Last day of school {2011-2012}

Although I pride myself on being a "tough gal"

I teared up today as it was the last day of preschool.
Check out this for a reminder of the beginning of the school year ~ crazy how much they've grown!

Our baby girl is going to Kindergarten in the Fall and Eli finished his first year of preschool.

Both were very excited for school today though neither wanted it to be the end of the year.

We love how much both of them LOVE their school and teachers!

Chapel Hill is without a doubt the BEST preschool I have ever seen ~ love it!!!

Alli is less than excited at the idea of leaving Chapel Hill to go to Kindergarten

 but decided rather than moping today, she would put on her silly face :-) 

The kiddos were very excited to give their teachers their end of year gifts,

cups with the teacher's name, filled with M-n-Ms and a gift card.

Eli was most excited about the thank you card as it had pictures on it ~ he made sure all three of his teachers saw his pictures when he gave them their gifts ;-) 

I do not think Eli realized that today was his last day of school for the year,

but he was very excited to bring in cake pops to celebrate his summer birthday!

They were a hit!

Eli had lots of snuggles and loves for his teachers, Mrs. Benoit, Mrs. Littlefield & Mrs. Fouquette.

He loves each of them so much!  Thankfully, he will have Mrs. Benoit again next year :-)

Mrs. Littlefield (the Director of the preschool and one of his teachers) is retiring at the end of the summer and we are very bummed that we will not see her next year at school :*(

Hopefully, she will make some surprise appearances from time to time!

Eli's first year of preschool was a huge success and we cannot wait for next year . . .

Like Eli, Alli LOVED her year at Chapel Hill.

Her teachers, Mrs. Liberty and Mrs. Miller, were AWESOME and she does not want to leave them!

Alli did so well at school this year both academically and socially.

She made lots of friends and is sad to say goodbye.

I got to attend the Awards Ceremony in her class and Alli received the Fruit of Spirit Award for "Gentleness" ~ she said her favorite part of preschool was playing with Amelia ~ so sweet!

She and her classmates performed a couple songs and dances and the girl can move :-)

Such a fun experience!

Miss Alli had a fabulous year and it ended on such a great note . . . she made a couple new friends at recess today when the three little girls all realized they would be going to the same school next year and she and her buddy Alaina learned that they would be together again next year ~ YEAH!

Bring on Kindergarten!!!

Next stop, summer vacation . . .