Patriotic Salute

I've been a little emotional lately, that's no secret, but I was surprised how emotional I was on the last day of school.  The kids did a Patriotic program where they wore red, white, & blue and sang songs.  I started getting choked up when they walked in the room wearing their big Uncle Sam hats they'd made and singing "You're a grand old flag".  There's just something too cute about a bunch of 4 year olds singing songs and doing hand motions, especially when it's a patriotic song talking about how much we love our country.

This has been a huge year of growth for Reese & Ryan, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  Ms. Nancy gave us a book of all their artwork and schoolwork.  It was so amazing to look back at the things they drew at the beginning of the school year.  They could barely write their names and at the end of the year they were drawing pictures of the whole family and writing their names perfectly.  Each child received an award tailored to their personality. Ryan received the Kung Fu Panda Award because she loved karate and always reminded Ms. Nancy that Tuesday was karate day.  Reese received the Crayola Award because she was always drawing, writing, or coloring, and she would bring blank color pages to school for the other kids to color.  They were both SO excited when their names were announced with their awards.  I'm really going to miss Ms. Nancy and Ms. Randi.  They were wonderful teachers and I am so grateful for the love, care, and education they gave to Reese & Ryan this past year.  I really hope that Pre-K is just as good.