Last Day As a Rockin' Robot and Thomson Tiger!!

Today was Lexi's last day of school.  Normally this is a totally happy day, but today was bittersweet.  Because today is moving day, it also marks Lexi's last day as a Thomson Tiger.  She had an amazing year in 1st grade.  She had a wonderful teacher, and a fantastic class.  I really watched her come alive this year, and truly enjoy everything she was learning about!  She loved being a Rockin' Robot, and even though I know she will meet lots of new friends, and be very happy as a Franklin Dragon, I think we will both always miss our fantastic Thomson community.

Because it was moving day, Lexi slept at Gigi and Poppy's, and I didn't get my traditional last day of school picture.  So, for the comparative we will use a picture from the first day of summer camp (which was taken on July 1st...two days after the writing of this post...creepy).

1st day of 1st Grade

1st Day of 1st Grade with Zach

End of 1st Grade with Zach

Mrs. Radulski's Rockin' Robots!  A great group of kids!

It's Time To Move On

Things got a little quiet on the blog (although I am now filling in events, so ultimately this will go unnoticed in printed volumes) because life got rather wild this spring.  After quite a bit of discussion, Ahren finally convinced me to leave our adorable little white house on Harold street and move out to the boonies of North Andover!  The date of this post is June 28th because that was our moving date, but I'm writing it in the new house on September 11th.  I will say that living "out town" is not as terrible as I thought it would be, and our neighbors (those that we have met) are very nice.  It's an adjustment, but I know that we will be happy in this house.  However, we will never forget our little white house where so much of our lives were lived.

Sadly, I don't even have any pictures of the new house yet!  That will come...promise!

Peonies

Each year, Gigi takes a picture of Lexi with the peonies in her yard.  Here is a small collage of each year from age 2 through age 7.

Zachary's Last Day of Preschool!

Today was Zachary's last day of Preschool.  My favorite part about the last day of preschool is the End of Year Performance that the kids do for the parents and grandparents.  Zachary was really excited about this, and did a great job!  Here are some pictures and videos of his big performance.

I'm a Little Star

Moving On Song 

Next year Zachary will be back at NEMS for one more year with Miss Melissa and Miss Marcia in the "Older Learner's Classroom".  He is really going to miss his teachers this year, especially Miss Karissa who will not be returning because she is having a baby.  But I know he'll love Older Learner's in the fall.