I'm not sure who will miss Leah's preschool days more-- me or her. This year has been so great for her-- she seems to have learned so much at school. She can tell me the names of all the kids in her class, and her teachers, and she always looks forward to going. I've loved seeing her walk past my office to go Music and say "I see Mommy! I see Mommy!" While most of the other kids in her class cry at drop-off, Leah gets down, willingly hands over her paci, and goes to play. She has learned the motions to several songs that she always wants me to sing to her at home. She keeps up with all the other kids really well on the playground, even going down the big slide by herself-- and just think: at the beginning of the year, she wasn't even walking yet!
She's very much a social butterfly and when she sees some of the older kids in the hallway, who play outside at the same time as her class, they all wave and say hello to her by name. I hate that she won't be able to have this social interaction anymore next year, but at this point there's no way we can afford to send her. Hopefully we will find plenty more opportunities for her to spend time with other kids, because she really seems to thrive on that.
Here is a picture of her class. This is actually the Tuesday/ Thursday group, but many of the kids are also "5-day" kids, like she is.
(Front row: Cameron, Adam, Hudson, Jack, Leah; Back Row: Ms. Louise w/ Layla, Charlotte, Ryan, Kaylyn, Holden, Nolan, and Ms. Jenn w/ Chloe)
They had their end-of-the-year program today. Mostly it was for the older kids, but Leah's class got to sit there on the stage and look pretty. They all did so well and it was so cute! She saw me in the audience and waved and said "Mommy!". She did some of the motions, but mostly just yawned or smiled or looked around. Here's some pictures & a couple of videos (although the videos aren't the greatest quality-- I don't have a great camera, so don't get dizzy!).
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