end of school

today was Butterfly's first last day of school.

On Monday, she went to her last gymnastics class.  I really wish I could have stayed to watch and see how much she has progressed but with a two year old monster and a 8 month old baby in tow, we would have been too noisy/distracting and probably too distracted to pay attention.  (more argument for spacing your kids.)  But when I arrived to pick her up, she raced to meet me and proudly showed me her trophy.  I suspect they are leftovers from a competition that she wasn't able to go to (I figured I'd wait until she was old enough to enjoy it more, plus we were already double booked).  But she is so proud of her cute little trophy and carries it around beaming with pride and has to show it to every person who walks in the door.

On Wednesday, we went to her preschool for the Spring Sing.  The invitation had said they would sing a song or two but it was so much more and so adorable.  I wish I had known it would be a whole hour program because I definitely would have gotten a babysitter for the cranky 2 year old and tired baby and would have taken a video camera so daddy could see it too.  They talked about each month, highlighting an activity and preforming a song.  She was bouncy and crazy, definitely not at her best for paying attention and following directions but she loved singing and preforming the songs.  Her amazing teacher also did a spotlight on each student and talked about how friendly and happy our little girl is and how she loves to be the special leader.  She gets so excited and loves to pass out materials and be the teacher's assistant.  Then we had snack time and she eagerly invited her sister to come sit with her and share their treats.

And then today was her official last day.  I wanted to do something to make it special but quickly realized that she doesn't really understand.  When I said it was the last day of school she seemed to accept that but later continued talking about seeing her classmates next week or more things she would do at school. (I'm sure this will change in future years).  When I picked her up from school, her teacher gave her a book that she had made for each student with assignments, pictures of activities and all sorts of wonderful treasures from her first year.  What an incredible thing to do for each student!