Gracie's Kindergarten Graduation was an emotional day for me. I am blaming it partly on the pregnancy hormones. But after the cap and gown ceremony in the gym, we moved to the classroom for cookies, juice and a slide show to recap the year. I am pretty sure I was the ONLY mom sobbing through the slide show. "Why I am crying?! She is 6-years-old...she's not moving out." The tears were flowing...and they just kept coming. Oh, Gracie! I was so proud of you - How big you were getting and what a good friend you were to your classmates.
Gracie is so lucky to have such support!
This is Connor. Gracie and Connor were voted
(by me) the 'cutest couple' in Kindergarten. Gracie tells the story of the first day of school. She was nervous, and as she entered the classroom to hang her backpack up for the first time....there were tons of students. She was knocked to the ground, feeling smothered. Until she looked up and
(play hero music) There was a hand extended. Connor was reaching down - waiting to pick her up.
"He rescued me," Gracie will tell you. From Day 1, there was a special bond.
One year later, they are in different First Grade Classrooms. Yet, when I come to pick her up from school, most days she is hanging out with Connor by the flagpole. They are cute friends. He has made her some darling cards - illustrating pictures of the two of them playing at the park and holding hands. She wanted to buy him chocolates for Valentine's Day in First Grade. So that's what we did!
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| Valentine's Day - Gracie - 1st Grade |
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| Mrs. Bithell - What a sweet Kindergarten Teacher! She was so good to Gracie and always so kind when I volunteered in the classroom |
One last hug for Mrs. Bithell on the VERY LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN. SUMMER HERE WE COME!
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| 2014 |
