Last Day of School!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was the big day!!!  The last day of kindergarten for Ben!!!  We were all so excited.  It seems like we were just starting the year.  It really has flown by!!!  We had to take a last day of school picture.  

 And of course there had to be a comparison to the first day of school.  He hasn't changed that much in looks (other than having lost 3 teeth).  The thing that strikes me most is how much more confident he looks in the last day of school picture.  I think that has been the biggest change in him.  He went from being a really scared, reserved little guy to a confident kid who knows who he is and is ready to face the world.  Those were skills we could not teach him.  He used to cry at the drop of a hat when he got frustrated or hurt and now he rarely cries (and if he does we know he is really hurt).  It is amazing to me to see the change in his personality and how assured he is.  I thank God daily for the changes in him!!!

 I had a few little surprises waiting on Ben and Kate for when Ben got home from school.  Lots of fun things to kick off the summer right!  (Ok it was really just stuff I got 70% off at the Target dollar spot.)

 The kids had a blast looking through their buckets and checking out all their goodies.  It was a fun last day of school tradition to start and a fun way to get excited about the summer.

 We had fun going through all of Ben's end of the year papers and seeing his work.  It was great to see his journals from the whole year.  His work has gotten so much better through the year.  He got all 3's on his report card (silly kindergarten with no A's).  We are so proud of him.

 We celebrated the end of school by going to Sonic for 50 cent corn dogs!  It was great to be able to stay up late and not worry about bedtimes!

Now it is officially time for the summer of fun to start....