Ane and Tad’s Last Day!
I’ve never understood the point of the two-hour last day of school. It’s nothing more than a glorified party. Anyway, Ane and Tad went off to their last day with smiles, though Ane was definitely sad.
The flowers in Ane’s hand were for her former second-grade teacher, Mrs. B, who is moving to a different school (and different district). Ane has been helping out in Mrs. B’s class all year long. The gift bag in her hand was for her sixth-grade teacher, Mrs. R. Ane bought her an American flag for the classroom, which is one thing they did not have all year. (Her class was the hastily-converted-at-the-last-minute former reading center room, and there wasn’t a flag in there.)
Tad also had flowers at the bus stop, but I was holding them. They were for his bus driver, who was retiring from the school district after 26 years of driving buses. (Bless her.)
The little boys and I were waiting in the van when they got off the bus. I had presents waiting for them.
We’ve started a tradition of each kid getting a new book on the last day of school (yes, Thumper and Rerun had to wait), and then going out to lunch. We drove through the Chick-fil-A drive thru, and I got my first peach shake of the summer (yaaaaay)!!!
And just like that, we kicked off our summer vacation!