Last Days of School

The last days of school are always bitter-sweet.
I'm SO sad I will not have my afternoon buddy to hang out with, but am happy I won't have to make an extra trip to the bus stop each day.
I'm a little sad to not have my morning routine...and getting a few extra things taken care of, but SO happy I get to hang out with BOTH my girls all summer!
I'm sad we have to move onto new teachers, but am excited what the new school year will bring...what the girls will learn and what we'll get to work on together.

This is Ally with two of her closest friends (Nyssa and Lauren) in class. The last day of school was field day, where the kids got to spend a few hours playing games and having nothing but fun. Ally has done a great job getting through the school year. She had fantastic teachers (includes student teacher) who were great with helping her overcome some great challenges. We are so proud of you Ally!!! You are such a sweet girl who is turning into such a lovely and smart young lady. Keep up the goodwork Ally-Gator!


This is Kaitlyn with her teacher (receiving her Kindergarten Diploma) and her friends Talitha and Corbin. Story on Corbin....Kaitlyn ran into her classmate at the school roller-skating night several months ago. His mom stated how she had heard about Kaitlyn and how Corbin has admired her "pretty red hair"...this made Kaitlyn blush and made her head over heals for him ever since.
Kaitlyn's book deserves several posts!!! She's been working on it for months. It was exhausting to come up with ideas and the time to accomplish this GREAT idea she had...to make a book of 100 pages! We tried to encourage her to shorten the book, but anyone who knows Kaitlyn, knows that SHE KNOWS what she WANTS and is DETERMINED! The goal was to finish the book by the end of the school year so she could make a copy for her teacher. We had one month to go and I didn't know how it would be possible. We finally resorted to using the computer for the last 50 pages. It was awesome to get her on the computer; to choose some new pictues and learn to use the key board. We are so proud of Kaitlyn...she wanted to be done SO badly, but was NOT willing to give up. Way to go Kaitlyn! We are SO proud of you!!!
Here's a sneak-peak at some of her favorite pages (these are the ones she chose to give her teacher on the last day of school, along with a letter of appreciation), Kaitlyn had to try really hard to save the 'hearts' for last (she wanted to see what 100 hearts would look like on a piece of paper.....