the kitchen window thinking “one day they would be on that bus”. They got their turn after several years and now next year when that big yellow bus comes by in the afternoon, if they aren’t at their activities, they may just think “one day, I was on that bus”.

Avery and Emerson are thrilled to not have the 6:30 am bus stop departure time.

Harper will inherit it.

I am not too thrilled. This is pretty typical of my days of driving the girls to the bus stop….rolling out of bed in my pajamas and getting straight into the driver’s seat!

Thoreau did an 8^th grade party during the school day for the 8^th graders.

OES had a formal graduation, where Harper received two awards:

Presidents Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Youth Citizenship Award

Only 5 students (out of 125) received the DAR Award….I’m not surprised…..Harper is always helping others and cares deeply about doing the right thing.

Harper and her entourage.

We arrived home to Avery and Emerson’s surprising Harper with a driveway celebration!

Later that night, Harper attended the Oakton Elementary 6^th Grade graduation party. We carpooled with a few of her friends. Such a great group of girls and wonderful friendship.