We have a graduate. My big girl graduated from preschool this week. I can't believe how fast the time does fly. We have been talking all about kindergarten lately. She is excited. I'm happy she has a nice little group of friends from preschool and church that she'll know at school next year. I'm also relieved that I'll be right across the hall to hover all day long :)
Evangeline and one of her very good buddies, Anna Karrass.
Here she is on her last day of preschool.
Today was my last day of school too. I can't even express how much better my second year of teaching was than the first. It was night and day in comparison. I loved this past year. I got weepy when I said goodbye to my kiddos, even the difficult ones. I was looking through my kid's first grade memory books they made and there is a section where they write what they liked best about Mrs. Hutson. I was so touched when I noticed that a good handful of them wrote something to the effect of "The best thing about Mrs. Hutson is that she loves me." Teaching a room full of six year olds is a challenging job for certain and my patients is tested each and every day, but the idea that I succeeded in making at least some of them feel loved is the best reward I can get. Especially when some of my kids have unimaginable home lives. What an awesome job I have. I get to spend my days teaching children how to read and do math. I get to teach them basic life skills like manners and the Golden Rule. I get to give them experiences like making apple sauce, carving a pumpkin, planting a seed and knowing what it feels like to have at least one person love and care about them. It's wonderful job, but now I am ready to spend the summer with my baby. I also know for certain that I could never do this job without the promise of a nice long break following each school year!
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