Later First Grade!

Okay....I'm going to admit it.  The years are FLYING by.  I know they are going to, I know it, but the reality that another year has come and gone and this kid is now a 2nd Grader is amazing.  Guys, both my girls are in elementary school!  I am no longer a MOPS mom!  Say What??!!!??

I just sent this amazing young woman with her Grandma and Grandapa as they head back to Florida. Shes so big, she is so bold, she is so fearless about flying away on adventures.  That's my girl!

First grade was amazing for Lily for a lot of reasons.  First off, Lily had Ms. Kim Balanoff as her teacher.  This woman is spectacular and amazing.  Her love for teaching might only be matched by her love for these kids.  Lily and Ms. B hit it off because Lily LOVES to learn and ask questions, and Kim LOVES to teach.  Its a match made in heaven, and this woman is one of those extra special ones!

The second reason is this woman below. There are some changes on the horizon for RMRE, and one of them is saying goodbye to Mrs. Sarah Collins, the principal.  We have loved her and her love for educating and administration is undeniable.  This principal knows Lily....even out of hundreds of kids, THAT is amazing.  She will be missed.

This year Lily learned a lot about friends and that girls are drama.  We had a lot of tears and conversations as Lily began to learn that not all friendships are beneficial, and some take more work than others.  That said, Lily had some amazing times with the kids in her class.  

Lily's last day was full of fun and parties.  Evie and I got to spend an hour in her class playing and saying goodbye to everyone.  It was a silly and fun time.

Lily is well on her way to 2nd grade and Bob and I couldn't be prouder or happier for her.  She is a smart girl with brilliant ideas and a heart open to knowledge.  As Buzz Lightyear would say...."To infinity.....AND BEYOND!

So long First Grade!

Goodbye Pre K!

Well folks....SHE DID IT!  

Evie Frances graduated from Preschool and is now on the bonafide list for Kindergarten. Woooooo hoooooo!!  Even more amazing? Bob and I did it!  We got 2 kids out of diapers, through the toddler years and into elementary school! Huzza! Winning! Next time you see us......HIGH FIVES!!!

I will not lie.  This goodbye was hard.....for all of us.  I have never cried once at my girls growing up, but I might have shed a tear for no longer having kids at RMUMC The Preschool.  These teachers, this place......there are not enough ways for me to tell you how incredible it all is......was.......no, I will not cry.  I don't want more babies.......but this school kind of makes me wish I had another kid.......kind of.......

The women who educate, administer, and love on kids here are true superheros and quite possibly saints. They are amazing and wonderful and will forever have a mark on both my girls lives.  The experience here has been life giving and so rewarding.  They have taken my fearless, bold, precocious, and spicy child and have molded her into a student.  She has all the spunk she has always had, with just a little more ability to not throw sand, sit on boys heads, or moon the class.  Evie done grew up y'all, and this school have hero status in the Longmire home.

Mrs. H is the principal here at the Preschool and she and I had a blast knowing one another.  She graduated from Holy Family High School, and I graduated from Faith Christian.  We were rivals, in Colorado, 3 years apart.  So fun to have some connection to this woman who leads my kids.

Evie Bee is amazing and full of life. Everything about her is sunshine and her personality rivals most.

One of her last projects for the year was this little gem.  Her hand prints are everywhere in our house and I think this one is one of my favorites.

It's time to move on and move up in the world.  It's time to go to Kindergarten. My girls little lives are moving fast and yet I can only sit here and be proud!  My little birdies are learning to fly!

 

Congrats Evie Frances....YOU ARE A KINDERGARTNER!