"1st Grade, 1st Grade!"

They always tell you that you'll blink your eye and your daughter will be graduating, getting married, and having her own daughters. It's true: I blinked and my oldest daughter finished the Kindergarten. This week has been filled with classroom visits and 1st Grade and Preschool teacher introductions. Our girls are both "school-aged" and I don't know where the time went. 

Today we attended Elizabeth's Author's Tea where the kids performed songs and each read a book that they wrote and illustrated in the classroom.

Farewell Kindergarten and hello 1st Grade!

The full day Kindergarten and AM Kindergarten classes worked on their songs together! 

 I am having a hard time uploading the video, but the kids did a great job!

 Elizabeth is such a star! She is usually very shy and reserved but she stood up there today like a natural!

Kindergarten Song-VIDEO

After the kids performed their songs, they broke up into smaller groups and the kids each read their stories to the group of kids and parents. Elizabeth's titled her story, Super Sheep Saves the Animals. 

Super Sheep saw the bad wolf.
Super Sheep was inside. Bad Wolf was outside.
Super Sheep was fighting the bad wolf in the barn.
The bad wolf got hurt. Super Sheep took him home. 

 One of the parents asked Elizabeth, "What does Super Sheep do with the bad wolf when he takes him home?" Elizabeth responded, "I haven't figured that out yet."

 After all of the kids read their stories, they were given their binders to show their families. The binders have drawings and writing samples form the beginning to the end of the school year. I will forever cherish the book and the binder!  

 Then we all went inside for snacks and socializing! 

Elizabeth had such a great year of learning and growing. Ms. Orrill and Mrs. Tombari were such wonderful teachers and role models in Elizabeth's life! I am grateful for all that they do for our children.