Schools Out for Summer!

Well, another school year bites the dust! We are moving from the evens to the odds again. Ready for 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade!

First day of school...

After the last day of school.
Matthew had a great year! His favorite award this year was a plaque for reading over 20 bluebonnet books. Matthew has grown up a TON this year. I get comments all the time about how much older he looks this year. Sad, but true!
Thomas had a wonderful year! He got perfect attendance and Outstanding Citizen for the Year in his class. Our favorite thing for Thomas this year was his shift in attitude towards reading. He always has done well on reading tests, and was even reading 150 words per minute after the first semester of school, but has never had the passion for books until this year. Thomas says that his teacher "changed his life" by introducing him to Mark Twain and he has read Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer twice each. He spent an hour the other day making out his summer reading list. Way to go, T!
Miss Mary Beth had a wonderful kindergarten year! She is reading like a pro and wants to spend the summer having school with Mommy. She was also Outstanding Citizen for the 4th 9 weeks. She made wonderful friendships this year and couldn't have asked for a better introduction to school.
Matthew and I have had lots of fun during his 5 years in elementary. I'm going to miss his smiling face in the halls and the fact that he always was happy to see me. I have heard that there is so much less parent participation in intermediate school, so I am glad that I got to spend as much time as I did with him in elementary.
Kindergarten Graduation! I was so proud of myself for maintaining composure!


The kindergarten program this year was one of the cutest I have seen. Mother Goose's Rocking Nursery Rhymes. Mary Beth was a flower in Mary Mary Quite Contrary.




Leaving kindergarten and heading into First Grade!




So happy that Nana could come to the program since Daddy had a trial that was going on during the program.

Oh, how we loved Mrs. B!
While I didn't cry at the end of kindergarten, this next scene nearly did me in. I came in to talk to Thomas's teacher, and I found Thomas crying. He loved Mrs. M so much and had a fabulous year. I love his sweet sensitive spirit.

This was also a tear jerker. At the end of school, all the kids in school line the halls and start chanting "Woodway!" and "Fourth Grade!" The entire Fourth Grade class high fives all the cheerers. What a neat tradition and very emotional for the parents!

Matthew's final walk through Woodway.

Matthew's third grade teachers were always so encouraging to Matthew!
My 1st grader has left the building!
It seems like Mary Beth and I usually end up eating oriental food on the first or last days of school. I picked Mary Beth up early from school and enjoyed eating at our favorite Thai food place to celebrate a wonderful year.

Matthew's good buddies who sat at his table this year.
What a wonderful, special year for our kids! I am ready for a break, but will always look back fondly on the year that my three babies were together.