Today, though...today warrants a blog post.
Today, Luke finished fourth grade, but this year the end of the school year has many more implications.
Luke finished his last year of school at Gibbs Elementary in Rochester, the only school he (and we) have ever known. It was a wonderful five years of teachers, leaders, classmates, friends, events, volunteering, and memories...and it's hard to say goodbye. Well, it's harder for me to say goodbye than for our stoic boy:) He said he was ready for the year to be done and for summer to begin, even though he said he ranked Ms. Bottema as his favorite teacher so far. Everyone in his class made a memory book to bring home with things like "favorite field trip, favorite moments, etc", but it also asked one question about next year: "What do you hope for next year?" Luke's answer: "That I have friends." (Typing this hours after I read it gets my heart going again!) Our boy may be stoic, but he is sweet and sensitive in his own way. My reassurance to him when I read his response was that making friends has a lot to do with being a good friend, and I think he's a good friend. (But, oh, do I pray for his boy and his adjustment to a new school this fall.)
The end of the school year also feels like our last step out of Rochester, which just feels kind of strange after it's been our only home as a family so far and mine and Brent's hometown as well.
The end of the school year also brings some refreshing changes too. For eight months, I've been getting Luke to and from school at Gibbs since we moved out of our old house. This has meant lots of extra time in the car on school days, but we felt it would be easiest for Luke to transition to a new school at the beginning of a school year. Thankfully we were able to carpool a few days a week to lighten the driving load as well.
I'm getting away with myself here...this post was meant to be a wrap up to Luke's year...a very good, fourth grade year.
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| First Day of 4th Grade |
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| Last Day of Fourth Grade |
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| Our awesome boy |
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| Our not-to-be-left-out and spunky daughter |
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| Love them:) |
Slow down, my loves, my heart and head are not keeping up with you growing so quickly.
