Georgia loves Ms. Christine and Ms. Lisa and always wants to invite them over to our house to play! We did just that the night of their 'graduation'! Unfortunately, I made the extremely tough decision to take them to a different school next year. Between teachers leaving and the school's future being unknown, not to mention the huge difference in hours compared to Emmaline's school, I thought it would be best for our family. Who knows, we may be back in the future! The kids had their graduation where the teachers talked about each child and gave them awards. We didn't really know what to expect. Emmaline said, "oh, I bet you'll get a trophy!" Yeah, thanks for putting that into their heads...
Hayes received the "Happiest Smile" Award for his class. Ms. Tarin said: "When I think of Hayes I think of his happy smile especially when he comes into the classroom in the morning. Hayes loves the songs we sing and often puts in requests for his favorite songs and books. He especially loves our color songs and books and the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Hayes also loves eating snacks and his lunch!"
I love hearing about what others find special about my kids. I have to add in here that Hayes had a wonderful year, loved going to school, would run in with a smile and never had any issues in class...that is until the last week! For whatever reason the final 4 days of school were rough for him. He wasn't mean to anyone but he would not do what the teachers asked of him. They said it would take him 15-20 minutes to finally decide he was ready to transition to the next thing or clean up, etc. Then Tarin told me she got so scared because he found a plastic ring on the playground and put it in his mouth and wouldn't take it out. She took him inside and talked with him about it and finally after 20 minutes got him to spit it out. 
So after she tells me how rough his day was, since he is 'never' like that, we discussed possible reasons, things to work out, etc. On the way home I asked Hayes about everything and what he would have done if he swallowed it and he replied, "I would just poop it out!" Well, ok then..how does he come up with something like that??? We had a long hard talk and I am happy to say the rest of the week was much better..not perfect but better. And he gave Ms. Tarin lots of hugs before we left the graduation. We will miss her!
Georgia received the "CEO" Award for her class. I loved hearing this and I think Daniel loved hearing it even more. She is a go-getter for sure. Ms. Christine said: "Georgia is the decision maker of the class! She is a natural leader. Georgia easily orchestrates free play time. She'll have everyone playing puppies in no time...and they will each have an assigned role. Georgia easily makes friends as she always has some adventure in the works. As a student, she is efficient and thorough. I love you, Georgia!" Christine also was telling me about Georgia reading in class and how her hand-writing has gotten so much better. G went through a long phase (and still struggles with it) of grasping her pencil the wrong way. I was really happy to hear that she is putting her learning to good use and interesting in reading..the beginning of the year she had no interest in this..so babysteps are working! We are so thankful for these teachers who love our children like we do! It has been a wonderful year for everyone. Also, Ms. Christine is leaving this school and moving to St. Alban's to teach 1st grade, so she may be Emmaline's teacher next year..I am really hoping so!!
