Last day of school

Today was Molly's last day in Balsams (that's her classroom name). The kids had a normal first half of the morning, then parents and siblings were invited in for a puppet show put on by the teachers. It was amazing to see how much all of the children have grown!

We all went out side to the play yard afterward for a picnic lunch. Sarah, Molly's teacher, made a book for each child with photos of the child at school.

I think I'm taking the last day much harder than Molly. The school has only 25 students, many of whom are siblings or teachers' children, so it's a small community. One of the nicest things about Waldorf schools (which makes up for a lot of the fairy stuff and paper with rounded corners) is that they have lots of programs for parents and whole families.

I'm realizing that I've come to think of the school building as a clubhouse. There's always somebody there hanging around, often with a toddler, looking for somebody to talk to. Once a week there was a drop-in program for parents and young kids. Parent coffee once a month. For a while we had weekly doll-making sessions every week. Now it's over. Sniff.

Kinda. They're doing a summer program starting next week and I signed Molly up for all three weeks. I hope that wasn't a bad decision. It's the same hours as school, so it's kind of like a continuation, just with a different teacher and more watermelon. I think she'll have a good time. We'll see...