Pre-K Graduation

Ava and Macy's school put on a pre-k graduation for all of the little ones heading off to kindergarten. It was such a special event for them. Grammy, Pawpaw, and Gigi all came in town to watch the graduation and help us celebrate. All of the kids marched in together to Pomp and Circumstance. They sang lots of songs that they had learned throughout the year and some that were specific to graduation. Each child took turns standing at the front of the stage and saying their name and what they want to be when they grow up. Macy said she wanted to be a pilot which is an improvement over what she told me at the beginning of the year. Ava said she wants to be a professional dancer. Funny story about that.... When they first told me that they were going to do this on stage, I asked them what they were going to say. Ava told me she wanted to be a personal dancer!! I about died!!! Thankfully, she remembered it is PROFESSIONAL not personal! (Actually, I'm not sure that is much better!) Anyway, they did great on the stage and it was a fun night and surprisingly not too emotional. However, I was very emotional yesterday when I picked them up from their last day of Pre-K EVER. We love their teachers and their school so much and will miss them greatly. It's sad to pass this milestone of preschool and daycare and jump to elementary school. I know they are ready though and will do great.

Their teacher, Mrs. Kelly, gave the girls a gift yesterday (lots of art supplies) and wrote them these sweet notes.  They had a very special relationship with Mrs. Kelly. She loved Ava and Macy very much and told me that she had a special bond with them. The feeling was mutual. Ava once said to me, "Mom, do you know how much I love you?" "As much as I love Mrs. Kelly!!" Well, thanks (I guess!). : )  I can't remember if I have already posted about this but their school held parent teacher conferences in the middle of the year. At the conference, Mrs. Kelly told us that Ava is so hard on herself. She expects perfection and gets mad if she messes up on something. (perfectionism is totally a Wyatt thing... did not come from my genes!!) We see this at home so we weren't surprised to hear it; however, we were really surprised to hear that Macy is Ava's biggest cheerleader. Apparently at school, whenever Ava is being hard on herself, Macy cheers her on and says "You can do it Ava." We DO NOT see this at home but it melts my heart that they support each other when they are away from home.  Here are the really sweet notes that Mrs. Kelly wrote to the girls. As if I wasn't already emotional enough on thier last day, these made me cry!

Now I'm going to turn all braggy for a minute. I don't brag about my kiddos on facebook or even in real life that much but since this is my blog then I am going to go for it. I really should probably be bragging on their teachers more than anything. Ava and Macy have learned SO much this school year. They are reading. Not just sounding out some words, but actually picking up a book and reading it. Of course it's easy boooks and they still need some help but they can do it. They are doing some basic math stuff and even adding! The thing that I have really seen improve lately is their writing and spelling! In fact, over the last couple of weeks Ava has been really into writing thank you notes to Ben and I which is about the sweetest thing ever.  I think her handwriting is amazing and I love her spelling! (told you..... braggy!) Here are some examples of the notes:



I helped with the spelling on this one.





She did this one all by herself!



She did this one at school. "Dear Mom number one thank you for doing special (things) for us. Thank you very much mom and dad" How sweet is that?



This one was for Grammy. "Thank you for coming to our graduation. From Ava" It is all wrinkled because apparently I folded it wrong putting it in the envelope which made her mad so she wanted to throw it away. I grabbed it out of the trash and snapped a picture of it so Grammy could at least see it. Here you go Joyce! If I wasn't such a terrible folder you would have recieved this in the mail!

 

Here is one of Macy's. It's hard to read but it says, "Can we come to your house this summer Ms. Kelly Love Macy" She said there is a million hearts because that is how much she loves Mrs. Kelly.



Working on art projects together.

I am so proud of all they have learned and accomplished this year. They are doing so well academically, but the most important thing to me is that they have become so much more independent from each other. They have started dressing differently (a suggestion from their teacher that was kind of hard for me to accept) so we have totally seen their different styles and personalities in what they choose to wear. Macy is all about comfy and sporty and tennis shoes and Ava is all about sparkly and frills and fancy. You can totally see that in what they picked out to wear to their last day of Pre-K: