Tyler's Last Day of 3rd Grade

Today is Tyler's last day as a 3rd grader.  Wow!  Fourth grade just sounds so old.  He has loved this school year.  He has learned so much and really loves going to school.  He never says he would rather stay home.  He is always happy and eager to get to school.  He loves having home lunch and prefers it to school lunch.  Lucky for me he is happy with peanut butter and honey everyday.

While taking pictures by the back door for his last day Allie wanted to get in on the action.  She slid right into place and smiled big saying "eeese."  She has grown up so much this school year too.  She started out so little and happy to just sit in the stroller and now she wants to get out and play on the playground and even walk home like a big girl. 

Tyler has loved his teacher, Mrs Peterson.  She is super outgoing and fun.  She is super fun but also expects a lot out of her students.  She works hard and expects them to work hard too.  Their have even been a couple times that I have found Tyler wrote "I love Mrs Pete" on his homework.  He really did love her a lot as a teacher.  I did have to have a little talk about loving your family and liking your teacher and friends.  Tyler just has a big heart.

While waiting to take a picture with his teacher this morning all the kids decided to have a big group hug with their teacher.  They all love her so much.  Next year she is going to be a mentor to teachers and then hopes to become a principal, so this is her last year being a "regular" teacher.  She started crying as she was welcoming all her students with a handshake (like she does every school day) for the very last time.

Josh told me yesterday after school that his teacher was going to dress up like a dinosaur on the last day of school.  Josh really wanted to go to school this morning so that he could see his teacher in her dinosaur consume.  He was so excited!  We went a little early to let the kids play on the the play ground and when she came out Josh was so excited to go over and see her.  She had crossing guard duty and dressed up like a T-Rex to have fun with all the kids.
Josh laughed so hard and thought that it was the funniest thing ever.  It was pretty funny to watch her run/waddle around stopping cards and letting people cross the street.  She said they told her not to scare the little kids, but all the kids I saw thought she was hilarious.  Allie wasn't interested in a picture but Megan thought she was pretty neat.  What a fun morning for the last official day of the school year!