Last Day of School!

 

Already.  Holy cow, that went fast!!    Patrick and Luke with Mrs. LaFond.  She was an aide in K3 this year, but will be Joe’s K5 teacher next year.  Luke says: “I liked her because she was like (Luke turns to me while making a big huge smile)”

Luke (in blue) and Patrick with their teacher Mrs. Ebent.  Mrs. E is also the music teacher.  I didn’t realize how much the boys liked music until they went to school.  They’re always singing songs and talking about instruments.  She’s a great teacher!

Luke playing with Jacob.

So, as a treat for the K4’s at the end of the year, I came in one morning and made balloon animals for them.  I thought it would just be a few minutes, but with a little story time while I worked, we stretched it out to an hour!  The teachers seemed pretty grateful, since, as they said, not much learning was going to go on anyway that day.  Those kids were getting awfully squirrely those last few days!

Joe with his K4 aide and Art teacher, Miss Sanfelippo.  She’s the one that helped them all make the flower pots that were so precious.  He loves her.  We saw her at church on Sunday and he was upset that she left before he could track her down.  I’m sorry I didn’t get a shot of Mrs. Frank and Joe.  She’s been amazing.  All of the kids got a personalized scrapbook of their year, as well as a few notebooks showing their reading progress and some art projects.  It’s so nice that I don’t have to do all of that organizing!  What a great gift for all of the parents.

And, now, to completely embarrass Joe (once he knows how to read), I had to include this picture of Isabelle.  Ever since the last day of school, Joe has been talking about her.  When can we invite her over to play?  Where does she live?  Can I send her an invitation to my 7th birthday? (I reminded him that his birthday is a year away)  He has written her notes:  “Isabelle, I love you so much.  Come to my birthday party.  Love Joe.”  I had to spell ‘birthday’ for him about 15 times.  I gently suggest to him that he should tell her that she’s his good friend instead.  He didn’t seem to notice the difference, which is good.  Scott thought we should fold up that letter and mail it to her father.  Oh, Joe…