For whatever reason, the kids had today as their final day of school. It was only a half-day to boot, making it all the sillier. Of course, the school year started with them missing the first week of school due to the power outages because of the tropical storm. Then, we had a foot of snow in October that caused more delays. So, I guess ending with some scheduling weirdness was appropriate. Or at least normal by this year’s standard.
Both kids have moved on to the next grade, I’m happy to report. The lass is particularly excited because her teacher next year is a cat person and the lass’ favorite animals are cats. At least, they are right now. No sure what happened to the elephant in that hierarchy. The boy seems pleased with his teacher for next year as well.
Actually, that seems to be a consistent end-of-the-year ritual with the students around here. The boy went to a party today and upon arrival, everyone bellowed at him “WHO DO YOU HAVE?” I remember similar happenings last year.
Interestingly, I’m not really dreading the coming couple of months. I’m sure there will be moments where I wish they were back in school, but it’ll be a little change up for me having to deal with them. I suspect they will both be visiting friends a bit more this Summer as well. Besides which, there are things to do around the house, and there’s no reason that Summer can’t be a time for learning as well.