The Lee Family: Sofia's Last Day of School

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Sofia's Last Day of School

June 5th is finally here!! Although I'm far more excited for summer to be here than Sofia is, I know once she can sleep in past 7am on Monday she will be very happy. The past few weeks I've asked her if she's excited and she always gives a half-hearted "yeah" knowing that's the right answer, but then adds that she'll miss Mrs. Patterson and seeing all of her friends. I think it's especially hard since Mrs. Patterson is retiring so Sofia can't swing by next year to give her a hug. But, I think she'll quickly fall into the relaxing summer routine.

This morning Sofia requested a new favorite snack - peanut butter, banana and honey on graham cracker. CK and I also gave her a little 'end of the school year gift' that included a dinosaur discovery book and the first three in the Magic Tree House series. I wasn't sure if Sofia would be ready to read a chapter book, or how long it might take her to read one, so we figured the first three might be a good start or might be set aside until later. Of course, she immediately starting looking through her new dinosaur book. She's become a dinosaur-crazed kid in the past few weeks. She was super excited about her gifts!

After breakfast, Sofia took the gift we'd made for Mrs. Patterson which I saw on Piterest. Sofia wrote "What will Mrs. Patterson do this summer?" and then inside she wrote "Read a good book," "Grab a cup of coffee," "Work in the garden," and "Take Mrs. Patterson out to dinner." Next to each we included a gift card. One the last page, Sofia wrote "Thank you so much for being a great teacher. Love Sofia" It turned out to be super cute and we're hoping Mrs. Patterson enjoys it.

We took pictures together of our soon-to-be-1st grader before we headed off to her final day of Kindergarden! Can't believe how quickly this year has gone!

The final day of school!