Just a quick sidenote here - Kala is such an amazing blessing in our lives. I don't know what we would do without her. She loves the kids and the kids love her. She takes amazing care of them and does all the things with them that I used to do, but don't have the energy for anymore. She takes them on walks and to the park and plays outside with them and bakes cookies with them and does fun craft stuff with them like making giant bubbles from a recipe off of pinterest. She reads stories to them and sings them to sleep for naptime and cooks them hot lunches. We are so blessed to have her! And we love having Patrick (her son) in our lives as well. Eva and Laura (and the other four kids) love playing with him and Jack actually gets to have a part-time brother :) Having Kala watch the kids 15 hours a week makes it possible for Rob and I to still spends lots of time with them, but gives them time to do the active parenting activities that I think are so important, but can't do anymore. Thank you Kala! We love you!!!!
Anyway . . .
This was Kylie's third and last year with Mrs. Brooks. Mrs. Brooks was her teacher in 2nd grade and moved up with her for 3rd and then 4th. She has been an amazing teacher for Kylie and we're so glad Kylie got her for three years! I'm really hoping Jack ends up with her as I think that would be a good fit :)
We also took pictures with each of the kids' best friends.
Kylie and Cindy
Kylie and Kim (Kylie's very best friend this year)
Kylie and Alondra
And of course we had to get a picture with Kylie and Caitlin. They have been friends since they were three.
Beth had Mrs. Foster this year. We love Mrs. Foster (Megan had her for 1st grade) and she was a wonderful teacher to Beth.
Beth had two best friends in school this year, but didn't get a picture with Chloe as Chloe's mom had already taken Chloe home. Beth also continues to be best friends with Maia, even though Maia moved out of state 18 months ago. They keep in touch through phone calls.
Beth and Caitlin
Jack had Mrs. Donohue this year. She did a great job as his teacher and we were so glad we got to know her!
Jack's best friend this year was Ella Kate. According to Jack "she had a lot in common with me and she always knew what I was talking about".
His other best friend was Pierce. Yes, Jack is a bit short :) Both Rob and I were short until some point in high school.
Even though I didn't get to go take pictures of Megan and her teachers and friends (that isn't really done in middle school apparently), we took pictures of all the kids once they were all home.
Megan's favorite teachers this year were Mrs. Dominguez (her Language Arts teacher) and Mrs. Flurry (her social studies teacher). Her best friends this year are Paula (who has been her best friend since kindergarten), Olivia, Allison, and Trent (all of whom she met this year). She also really likes Raina and Allie from church.
We made a small end of the year gift for each teacher (including art teachers, music teachers, gym teachers, librarians, front desk ladies, etc). We put a marshmallow, two graham crackers, and a small hershey's bar in a bag with a tag that read "we need s'more teachers like you!" and had the kids decorate the tags and write short notes. Since Mrs. Brooks had been Kylie's teacher for three years, we also got her an Amazon gift card and Kylie wrote her a special note.
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