Burnin' Down The House

Any excuse to party seems to be our motto lately.

We let Holland throw an end of the school year party--

but this one had a twist.

First off, though, we let Greer and Reese each invite friends.

And the whole group started out with a swim.

 Then since they were freezing in the 80 degree temperatures,

they all had to warm up by making s'mores.

 Here's the twist, Byron built a bonfire out on the edge of the garden

and all the kids took turns throwing all of their school papers into the flames.

 It was grand.

They each took turns-- kind of like at a funeral--

saying their goodbyes to the past school year.

I think this is going to become a yearly tradition for us.

Swimming, S'mores and burning homework

turned out to be a pretty popular idea.