3 inches in one year. Yikes.
So remember a few months ago when I told you that I had no sad feelings about closing the preschool chapter in our family and moving onto the next thing? Well, I was wrong.
Today is Anna's last day of preschool and over the past week I have found myself very sentimental, and even teary-eyed on several occasions! It has caught me by surprise because I've never been weepy sending my kids off to school.
But the realization has hit that this school will very soon not be a part of our everyday. Every year since 2004 (except for one) we have come here. It is familiar, we feel at home. This is our school! It's just weird to realize that after tomorrow, we won't have a reason to ever go back. It's an interesting thought to try to grasp.
{sigh}
I made a little scrapbook page to thank the teachers for all the fun, learning, treats, and love they have given our kids. And then I gave it to Teacher Lynda today and we both got choked up.
On the back I included a list of some things we'll remember . . .
- germy soap - "tops and bottoms, tops and bottoms . . ."
- prayers before snack
- finding your name in the bucket
- hanging up backpacks
- circle time
- "thanking God for all . . . " song
- thanksgiving feast
- 3 little Christmas trees
- Lucky Dude
- climbing up the stairs to mom
- milk jug easter baskets
- easter parties
- halloween parties
- christmas parties
- valentine's day parties
- when the teachers "cry" on the last day of school
- dirt baby
- yearly school pictures with the man who gets kissed by the frog - it makes us laugh
- yellow egg carton school bus
- reading books and building a giant hat for the Cat in the hat on Dr. Seuss' birthday
- when the "under the sea" theme takes over the school
- treat day
- easter egg hunt
- reindeer foot/handprint wall hangings (we saved all 3!)
- when teacher Debbie had her baby
- when teacher Debbie had her second baby
- when teacher Debbie had her third baby
- feeding the goldfish
- parachute songs and games
- "the washing machine" song
- when a certain wooden block had to be removed from the chest of blocks specifically because Conner was using it as a gun
- and all the teachers that greet us each day with a smile & a fun new crafty project, who don't tire after receiving Anna's 50th drawing or note from home, and who send us on our way with lots of love.
