{Last} Day of School!!

{Wednesday} June 23, 2010

It's FINally here . . . the last day of school. I feel like this year has been SOOO long . . . probably because it has been! It was our first year experiencing {the beauty, really, of} year round school. I have absolutely loved it! Not only is it a great school, but it's fabulous that they only go to school for two months, then they have three weeks off . . . all year until summer where they have 5-6 weeks off. It seems like a short summer vacation, but it's great because they don't lose everything they learned, so when they go back to school they just jump right in. But, going back to how long it has been, they go to school from July - June, so it's an entire year of one grade {which I'm feelin' is a good thing too . . . we're just SO ready for a break}.

I'm sad that Reha is out of kindergarten. There's just something about the innocence and cuteness of kindergarten that is so unique, but she is sooo excited to be a "big first grader" now.

Charlise is a complete NUT when we are waiting for Reha to either go in or come out of class. It's so funny how silly she is . . . I think she hams it up for all of the parents waiting with us. I had to get a picture since it's our last time . . . sniff.

I just had to put my camera over the gate and snap a picture, hoping to get Reha in it, buuuut wasn't successful. I still wanted to add it for the memory. Every day after school they sing {more like scream} their good-bye song. It goes, "Good-bye everybody, yes indeed. Yes indeed. Yes indeed. I'll see you on {next day} yes indeed. Yes indeed my darlin'." It's always so cute, and I'm bugged that I didn't think about taking a video . . . ahhh well. Live n learn.

Mrs. Jones cutting her kids loose. Reha, & one of her best friends, Natalia.

Her "award" for finishing kindergarten.

Reha, Sana, & Johanna . . . one last time as kindergartners. {Charlise can't STAND to be out of a picture . . . nerd haha}

Reha forgot the yearbook in class, so we had to go back in to get it . . . which was good because Mrs. Jones didn't get a chance during class to sign it. Reha is REALLY going to miss her! {Side note: yesterday they played a video of a bunch of pictures from the year, and Reha LOST it. Mrs. Jones thought she got hurt, because she was sobbing . . . she couldn't even talk, she could just point to the TV to explain why she was crying. Needless to say, her crying caused the rest of the girls to cry too . . . priceless.}

One last picture . . . sad . . .

Since Hannah just came out to the car after school I didn't get any last day pictures of her . . . I honestly didn't even think about it until I just uploaded the pictures from today and noticed she's not in any of them! Sorry Hannah!!

We had an eventful day. Yesterday Reha's fish died and she. was. heartbroken. I tried to flush her before Reha could see her dead, but she caught me right at the "flush." She just looked at me through the tears and said, "So you mean she's gone and I can never see her again? Just like Charish?! That's not fair." And while I never thought I would tear up over a stinky fish, I really had to choke back the tears a bit. It was like she was failed again and she was devastated. I felt so bad for her . . . I really thought she wouldn't mind too much . . . I was SO wrong. Soooo . . .

While I was almost glad to be done with a pet, we took a trip to the pet store today to pick out a new fish. The reason this last one died was because I was HORRIBLE about cleaning her bowl, so I told her we would try to find a tank that cleaned itself so I wouldn't mess up again.

On the way home from Pet Smart. {She really took her time choosing the right one}

And here she is in her new home. Her name . . . yes . . . Fancy Fish.

When we pulled up we were surprised with a big box on our doorstep. I ordered this ladybug for Charlise over a month ago and didn't know it was on it's way. And the best part . . . it was FREE! There's an online store called Franklin Goose that had a promotion in March, that if you reviewed their items they would pay you $5 for each review. It's been SO fun to shop with free money {credits} . . . and they let you use the credits to pay for shipping too!! Pure awesomeness!

Riding her new ladybug and LOVING it.

Gotta love her messy, "I'm ready for bed" hair.