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I knew it would be a hard day for me-- Claire's last day of Kindergarten. We have had such a great experience this year with Claire's schooling. She was in a wonderful class, with a WONDERFUL teacher, with great friends and it has been better than we ever expected, which makes it that much harder to say goodbye.
It is really the first big goodbye we have here in Virginia as we get ready to move, and I handled it like I always do. I cried. I tried to joke it off as I was crying but I ended up braying like a donkey. I just can't talk when I cry like that. Embarrassing. Especially since I was the only one crying. Claire gave hugs goodbye to everyone and handled everything with a smile, much better than I did. Geesh.
Claire did cry about it last week, one night as she was getting into bed. She started to cry that once we move away, she would never be able to see her friends again. And through her tears, she started naming her friends that she would never see again. That was hard to hear. After I left her room, I started crying, too, as I wondered what we are doing to our kids, moving them around, having them make friends and then moving them away from them. Over and over. But again, I think I am taking it harder than Claire. That is the only time she has cried about it. Most of the time she is excited and busy making plans of all the things we will do in Alabama.
For Claire's final day in Kindergarten, the kids put on a Patriotic program, where they sang songs like "Grand Ol' Flag", "My Country 'Tis of Thee", and "God Bless America". It has been fun listening to her practice at home for weeks. She had a speaking part, explaining what the Statue of Liberty is and she did such a great job. But it almost didn't happen. Last night Claire, as well as two other girls in her class, threw up. And they started throwing up at about the same time, so we think it was a bit of food poisoning from something they ate in class yesterday. So Claire missed her last day of class, as we stayed home to rest a little before we took her in time to join her class in the program.
It is really the first big goodbye we have here in Virginia as we get ready to move, and I handled it like I always do. I cried. I tried to joke it off as I was crying but I ended up braying like a donkey. I just can't talk when I cry like that. Embarrassing. Especially since I was the only one crying. Claire gave hugs goodbye to everyone and handled everything with a smile, much better than I did. Geesh.
Claire did cry about it last week, one night as she was getting into bed. She started to cry that once we move away, she would never be able to see her friends again. And through her tears, she started naming her friends that she would never see again. That was hard to hear. After I left her room, I started crying, too, as I wondered what we are doing to our kids, moving them around, having them make friends and then moving them away from them. Over and over. But again, I think I am taking it harder than Claire. That is the only time she has cried about it. Most of the time she is excited and busy making plans of all the things we will do in Alabama.
For Claire's final day in Kindergarten, the kids put on a Patriotic program, where they sang songs like "Grand Ol' Flag", "My Country 'Tis of Thee", and "God Bless America". It has been fun listening to her practice at home for weeks. She had a speaking part, explaining what the Statue of Liberty is and she did such a great job. But it almost didn't happen. Last night Claire, as well as two other girls in her class, threw up. And they started throwing up at about the same time, so we think it was a bit of food poisoning from something they ate in class yesterday. So Claire missed her last day of class, as we stayed home to rest a little before we took her in time to join her class in the program.
{With her teacher, Miss Jamie.
She is such a great teacher. Claire loved her and we will miss her}
She is such a great teacher. Claire loved her and we will miss her}
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Claire does look like she had a great year and a great teacher. I hope that you find a good teacher for her next year.
Is she the tallest in the class?
Good luck with everything. I can't believe that it is June already.
Time is flying.
Allie just had a breakdown the other night about the same thing. I felt so bad. But they are resilient little things. I can't believe how tall she is! She looks so grown up :)
Um, at the risk of sounding like a broken record here . . . Claire is TALL!!! Moving is tough, but don't worry about "ruining" your kids by moving a lot. I appreciate having lived in a few different places as I grew up. Well, now I do, anyway . . . not sure how I felt about it when I was a kid. :D
I love imagining you crying, while it sounds like everyone else was doing fine. But you have to remember that you've got a lot of going on right now. You were crying, not just because Claire is done with kindergarten, but you're moving and leaving friends yourself, and that's hard.
I think that all of those kids look super tall. If I didn't know any better I would guess that they're in second or third grade!
Oh, wow, I just scrolled up to see that Claire is the one TOWERING over her classmates. She is tall!
I feel the same way...we are moving back to Utah in two weeks! It makes me cry thinking about all the friends we leave behind--hopefully kids are as resilient as "they" say!
I have a friend that cries all the time, but I wish I was that sensitive sometimes. It shows love and makes the other people feel missed. Sometimes I try to make myself cry.
Macie has talked about Miss Jamie all weekend. She already misses her and I know she will fall apart again when you guys take off in a few weeks. As for crying, I was too tired from cleaning up throw up all night long to feel emotional, but after my Thursday afternoon nap, I balled all evening over all the changes that this means for us.
I'm so nervous about Mike and kindergarten (and it is still more than a year away). But I'm so glad that Claire had a great time and did well in school. Looking forward to seeing your new surroundings. I've never visited any of these places that you have lived/live/will live in. So it is fun to catch glimpses through your blog.
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