How do you celebrate your child's year end accomplishment? Fourth grade was, by far, our hardest year yet. He did it! We never, ever have to do fourth grade again! This is serious reason to celebrate.
Little brother is also celebrating. Luke will be home all summer! They are such close buddies. Everyday Drew waits at the back window watching for Luke to get off the bus. Sometimes he watches for an hour. So Drew is celebrating as much as Luke. Brother is home everyday for 10 weeks!
So, how did we celebrate? Before my minimalist days, I would buy books to celebrate the last day of school. Which isn't an awful idea, but books are easily borrowed from the library for free. We don't need books sitting on shelves in our home. The library is 5 minutes away. Then for a couple years I bought lego sets. Again, not a horrible idea. We love "building toys" in our home. They are very versatile. We rarely build things the same way twice. They encourage creativity. They don't take up much space. But we have plenty, and there comes a point where adding more isn't necessarily useful.
This year we made an ice cream cake. Drew was excited to help. He wanted to surprise his buddy. Luke LOVES ice cream cake. And the best part, it is consumable. Consumable gifts are my favorite. So this year, on the last day of school, we ate ice cream cake and played a matching game. Everyone was happy, including the moderately minimalist mom.
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