Another School Year Has Come And Gone...

We woke up to a warm and sunny Tuesday morning today. It is beautiful! It's also the last day of school. We had our usual morning rush...get dressed, teeth brushed, breakfast eaten, pack up backpacks...you know the routine. Today was different though. It's the last day of 2nd grade for Kobe and the last day of preschool for Kyler (his first year). It's bittersweet. The end of the school year is always filled with mixed emotions for me. I'm excited about what the summer promises for all of us but when the school year ends it's just another reminder that they are growing up too fast.

This morning, as I sat writing notes to their teachers to thank each of them for all their hard work, I realized it was a GREAT year. Both boys excelled in their academic areas, each of them have a lot of friends and they both loved their teachers. It doesn't get much better than that!

For the last five years on the last day of school, after I've dropped Kobe off, I've shed a few tears. This year I didn't. I don't know why. It doesn't make the emotion any less though.

So, to end the year, we are having our annual last day of school celebration. It's not a party. It's just a cake! It's all about the cake. I order a cake from the bakery and sometimes we have friends come and share it with us and sometimes it's just us. This year it's just the family. It's a special end to another event in their lives. The cake has become a tradition for the first day and the last day of school each year. I hope it's something that the boys will always remember.

Yummy!


Here are some pics of Kobe and a couple of his buddies, the cake and my niece Mya.