Lilly's last day of school

Lilly's last day of school was today! Instead of picking her up at the normal time (noon) all the parents were invited to the school at 11 for a special song presentation and and a hot dog picnic.

A week or so ago she had to take in a plain white t-shirt so the teachers could tye-dye them to wear especially for today. Her class (the 8 of them) all wore yellow shirts. I thought they stood out the most. The blue shirts (standing behind her) and the green shirts (in front of her) looked very similar. There was also a pink color which you can see in the video below...but my favorite was yellow.

When Lilly's class paraded out to take their seats I sensed that she was a big nervous. She had a single finger "glued" to her mouth and kept looking behind her and sort of scanning the room. She eventually found us and gave a big smile.

Lilly sat quietly in her chair for the entire performance. She didn't sing one word or make one hand motion, but chose to sit there and just look like an angel.

After dinner tonight Lilly stood up and performed the songs with the hand motions for all of us. It was adorable...and she knew all the words too! Of course, Sophia knew "He's Got the Whole World In His Hads" song so she insisted on singing it too. Three more times!

Here's a video of the power point presentation the director played after the kids sang their songs. I only got Lilly's class on tape so it's not very long. She's featured in it twice.

When the show was over we went outside for the picnic (hot dogs, watermelon, pasta salad, chips and cookies). We didn't stay very long. It was 95 degrees out and I had a few errands to run before she and I had to pick up Sophia...from her last Spanish class of the year.

Lilly brought home a parting gift from her teachers. It was an orange sand bucket with a shovel, a piece of sidewalk chalk and a little Goofy sand mold. They also returned the throw-away camera we provided at the beginning of the year. I can't wait to get the photos developed to see how she spent her time at school. The best thing, by far, was a little booklet they made called Preschool Memories. It's a bunch of pictures of Lilly they took throughout the year. There were even a few of Sophia in it too. Here they are: