a day full of last times!

today was the last time i will walk those ominous 88 steps to take gabe to first grade, today was the last time gabe is a first grader - ever!, today was grady's last little picasso art class, today was grady and my last "just mommy and me" time until september--yes it is officially summer break in washington! gabe has assured me he is super excited to be a second grader - not the least bit nervous! he came home today armed with summer work, flash cards, reading lists all to keep his brain sharp during the summer - and what did we do....we did 6 pages of his summer work book today! he wasn't real pumped to do it, but i reminded him they had not done ANY work all week and he would be taking the next two weeks for a kansas vacation, so taking 20 minutes out of his busy day would not kill him! i am soooo mean! he finished his work and admitted it wasn't that bad and he was a kid that got to choose a lot of other things, so the fact he hadn't got to choose not to do work was something he could handle! what a hoot! grady finished his little picasso class by drawing mr. mole goes to town! he used mixed media in creating his masterpiece today -which means they used whatever they wanted. master grady chose to create with oil pastels today! miss christine was so sad to see little grady graduate, but she said she was very impressed at grady and his improvement and ambition from the beginning of the classes until now. miss christine wished grady good luck in preschool and said she would miss his goofy little ideas and quick witted humor!! hard to believe he is 3!! so now onto summer - staying up later, sleeping in later (hopefully!), hanging at the beach - just whatever suits our fancy!! hello summer!!