Last Day of First Grade and Pre-Kinder

Annie, before school.

Abigail headed off to school with one of our greatly missed bus drivers.

The girls parting gift to their teachers.

Annie's last day party.

Elena and Annie with her beloved teacher.

Abigail with her beloved teacher.

Annie with her bus driver. Even though she had a new school this year, we were happy she got the same bus driver.

Abigail with her afternoon bus driver.

You may wonder what the deal is with all these bus driver photos. Well, let me tell you, we were once very blessed. The bus stopped right in front of our house and we had three friendly and fabulous drivers. (Abigail had a different one for pick-up and drop-off.) They drove carefully. They didn't miss the stop or start to drive off when my child was still on the bus, or let my child out in the middle of the road. We miss them. Those were the good old days when cars had to stop when buses stopped to let off children. Now days, I take them to school 99% of the time.