P365 - 2015 - Day 113 - ready to rock their band concert
The days are numbered..... not really numbered - I have no count down chain this year. Not at this school. I will be sad when this year ends. Don't get me wrong, I am so happy that my kids had the chance to experience what I expected all along from their elementary school. Just the simple things that were missing at the old school. A principal that attends events, thanks parents, and talks to kids. Teachers who attend events as well and are always excited and engaging with the students. A welcoming environment. I feel like we were robbed of the basic parts of an elementary school the years that we spent in our old school. But I am so glad that my kids got to experience what I expected all along - I knew I wasn't asking for too much. But all of that being said... the days are numbered now for The Bear and The Princess. They are in 6th grade and quickly (far too quickly) they are approaching the end of the school year, graduation, and time to move on. Now, I know that they will have a great experience in middle school - I have heard nothing but good things. But I am sad that they will be leaving this school that took us in when I had lost hope and gave them an awesome experience - great teachers, student council, projects, band, art club... you name it. With sixth grade graduation looming, I am getting sentimental. So pardon me if my posts get emotional over the next few weeks. But tonight as we watched The Bear, The Princess, and The Boy in their band concert, I realized something. This is the last band concert they will be in together in elementary school. This is the first of many lasts.... because this is the last time the three of them will be in the same school until The Boy starts high school!!! That is crazy to me. There were two years that The Boy wasn't in school with his brother and sister before he started kindergarten, but it seems like forever now that they have been a package deal. The Leonard kids. All three. In one place. So here they are... captured in a photograph - my two sixth graders and my fourth grader - ready to rock their band concert.
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