Anna's school

I was in a meeting in the chief astronaut's office this week. She can see my baby's school from her office. What a stinking view. She can see my kid's day.

Today was Anna's last day of school. Well, technically summer begins and that means we lose her cool teachers, Dawn and Romy, forever. We still don't know who her summer teachers will be. But this year's teachers have set the bar so darned high it will be tough to love any others! I don't even know what the summer curriculum is at this age. Last year, water play and arts/crafts were enough. I wonder if they'll do some level of learning in summer? Anna can recognize a few letters and numbers. She's known her ABC's (the song,) since she was about 16 months old, and she can count to 20 since about 18 months old. But just now starting to recognize a few numbers. And she can write something that looks like her name. It's cute. It's really a bunch of mountain-looking-peaks.

I went to Anna's end of school year chapel yesterday where they got up on stage and sang a few songs with hand movements. Anna sang softly and held her friend, Karma's, hand. They giggled a few times and it was so darned cute. Anna and Karma have been together since they were babies so I hope they are together this summer and the fall again.

I get a little sad when at this time of year some of the classes there go dim and the halls are more quiet while the schools start summer vacation. I look forward to when that's Anna too. But for now she's best where she is over the summer. I get super excited when the halls get busy and the classes get decorated in the fall. At least Anna will be with her friends over the summer at this age.

The kids in Anna's class have come such a long way this year. They've dumped the paci's for nap time, they've learned some control, they've potty trained, they've learned to say "poopy and stupid", they've learned the US pledge, and more complex prayers (God's word is God's word because it's GOD's WORD!) and songs and Spanish. They've learned to have little friends and birthday parties and played on the big play ground. They've played with bugs and birds and worms and lizards and made all kinds of cool stuff. What a great year! We are so lucky her teachers ROCK. And everyone managed to stay pretty healthy during cold and flu season.

Today after the pizza and ice cream party, the teachers were giving out gifts to the students, with little sayings. Anna's was "We'll miss your leadership". Later the teacher was giving a gift to another student, Erin, and said "Yours has a BIG word in it!" I said under my breath: "Recalcitrant"? (It was tenacious).