Reflections

Love is a weird thing.  I see Lexi walking through the school door away from me towards the cafeteria (where she starts every morning) and my heart just swells.  I am so proud of her. She is know brave enough - and comfortable enough - to walk by herself most days from the door to the cafeteria. I used to have to walk her all the way to her table and then sometimes she wouldn't want to let go of my hand.  She seems so tall and grown up.  She has strong opinions on what she likes to wear (certain shirts and skirts which get worn over and over again) and notices all sorts of things about the world.  She still likes to pick up whatever looks interesting on the ground. We seem to spend a lot of time when walking with her telling her to "put that down!"  Next year she starts kindergarten - actually, in just 2 months, on August 6th.  PK-4 is officially over on Wednesday. They will have show and tell for the parents on their food unit on Tuesday morning and then on Wednesday fun and games in the afternoon.  Thursday and Friday are no school - parent-teacher conferences so we are all going off to Cape May, New Jersey. This is Lexi's beach trip.  She has been asking to go to the beach for years it seems like. I hope she likes it! We get to put the car on a ferry to get there so I think it will be interesting.

For the summer, she is attending 4 weeks of what they call intercession classes at her school - basically, just a lot of field trips around the city. Then we are renting an RV for a week and touring the Hudson Valley in NY state. Then she has two weeks summer day camp through DC parks and rec. When I first told her about that, she was a bit unsure so I hope she likes it.  Then it will be on to kindergarten!