This week has been filled with the joy, anticipation and tearful goodbyes of the last day of school. Both Sydnie and Kade finished up this week and left me whirling, thinking,
'where did the time go?' 
Kade graduated from his preschool and we said goodbye to his angel teacher, Mrs. Dove. He had an amazing year, and learned so much about reading and writing. I can't believe how much he has grown! They ended the year all smiles and celebrated with a Circus Party (thus Mrs. Dove and her cute clown costume). Once Kade comes to the four year old realization that pre-school is really over, I think he is going to miss it a lot. He loved being silly, but he also loved learning. I spent Thursday in tears throughout the process of his little "rite of passage" simply because I can't believe he is on his way to Kindergarten...and oh, so ready! ;)
Sydnie also finished up her year in First Grade in an amazing whirlwind of activity...much like our Sydnie! Her class had their much anticipated Zoo field trip, we celebrated her "summer birthday" wit
h a root beer float party, there were reading contest celebrations
(as part of which her awesome principal ate WORMS!), she read and studied every night to pass of
f her final list of sight words....
the sixth grade list, we made fun 'thank you' gifts for her teacher and school staff and she had her dance festival on the last day where the whole First Grade danced the
"Funky Slide"--
so cute. She worked
so hard!
She made goals with Don and I about what she wanted to accomplish before the end of the year, and she accomplished each one of them. Add that to more teary good byes with friends and her amazing teacher, Ms. Pothier, and it was definitely quite the end to an incredible year.
After all was said and done, we all took a breath and smiled a big smile. As parents, we couldn't be more proud of our kiddos. They are becoming the greatest little..."people." They excelled, progressed and grew
. They made new friends, conquered fears and did hard things. They are both excited for summer, but it only took us driving about 2 minutes away from the school on Friday for Sydnie to sigh that deep sigh of hers and say,
"I miss school already." I'm afraid Fall will come a little too soon for this Mom. In the meantime we are going to play and swim and sleep in
(and we also headed straight out to enjoy a well-deserved celebration lunch at one of the kids' favorite Mexican restaurants). They are the absolute greatest, and we are looking forward to "family day" every day...for the next two months or so!
Way to go Syd and Kade! We love you!...bring on the Summer!
Kade graduated from his preschool and we said goodbye to his angel teacher, Mrs. Dove. He had an amazing year, and learned so much about reading and writing. I can't believe how much he has grown! They ended the year all smiles and celebrated with a Circus Party (thus Mrs. Dove and her cute clown costume). Once Kade comes to the four year old realization that pre-school is really over, I think he is going to miss it a lot. He loved being silly, but he also loved learning. I spent Thursday in tears throughout the process of his little "rite of passage" simply because I can't believe he is on his way to Kindergarten...and oh, so ready! ;)
Sydnie also finished up her year in First Grade in an amazing whirlwind of activity...much like our Sydnie! Her class had their much anticipated Zoo field trip, we celebrated her "summer birthday" wit
h a root beer float party, there were reading contest celebrations (as part of which her awesome principal ate WORMS!), she read and studied every night to pass of
f her final list of sight words....the sixth grade list, we made fun 'thank you' gifts for her teacher and school staff and she had her dance festival on the last day where the whole First Grade danced the "Funky Slide"--so cute. She worked so hard! She made goals with Don and I about what she wanted to accomplish before the end of the year, and she accomplished each one of them. Add that to more teary good byes with friends and her amazing teacher, Ms. Pothier, and it was definitely quite the end to an incredible year.
After all was said and done, we all took a breath and smiled a big smile. As parents, we couldn't be more proud of our kiddos. They are becoming the greatest little..."people." They excelled, progressed and grew
. They made new friends, conquered fears and did hard things. They are both excited for summer, but it only took us driving about 2 minutes away from the school on Friday for Sydnie to sigh that deep sigh of hers and say, "I miss school already." I'm afraid Fall will come a little too soon for this Mom. In the meantime we are going to play and swim and sleep in (and we also headed straight out to enjoy a well-deserved celebration lunch at one of the kids' favorite Mexican restaurants). They are the absolute greatest, and we are looking forward to "family day" every day...for the next two months or so!
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