"You're looking at a first grader!"

How can it be that Cam's inaugural year of "Big" school has come and gone.  Kindergarten is now just a thing of his past.  He had a great year with Ms. Amy and Ms. Barbara.  They took great care of my little guy and stretched him to do things I never imagined he could do at six years old!

Showing off his Kindergarten portfolio

Cam's Ice Cream Classmates

When I chose teaching as a career, being able to work where my children went to school was very much a part of the reason I thought this would be a good fit for me.   My morning companion made the way to work each day much different that it had ever been.  Before this year, I always slipped away before everyone arose.  This year, the mornings were not all about me.  Gone were the days of getting to work super early.  Gone were the days of the concerts in the car.  Gone were the days of running an errand before work.  To allow him to sleep later, our routine was to wake him at 6:30 and be able to leave the house by 7:00.    He always woke up fine, but there was typically a grumble over the outfit or breakfast choice.  And I always had to answer a tleast 20 random questions about life before most people even stumbled out of bed!  A couple I remember were:  "Why does the fog settle onto the ground?  How old will I be when Maeve is 18?   When is my next flu shot?"

Reading to us

I loved being able to walk by his classroom and see him busily working.  I loved checking in on him everyday at lunch when I picked my class up from the cafeteria.  I loved the random times he would pop into our class for this or that.  All in all, the tuition money that we gripe about and don't agree with, is worth every penny.  I am so glad he is able to be in my school.  In my Mother's Day letter, he was thankful that I worked at MBES and that I cooked good spaghetti!  What more could a mother ask for?

Excited about the last day of Kindergarten

He did this same pose on the first day of school -
the shirt still kind of fit him - the shorts were way too short so we had to opt for others

In my ten years as a classroom teacher, this was quite possibly the best year yet!  Could this have been because half of my heart was under the same roof as me for the entire school day?  I think him being with me had a whole lot to do with the sweetness of the year.

After his last day of kindergarten, he came home and said with boldness and excitement:  "You're looking at a first grader!"