End of the Year

It practically brings me to tears to think about the fact that Payton is "graduating" from Kindergarten in a little over a week. We've had the BEST year ever with Mrs. Scaglione at Westchase Elementary, and we simply could not have asked for a better teacher. He's had such a wonderful experience in Kindergarten, I am almost worried about the transition into 1st grade. Crazy, I know.

Mrs. Scaglione had the children put on an end-of-the year program for the parents and once again, she did an amazing job teaching them all sorts of songs and teaching parts. The theme was "America" and she even made t-shirts and visors for the children to wear. Payton did wonderful and remembered all his lines! Plus, he got to dance and do his speaking parts with his "girlfriend" Emily (see picture to the right).

My mom was fortunate enough to be able to come for the performance and help me out with Parker so Brian and I could turn all of our attention towards Payton. Of course, all the kids wanted to talk to Parker when we first arrived in the classroom before the performance started. It's so cute how infatuated they are with him (here I am in the picture to the left holding Parker in front of all the students)! 
And of course there was a huge spread of food for all the parents and family to enjoy!
We were so proud of our little man and the incredible job he did. And we just can't thank Mrs. Scaglione enough for the incredible job she's done this year encouraging, loving, teaching and growing these children. We love you Mrs. Scaglione!