This last week was Chloe's last week of school. It was a busy one! They had Monday off (Memorial day), and I was there 3 out of the next 4 days.
Tuesday-Field Day
I volunteered to help with field day, but when we were getting ready for school, it was freezing cold and pouring rain! I called the school, and they said they were still planning on doing it. Everything got moved inside. I (and another mom) were in charge of hall skating. The kids strapped on some slippery plastic "skates" and raaaaan the whole length of the school (which is pretty long), sliding, slipping, falling, and smashing into eachother. It was pretty funny. Chloe kinda played it safe.
(Chloe's class listening to Lisa's instructions "don't pull eachother down & don't smack into the brick walls")
Wednesday-Literacy Awards
On Wednesday, they had their literacy awards program. The little boys and I went to watch. The school keeps track of how many minutes each child reads at home (we fill out papers every week), and the whole school read just under 1 million minutes this year! Chloe's class read around 81,000! She got a few prizes, and a certificate for being the top reader in her class.
(Portie wanted to sit with her)
(her awards-including some pretty nasty Shasta-mango)
Thursday was beach day. She dressed in some bright colors, a Miami Beach shirt, sunglasses, and flip-flops. They were allowed to bring some sand toys too.
Friday-Last day of school!!!!
And a crazy day it was! I asked Chloe's teacher on Wednesday if I could come help her on Friday, and she said that YESSSS! she'd love some help. So I went again. They had the morning and afternoon classes together-so around 45 kids!! They colored a picture, did a little writing, sang a few songs, and got out at 10:15! I'm glad I got to go for the last day.
(Leo the Late Bloomer story. She always reads this story to her students on the last day)
(Chloe & her teacher)
And just for fun, I thought I'd throw in a photo from her first day and her last day. It's fun to see how she's changed.
(first day of kindergarten)
(last day of kindergarten-holding her gift for her teacher)
It's been a pretty great year. She's learned a lot, and is excited and not excited for 1st grade. She doesn't think she's going to like the whole all-day thing. I just keep telling her it'll be fun, and trying to talk about the fun things about being there all day. We'll see how that goes in August. In the mean time, we're all WAAAY excited to have a little break.
